June 5, 2020

Nancy Wyman is stepping down as state Democratic chair Former Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman announced Friday she is stepping down on June 10 as the Democratic state chair, a position she took at the request of Gov. Ned Lamont after his election in 2018. She will swap jobs with Nancy DiNardo, a former state chair…

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Bored? Take a Free Class… I was looking at my email this afternoon and noticed an email from The Great Courses (special offer). Let me start by saying that this costs money. Of course, I began looking to see what is available to those of us who may be sheltering in place with little money,…

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That’s my name for a provision that was sneaked into the 880-page bill in March that was meant to bail out America’s economy. This giveaway provides $135 billion to very wealthy Americans such as real estate tycoons: Some 43,000 people with annual incomes of more than $1 million will each get a $1.6 million benefit.…

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Connecticut community colleges can start offering certain types of classes Monday for spring semester students who need to complete programs, and state universities can start reopening campuses Aug. 24, officials announced Friday. Community colleges would also be able to bring all students back on campus by Aug. 24, according to the plan announced by Mark…

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Episcopal bishop on President Trump: ‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’ By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 1, 2020 at 11:08 p.m. EDT “I am the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and was not given even a courtesy call, that they would be clearing [the area] with tear gas so they…

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