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Across the U.S., numerous Republican-governed states are pushing for sweeping bans on abortion

The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Connecticut this year was June 7, 2022. Eleven candidates are running for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and six Republicans. That’s 2.2 candidates per district, down from 2.6 in 2020 and 2018. 

A good illustration of how many courts deal with personal jurisdiction in libel cases.

Connecticut General Statutes § 53-37 provides: "Any person who, by his advertisement, "ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, "on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, "shall be fined not more than fifty dollars…

Ohio State lands its fourth offensive lineman in the 2023 class. #GoBucks

The family of a Black man who was seriously injured in the back of a police van in Connecticut is asking federal authorities to file civil rights charges against the officers involved

Some states promptly eliminated subjective standards, while others refused to recognize the decision's implications.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz are linking abortion rights with economic development, issuing an invitation Friday to businesses to leave states with restrictive policies and move to Connecticut where access to abortion has been law for 32 years.

Wildlife biologists in Connecticut had to rescue a bear cub that got its head stuck in a plastic container