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Connecticut House approves licenses for undocumented immigrants

By Audry Washington, WVIT, Hartford, Connecticut

After a heated debate that extended through the night, members of the Connecticut House of Representatives have approved a proposal that would allow … Read More

Judge Carmen Espinosa (Photo/Marinelli Photography)

Latina Leaders: The first Hispanic to sit on the Connecticut State Supreme Court

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When Judge Carmen Espinosa was a little girl, she says she didn’t even know what a lawyer did. The only one she knew of was in the black and white television … Read More

Ana Grace Marquez-Greene was one of the final victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy to be laid to rest. (Photo provided by Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Courtesy Kate-Orlikow Kineret-Rifkind)

Mother of Sandy Hook victim releases touching letter on what would have been her 7th birthday

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Ana Grace Marquez-Green, the little girl who loved to sing and dance, and was killed in a brutal school shooting at Sandy Hook elementary, was remembered by her … Read More

Dr. Jose Mendez of United Physicians of Newtown with his son Juan (Courtesy Dr. Jose Mendez)

United Physicians of Newtown call for changes to address violence, guns

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“I’m a Newtown resident -- I have children in the school system -- that was the worst day of my life,” says Dr. José Mendez, a pulmonologist at Danbury … Read More

A Meals On Wheels of San Francisco worker prepares meals on February 27, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Programs for the poor like Meals On Wheels, which delivers meals to homebound seniors, could be affected if $85 billion in federal spending cuts come down due to sequestration. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Politics aside, sequestration already making an impact

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Regardless of how one feels about the sequestration debate - either it's a terrible example of heartless partisan gridlock or a tough but necessary path to … Read More

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto's (Photo from Facebook)

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto’s

By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook has agreed to remove some so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns they're … Read More

A business owner shovels the sidewalk in front of her laundromat while trying to keep up with a snow storm that is expected to dump up to two feet of snow, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Business owners feel the squeeze as blizzard “Nemo” set to slam into Northeast

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Stay inside and lock your doors. Nemo is coming. That's the message many residents across Northeast states are receiving as winter storm "Nemo" is set to … Read More

Senate Judiciary Committee member, freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas uses a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle, to make a point about the proposed ban on certain kinds of guns, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator Ted Cruz fires back at gun control advocates

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From former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the parents of the gunned down children in Newtown, Connecticut, gun control advocates have … Read More

Hundreds of the nation's mayors are in Washington pressing for action on issues like gun control and immigration.

Latino mayors in the trenches on gun control, immigration

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All politics is local, as the famous adage goes.  National headlines such as immigration or gun control are day to day realities for mayors in cities and towns … Read More

An East Haven Police car is viewed leaving the police station on February 1, 2012 in East Haven, Connecticut. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Conn. officer to be sentenced in police bias case

By Associated Press

Hartford, Conn. —One of four East Haven officers charged in a federal investigation alleging police bias and abuse against Hispanics is facing … Read More