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House Speaker-elect Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, stands with members of the legislature's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus at a July news conference outside the state Capitol.

There’s a 50-50 chance Connecticut will legalize recreational marijuana next year, incoming House Speaker says

November 20, 2020 at 10:59 a.m.

As Connecticut advocates believe they have their best chance ever at legalizing recreational marijuana, incoming House Speaker Matt Ritter rated the chances Thursday at 50-50. Ritter is a strong advocate...

Con la ayuda de voluntarios de Hartford Youth Services, Charlie Castro (der.), de 22 años y residente de Hartford, se inscribe para votar en la alcaldía de Hartford.

Estos votantes van a las urnas por primera vez

October 29, 2020 at 7:11 p.m.

Para cualquier estadounidense, votar por primera vez es un rito de iniciación. Pero con la pandemia de coronavirus aún en aumento, y mientras el público permanece profundamente dividido sobre temas...

My absentee ballot application came in the mail. Now what?

September 16, 2020 at 11:40 a.m.

This week, Connecticut's two million registered voters are receiving applications for absentee ballots for the general election in the mail. Local registrars are expecting hundreds of thousands of state residents...

A Yale psychologist’s ‘Happiness Lab’ podcast teaches well-being in a politically divided era

December 26, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

In 2019, Yale University's most popular class ever — Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, which drew roughly 1,200 undergraduate students in the spring 2018 term — jumped into...

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