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'We Rate It Half True:' PolitiFact: SEN. CHRIS MURPHY says mass shootings decreased as a result of a 2022 law. Is that true?...

Where is the buzz for Paige Bueckers?...

Former UConn star Paige Bueckers calls for stricter gun laws after Minnesota school shooting...

Introducing TIME100 AI 2025: SHAPERS: CHRIS MURPHY...

MURPHY on MN Shooting: Trump, Immigration Enforcement, Guard in D.C. Impact 'Broken Brains'...

Whose Got Next? Hartford mayor ARULAMPALAM launches campaign to keep Connecticut Sun, calls for end to WNBA 'interference'...

'CFO Of The State' SCANLON: I Got Next: 'The WNBA and powerful corporate outside interests are blocking this deal'...

Officials in KILLINGLY say they can't remove 'vulgar' yard sign referencing Jeffrey Epstein...

SHOCK: DCF'S JODI HILL-LILLY: CT HAS 'EPIDEMIC' RATE OF KIDS BEING TRAFFICKED FOR SEX...

All Aboard 'NextGen' Acela...

Watch Your Step: NEWTOWN to step off Monday in 63rd Labor Day Parade with 'Pets on Parade' theme...

Headed To The Beach? Is it legal to drive barefoot in Connecticut?...

RFK Jr., McMahon Push Nutrition Education Overhaul For Medical Training...

Monkfish? This James Beard Award-winning MYSTIC chef is flipping the script on lobster rolls...

FARMINGTON Estate Once Owned by Mike Tyson and 50 Cent Hits the Market For $9.9M...

Local, state leaders urge Massachusetts city to stop dumping sewage into Connecticut River...

CT lawmakers hear from auditors, DCF on missing kids report...

Despite troubles, Bridgeport schools kick off new year at staff convocation; Lamont met with protest...

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Police in CT use force on Black arrestees more often than on white ones, UConn study finds...

'An Act Of Chutzpah:' A quarter century ago, we mused about a Jewish vice president...

FLASHBACK: LISTEN: CHRIS 'MAD DOG' RUSSO attempts to pronounce the word 'chutzpah'...

54% of CT use-of-force instances linked to 10 police departments, UConn study finds...

CT education officials have good news as test score results released...

The Mamdani Effect: Yalie New Haven Alder candidates hone digital campaigns...

Don't Delay Recommitting to AUKUS...

CT hemp licenses plunge 80% as farmers sue over state THC rule changes...

Travel expenses at conference put Hartford city council's minority leader in the crosshairs again

AUDITORS: 'Inadequate management' of $2.7M higher ed safety project...

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DELAURO calls for RFK Jr.'s firing amid ouster of CDC director...

RALPH LOOMIS: Rating The Governor; 'LAMONT is a man of the people'...

FAIRFIELD DTC refutes RTC calls of 'backroom deals' in naming VITALE town's top officer...

Can AI help local journalists cover 169 towns? CT Mirror is working to find out...

Revolution Wind halt concerns R.I. college leaders: 'It pulls the plug on a sector that has promised some real growth'...

Veteran CT lobbyist CHRIS CLOUD talks breaking in and building his business...

Petition: Yale, Don't Fly Avelo...

'Preps Them To Be Gentlemen:' All-Boys Charter School, founded by Rev. Boise Kimber, Opens In New Haven...

ICE arrests, deportations in CT up sharply in Trump's second term...

Harvard and Yale will return to Fenway Park for The Game in 2026, first since 2018...

Hartford students return with high-fives: 'It's a beautiful thing'...

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