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Connecticut Town Hopes To Convert Historic Textile Mills to New Housing After 15-Year Wait
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1116+ words) The historic textile hub of Vernon, CT, is mired in a decade-long slog to convert a massive complex of vacant, crumbling mills into 200-plus new apartments'a difficult and costly process that underscores the difficulty of adaptive reuse as Connecticut faces…...
Peoria teens arrested after police chase, loaded gun found
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (127+ words) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) " Two teenage boys were arrested in Peoria after allegedly running from the police. At 6 p. m. on April 14, Peoria police officers found the two near Spring Street and Northeast Glendale Avenue, said Semone Roth, a police department spokeswoman. As officers…...
Meriden man planned to meet minor for sex, drug use, North Haven police say
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (187+ words) NORTH HAVEN - Police arrested a Meriden man Monday who they say was aiming to meet a minor to "engage in sexual conduct." Scottie Anthony, 55, also planned to use marijuana with the juvenile, police said. Anthony is charged with enticing a…...
Connecticut House advances earmark reforms. What does this mean?
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (447+ words) HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) " The state House voted Thursday to advance a package of reforms to the process through which lawmakers secure funds for projects and organizations in their districts. The process, known as "earmarking," has come under scrutiny recently after…...
Connecticut House unanimously backs earmark reform bill amid federal probe
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (628+ words) HARTFORD - The state House of Representatives took a bipartisan first step toward increasing oversight of legislatively directed budget earmarks that are an aspect of a federal criminal investigation involving a Democratic state senator and the distribution of funds to Hartford-based…...
After FBI probe, CT House unanimously moves to tighten oversight on spending that was getting much
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (781+ words) Prompted by an FBI investigation and complaints by legislators about state spending, the state House of Representatives voted unanimously for a reform bill that calls for greater oversight for nonprofits that collectively receive millions of dollars annually in state funding....
Plan to give transfer station in CT's Northwest Hills to regional group gets legislative support
1+ week, 2+ day ago (548+ words) HARTFORD - A key legislative committee Monday approved giving away 4 acres of land including a solid waste transfer station in Torrington to a regional authority rather than pursue a $3 million bid on the property from a major trash hauler. But leaders…...
CT judicial nominee pressed on details of his 2019 arrest in domestic incident at confirmation hearing
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1275+ words) HARTFORD- John Shaban, a former state lawmaker from Redding who is a nominee for Superior Court judge, portrayed a 2019 domestic incident with his now-fiancee as an "argument" that resulted in a few counseling sessions and an erasure of the criminal…...
I-95 and I-84 congestion expected to worsen as Connecticut plans for future
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (547+ words) What would you like transportation in Connecticut to look like in 2055? It's not too late for members of the public to tell the state Department of Transportation what they want as the agency finalizes a federally mandated long-range plan for…...
From lockdown drills to kindergarten age. Here's how an emergency CT bill could impact schools
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1308+ words) Tucked inside a hefty'piece of legislation that state lawmakers are poised to push forward are a plethora of provisions impacting education in Connecticut. From curriculum to active shooter drills, many of the education-related measures in the'omnibus bill lawmakers are currently…...