(Updated 4:11 p.m.) Opponents of the 9.4-mile New Britain-to-Hartford busway rallied at the Legislative Office Building Wednesday morning where they were booed by dozens of construction workers who support the nearly $570 million project.

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Private security guards who work in a handful of state buildings announced Wednesday that they were prepared to strike “if need be” after months of what they say amounts to intimidation and strong-arm tactics by their employer, SOS Security.

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Paul Schibbelhute woke up at 4:30 Friday morning and drove from New Hampshire to a Hartford street corner, where he hoped to raise awareness of legislation that gives adoptees access to their original birth certificates.

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HARTFORD—It’s hard to tell who is mentoring whom when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley are in the same room.

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At around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon the Hartford Police Department moved its DUI checkpoint away from downtown where 1,300 Democrats were gathered for their annual fundraiser to Park Street.

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We fully support Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s education-reform package, especially his proposal to increase funding for public charter schools. As mayors of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, we understand the importance of securing economic and civic prosperity by investing in our students.

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Former President Bill Clinton avoided weighing in on this year’s presidential election Friday night in favor of a speech vaguely centered on “embracing our common humanity.” But he got a few laughs along the way at the sold-out Bushnell theater.

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As lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee consider a bill to change how criminal lineups are conducted Friday, they may also want to consider the case of Hubert Thompson, who may be the latest Connecticut inmate to be exonerated by DNA evidence.

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(Updated 11:11 a.m.) On Tuesday Hartford’s Republican Registrar of Voters scheduled a press conference during which he planned to announce that the city’s Republicans would “not be able to participate in the Republican Primary for President. By Wednesday night he had cancelled it.

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More than a handful of municipal leaders told the legislature’s Appropriation’s Committee Wednesday that they appreciate the additional education funding Gov. Dannel P. Malloy gave most towns in the budget, but there’s more they can do to help local taxpayers.

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