November general election slates for 16 congressional, four gubernatorial, and three U.S. Senate seats were set in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Vermont in Aug. 9 primaries. Among first-glance takeaways are triumphs by four candidates endorsed by former President Trump and the narrow victory by “squad” honcho Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in her Democratic primary. Meanwhile,…
Takeaways From Tuesday Primaries: Four Trump-Backed Candidates Win, Omar Survives
August 10, 2022
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Connecticut Families Challenge ‘Arbitrary’ Religious Exemption Ban for School Vaccines
June 9, 2022
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A lawsuit filed in Connecticut Superior Court is challenging the state’s removal of the religious exemption from mandatory school vaccinations, which families say is not only absurd but also unconstitutional. The lawsuit involves two families, with each of them having one child currently in school under previously granted vaccine exemptions and a younger child unable…
Supreme Court Declines New York’s Challenge to Trump-Era Federal Cap on State and Local Tax Deductions
April 18, 2022
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The Supreme Court decided on April 18 not to hear an appeal from New York and three other Democrat-dominated northeastern states that were challenging the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions imposed by President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law. The case is New York v. Yellen, court file 21-966. Janet Yellen was being…
Police: Olympian’s Mother Unintended Victim of Drug Dispute
The mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home was an unintended victim of a drug dispute that erupted into the firing of more than 20 gunshots, a police official said Tuesday. Mabel Martinez, 56, was shot in the head inside her Waterbury home on Saturday afternoon when…
LIVE: March For Life in Connecticut
The Epoch Times and NTD Television will live stream the “The March for Life” in Hartford, Connecticut, starting at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on March 23. Find more info here. At 12:00 p.m., participants will rally at the state capitol. Then at 1:00 p.m., participants will march around Bushnell Park to call for life-affirming laws and…
New Details Released in Case of Connecticut Judge Who Hasn’t Shown up for Work for 2 Years While Collecting $350,000 in Pay
By Edmund H. Mahony From Hartford Courant HARTFORD, Conn.—Dozens of pages of new details became public Monday about the strange standoff between the state Judicial Branch and Superior Court Judge Alice Bruno, who has collected more than $350,000 in salary while missing nearly two-and-one-half years of work for what she describes as health-related reasons. Bruno…
School Assignment Using Pizza as Metaphor for Sex Preferences Draws Parent Outrage
A proposal to teach pleasure-based sex to kids as young as 11 and a middle school assignment using pizza as a metaphor for various sexual activities has drawn a windfall of ire from parents in two separate New England states. South Kingston, Rhode Island parent Nicole Solas told The Epoch Times that she sees Rhode…
Connecticut Governor Requires Nursing Home Visitors to Show Proof of Vaccination, Negative Test
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration announced it would require all nursing home visitors to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or show a recent negative test before entering. “We know that some of the people who are most vulnerable to the impacts of COVID-19 include those who live in nursing homes, which is why we need…
Blue States Ask Supreme Court to Review SALT Tax Deduction Caps
January 5, 2022
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After losing in the lower courts, four Democratic-dominated northeastern states are asking the Supreme Court to consider their legal challenge to the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions imposed by then-President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law. The case is New York v. Yellen. Janet Yellen is being sued in her official capacity as secretary…
Democratic Governor Rejects Mask Mandate, Says Policy Is ‘Not Curbing the Spike’
The governor of Connecticut said that he will not reinstate a mask mandate, citing data suggesting that it is not “curbing the spike” in COVID-19 cases elsewhere. Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, told reporters this week that COVID-19 cases have surged in New York City in recent days despite a statewide mask mandate that was…
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