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AP
December 10, 2019 - 7:58 pm

Legislature Planning Transportation Special Session in January

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Democratic legislative leaders are planning to vote in early January on a proposal to upgrade the state's infrastructure. The Democratic governor and the lawmakers announced Tuesday they have agreed to convene a special session of the General...
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AP
December 10, 2019 - 5:46 pm

Majority of Connecticut House Members Back Impeachment

The majority of Connecticut's all-Democratic delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives plans to support articles of impeachment announced Tuesday against Republican President Donald Trump.
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AP
December 10, 2019 - 8:33 am

Lamont Doesn't Rule Out January Vote On Transportation Bill

Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he hopes Connecticut lawmakers will vote next week on a transportation improvement plan that includes truck-only tolls, but isn't ruling out a possible vote in January.
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AP
December 03, 2019 - 2:45 pm

House Democrats Release Impeachment Report

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House released a sweeping impeachment report Tuesday outlining evidence of what it calls President Donald Trump's wrongdoing toward Ukraine, findings that will serve as the foundation for debate over whether the 45th president should be removed from office. The 300 -page...
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AP
November 20, 2019 - 8:43 pm

Colchester State Representative Dies

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Linda Orange, a veteran eastern Connecticut legislator, has died less than two weeks after stepping down for health reasons. She was 69. The Democrat's family notified House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz's office late Wednesday of the lawmaker's passing. Orange announced Nov. 8 she...
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U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland gives his opening statement as he testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
AP
November 20, 2019 - 8:30 pm

Sondland says Giuliani was pushing for Ukraine quid pro quo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a “quid pro quo” with Ukraine, leveraging an Oval Office visit for political investigations of Democrats. But he also came to...
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Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, during the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP
November 13, 2019 - 9:52 pm

Impeachment Witness: Trump Asked About Ukraine Probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Day One of extraordinary public impeachment hearings, the top American diplomat in Ukraine revealed new evidence that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about political “investigations” that he demanded from Ukraine in exchange for military aid. The revelation came as...
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