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Ray Pantalena: On track for recreational sales, thanks to Wednesday City Plan Commission vote.
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Kebra Smith-Bolden: On track for cultivator license, thanks to Tuesday Social Equity Council vote.
A medical marijuana pharmacist is set to roll recreational bud and edibles onto Whalley Avenue as soon as December — after getting approved for the city’s first ever adult-use cannabis business special permit.
And another leading local cannabis entrepreneur has won a key vote of support from a state council to build out her own “social equity” cultivation and retail ventures.
The deadly Ella T. Graso-Columbus-Davenport-Orange Avenue intersection.
As another pedestrian death reminded New Haven of the perils of walking on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, plans to make that state-owned roadway safer have been pushed back yet again.
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has landed a $7.2 million state grant to help boost small businesses run by Black, Hispanic, women and immigrant entrepreneurs.
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Oct 26, 2022 10:34 am
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Supt. Tracey: 181 school days required by the state.
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) students may have to attend an extra day of classes this academic year to make up for a calendar mishap by district staff that saw one-too-few school days last year.
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Oct 21, 2022 4:11 pm
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Patient care tech Jonysah Bouknight at Friday's presser.
Jonysah Bouknight was finishing up giving one patient a “bed bath” when she heard a loud noise — and quickly learned that another patient was having a stroke.
She took a deep breath, collected herself, and jumped into action, making sure the patients got the care they needed without letting the stress of her job completely overwhelm her.
Would letting people cast ballots earlier make the voting process easier? Or harder?
The two major-party candidates vying to become the state’s top elections official split on that issue — and on broader issues of how voting should work.
Institute Library Executive Director Jan Swiatek won’t have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning for much longer to worry about rain pouring through the historic Chapel Street bookspace’s roof — thanks to a major renovation-funding grant approved by the state.
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Oct 18, 2022 1:00 pm
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A Connecticut-wide coalition of child care providers and advocates has stepped up its call for state government to increase funding for an industry in “crisis” because the demand from families far exceeds the supply of educators.
(Opinion) Politicians are planning — or praying? — for fiscal rain. Frontier now has free rein to prey on fiber-optic high-speed internet customers thanks to a labor double cross. And New Haven is praying for a respected veteran cop who got shot on duty.
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Oct 4, 2022 8:27 am
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Applying for federal money can be a complicated business. Mark Boughton has some ideas up his sleeve.
In his role as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services, he is charged with making sure that Connecticut’s towns and cities have the best chance at Infrastructure Investment and Job Acts (IIJA) monies for infrastructure projects across the state. He discussed the transformative implications on the Municipal Voice, a co-production of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and WNHH 103.5 FM.
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Oct 3, 2022 12:18 pm
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Marc Criscio: Application submitted for heating help.
Approps Chair DeLauro: "As long as I have the gavel and pen, we're going to increase funding in this area."
Low-income Connecticut residents like Marc Criscio who need help covering their heating bills this winter can now tap into a state energy assistance program newly infused with an extra $20 million.
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Sep 30, 2022 11:59 am
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Cutting the ribbon on the rehabbed Ferry St. bridge.
Construction crews wrap up work before bridge's official reopening.
Cars and trucks looking to cross between Fair Haven and Cedar Hill can use the Ferry Street bridge again, now that the state has wrapped up a $3 million rehab of a span that has been closed to traffic for the last five months.
Bob Stefanowski has a strategy for turning around the momentum in the home stretch of the governor’s race: keep talking about parents’ rights and crime and inflation.
Winfield at Canal Dock campaign event: "Hungry" for representation.
Gary Winfield upped the ante at a “Black the Vote” campaign rally for the statewide Democratic slate — by urging the party to think beyond 2022 to envision a Black governor.
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Sep 28, 2022 11:38 am
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Wednesday's Chamber of Commerce-hosted candidate forum.
New Haven and Hamden Democratic state lawmakers threw their support behind fiscal “discipline” and recession preparedness when faced with a question that will likely dominate this year’s legislative session.
That is: What to do with Connecticut’s record budget surpluses?
Attorney general candidate Ken Krayeske at WNHH FM.
Ken Krayeske is asking voters to elect him the next state attorney general so he can settle cases with civil-rights attorneys like himself who file lawsuits on behalf of brutalized prisoners.
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Sep 14, 2022 9:14 am
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Lesley Heffel McGuirk, unaffiliated candidate for state rep.
Lesley Heffel McGuirk’s ideal election ballot would be accessible to residents without any need for registration. It would let voters rank their favorite candidates in order and launch automatic runoff races. And it could be submitted early, so that voters could more easily plan around hectic work schedules and childcare needs.
Heffel McGuirk is spreading this vision for voting reform as she awaits, for the first time, a ballot featuring her own name.
The Institute Library plans to embark on a comprehensive set of building repairs and improvements at its historic Chapel Street home, thanks to a recently approved $1.725 million grant from the state.
