A state subpoena for records from 10 schools districts—all named as plaintiffs in the landmark school funding lawsuit—couldn’t have come at a worse time, one school superintendent said Monday.

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Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra and Sen. John Fonfara threw their support behind legislation to legalize red light enforcement cameras Thursday, bringing the annual New Haven issue to the capital city.

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the formation of a 13-member board Thursday aimed at “reigniting” the effort to encourage development in the Hartford area.

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Tags: hartford, malloy, Capital Region Development Authority, XL Center, Convention center, economic development, Hugh McQuaid

Hartford and New Haven area office cleaners voted Thursday to authorize their SEIU 32BJ bargaining committee to call a strike if necessary for the nearly 2,000 janitors it represents.

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Tags: 32BJ, janitors, cleaners, negotiations, labor contract, Kurt Westby

When the ink was dry on the newly redrawn House political districts, two lawmakers found themselves sharing a district with another incumbent. Both have since announced their retirements at the end of their terms.

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Tags: Kirkley-Bey, Roy, Redistricting, retirement, reapportionment, toxic chemicals, Hugh McQuaid

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will be tying the gubernatorial apron strings Wednesday as he begins cooking a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for his extended family.

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Hockey promoter and Hartford cheerleader Howard Baldwin helped unveil a $105 million plan to modernize and revitalized downtown Hartford’s XL Center last week, but in order to make it happen he needs the state to make a sizeable investment to be matched by private funds.

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Tags: Howard Baldwin, Whalers, XL Center, Hartford, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Oz Griebel, NHL, AHL

NEW BRITAIN—The state’s New Britain to Hartford rapid bus route project took a step towards becoming a reality Monday morning, when a Federal Transit administrator formally announced that the agency had approved a $275 million full funding grant agreement.

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Tags: busway, malloy, new britain, hartford, Lieberman, Hugh McQuaid

HARTFORD — Joining their fellow Occupiers across the nation Thursday, a group of more than 100 protesters, including union workers, marched from Aetna‘s headquarters on Farmington Avenue to the Hartford Courant building on Broad Street to watch a dozen of their fellow protesters block the ramp to Interstate 84 and get arrested.

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As the economy rebounds, auto dealers are hoping the General Assembly will rethink a tax that went into effect in July, which increases the sales tax on cars priced at $50,000 or more.

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Tags: Luxury tax, auto show, auto industry, Malloy, Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association, Connecticut International Auto Show, Hugh McQuaid