The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence – flanked by elected officials, advocates and members of the law enforcement community –  announced their legislative priorities for the session at a Thursday press conference.

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Tags: domestic violence, connecticut coalition against domestic violence, Mae Flexer, george jepsen

A group of business leaders, who formed a non-profit to help eliminate Connecticut’s highest-in-the-nation achievement gap, said there are several steps the legislature can take this year to lower the gap over the next decade.

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Tags: education, business, Stefan Pryor, Ramani Ayer, Steven Simmons

In the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, Connecticut officials found themselves Tuesday discussing making coaches at all levels mandatory reporters of abuse.

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Tags: DCF, mandated reporter, Joette Katz

At a press conference commemorating the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, state officials and women’s rights activists vowed to fight any attempts to threaten women’s reproductive rights.

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Tags: roe v. wade, abortion, women's rights, wyman, merrill, planned parenthood

A women’s group who has been critical of the “lack of diversity” in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration applauded the diversity of the six lawyers he nominated to the Superior Court bench Thursday.

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Tags: judicial nominations, Diversity, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, court, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women

Sen. Terry Gerratana and Rep. Diana Urban – co-chairs of the Select Committee on Children –  announced Thursday they will propose a bill to ban baby products that contain Chlorinated Tris from being sold in Connecticut.

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Tags: harmful chemicals, urban, coalition for a safe and healthy connecticut, cancer, babies

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

Affrika X said the governor’s Sunday liquor sales plan would hurt alcoholism-plagued areas like his. Other shoppers at neighborhood stores wondered: What’s the big deal?

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With a new Democratic governor, 2011 seemed like the year the legislature would repeal Connecticut’s death penalty, until the sole survivor of a triple homicide appealed to lawmakers to wait. On Thursday a state senator said the wait may be over.

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Tags: death penalty, Meyer, prague, cafero, Holder-Winfield, Petit, Hugh McQuaid

Surrounded by supporters at Enfield Town Hall on Saturday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy unveiled a liquor law reform package that will allow for Sunday sales and a whole host of changes to how wine, beer, and liquor are distributed and regulated in the state. The governor said the proposed changes will allow Connecticut to compete with surrounding states in the liquor market.

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Tags: alcohol, package store, liquor, Sunday sales, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Enfield