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19 locations for red light and speed cameras.
After more than six months of compiling data on speeding, red light running, and local “roadway geometry,” the Elicker administration has submitted a 365-page report to the state’s transportation department — and hopes to install automated traffic-safety cameras by next spring.
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by | Dec 5, 2024 9:26 am | Comments (4)
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At Betsy Ross's Winter Fest: High school performers, coming soon.
Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School (BRAMS) will have an inaugural ninth grade class next year — as the district works to transition the 5 – 8th grade middle school to a 7 – 12th grade high school in order to better accommodate students’ high demand for arts instruction.
by | Nov 26, 2024 3:37 pm | Comments (12)
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Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto at the announcement of $25 million in "Move New Haven" Biden Bucks.
Connecticut’s transportation chief is stepping on the gas — to get public-transit paperwork in to Washington before a new presidential administration takes over.
by | Nov 22, 2024 12:29 pm | Comments (15)
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Rosales: "It feels like a family" at Hillhouse.
Jaqualine Rosales is no stranger to moving. After leaving her family in El Salvador, she lived for a time in Texas, and then in South Carolina. Now in New Haven, the 18-year-old Hillhouse High School student lives by herself. She doesn’t feel alone, though.
“I’ve been to a lot of schools and I’ve seen a lot of education [in] different ways,” Rosales said on Thursday at a press conference calling for deeper state investments to help young people who might otherwise fall through the cracks. “But New Haven has something special because this school feels like [a] second home to me…it feels like family.”
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by | Nov 18, 2024 10:44 am | Comments (13)
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Sherry Chapman: “The trauma to families is immeasurable and life lasting."
342 flags marking each life lost on CT's roads since last November.
Carri Roux had expected to find her son, Luke, back at the house after she finished walking the dog. But he was missing.
He never made it home.
Two years later, at a locally hosted memorial for lives lost on Connecticut’s roads, Roux described how scenes from that horrible day remain “etched” in her memory — and how a serious statewide focus on traffic safety could prevent future tragedies.
by | Nov 15, 2024 10:00 am | Comments (18)
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Cabrera and Winfield at WNHH: Where would it end?
Gary Winfield and Jorge Cabrera are determined not to blink.
Continue reading ‘Winfield & Cabrera: Don’t Bend To Trump Blackmail’
by | Nov 14, 2024 11:40 am | Comments (2)
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Lala McClain (right), with Will Tuttle: "This is a beacon of hope for me today."
Kevin DeSilva seemed to experience the impossible — he was in and out of the DMV in under an hour, and he didn’t even have to leave New Haven’s city limits.
by | Nov 11, 2024 4:19 pm | Comments (9)
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Looney: POTSS again.
New Haven’s Marty Looney unanimously won a sixth two-year term presiding over a State Senate with a souped-up supermajority.
Continue reading ‘Looney Wins Another Term As Senate President Pro Tem’
by | Nov 8, 2024 3:42 pm | Comments (12)
An Independent story about factory-line marriages involving out-of-state couples including Indian immigrants has sparked calls for investigation and reexamination of how municipalities process licenses.
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by and | Nov 5, 2024 11:02 pm | Comments (7)
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Headed back to Hartford: Reelected State Rep. Al Paolillo Jr. (at right) with Sara Amata at Portofino's after the polls closed.
The biggest not-surprise Tuesday night: Democrats captured all New Haven’s state legislative seats in the election. As they have for decades.
Continue reading ‘Dems Sweep City's State Legislative Races’
by | Oct 29, 2024 5:11 pm | Comments (8)
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Acri at WNHH FM: Voters deserve "a choice."
Anthony Acri knows what it’s like to rebuild a life after a setback. He wants voters to send him to Hartford to put that experience to work for other people seeking to rebuild theirs.
by | Oct 22, 2024 1:39 pm | Comments (1)
(Updated) The 911 emergency phone line is back up and working — an hour and a half after a partial statewide outage.
by | Oct 14, 2024 12:05 pm | Comments (18)
State Rep. Elliott: Tax burden is backwards.
Josh Elliott is ready to run for governor to challenge the current governor’s take on taxing the rich — but only if the current governor isn’t on the ballot.
Continue reading ‘Elliott Eyes "Equitable Taxation" Guv Run’
by | Oct 11, 2024 9:23 am | Comments (23)
Help more people vote: Joshua Elliott and Karimah Mickens at WNHH FM.
If you no longer have to lie about needing to vote absentee — would that cut down on fraud?
by | Sep 10, 2024 3:40 pm | Comments (17)
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Keisha Redd-Hannans: In some cases, NHPS surpasses pre-pandemic growth numbers.
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New Haven students are steadily making their way back to pre-pandemic proficiency rates, as newly received state assessment results for the 2023 – 24 school year show improved math, science, and English skills.
by | Sep 6, 2024 9:37 am | Comments (3)
State Rep. Lemar at WNHH FM.
Roland Lemar has advice for Kamala Harris for her big presidential campaign debate next week: Stay the course.
Let the “ho” digs and name-calling and other insults slide by. Keep smiling. Stand above it. Let her opponent, Donald Trump, look small.
by | Sep 5, 2024 1:22 pm | Comments (9)
Zola with her daughter after filing cross-endorsement paperwork at the state Capitol.
Voters will be able to cast ballots for Republican state representative candidate Andrea DiLieto Zola — without voting “Republican.”
by | Aug 21, 2024 2:44 pm | Comments (11)
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State ed commissioner Russell-Tucker: Fewer phone distractions, better student mental health.
Cellphones should be kept out of the hands of elementary and middle school students, and their use should be restricted — but not outright banned — for high schoolers.
The state Board of Education handed down those recommendations Wednesday as they voted to encourage, but not require, public schools across Connecticut to limit students’ use of “personal technology” during the school day in a bid to cut down on distractions in the classroom.
by | Aug 19, 2024 6:37 pm | Comments (3)
Arrival: William Tong with U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney and New Haven Democratic Town Committee Vice-Chair Audrey Tyson,
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is keeping a daily diary for the Independent this week as he attends the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
I am writing here on Monday morning from LaGuardia Airport waiting for my flight to Chicago. I hear I missed the big Connecticut delegation party yesterday at Bradley. I’m on the same flight as my good friend Congresswoman Grace Meng of New York, so the Asian American representation is strong on American 0386.
I must admit to feeling a bit anxious. There’s a pit in my stomach that’s not going to go away until I see President Harris take her oath. There’s some real-life reckoning peeking through the confidence, optimism and joy that Democrats are riding right now.
Continue reading ‘Tong's DNC Diary Day 1: "There's A Pit In My Stomach"’
by | Aug 14, 2024 12:18 pm | Comments (45)
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Looney at WNHH: Bradley has lots of room.
Commercial air service at Tweed-New Haven Airport is growing nearly as fast as an SST — too fast, in the opinion of one influential neighbor.
by | Aug 5, 2024 9:48 am | Comments (21)
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Keeping the worker-pay pressure up on the labor department.
Immigrant and worker advocates with Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA) rallied outside Hamden’s state Department of Labor offices to demand wage compensation for wrongfully unpaid and underpaid workers.
Continue reading ‘Workers Bring Theft Claims To Labor Dept's Door’
by | Jul 25, 2024 4:54 pm | Comments (6)
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State Sen. Gary Winfield talks conflict resolution, representation, and dreaming big with Troup summer campers.
When Gary Winfield asked a room full of sixth graders who’s interested in being a state senator one day, Jakhai Penn immediately shook his head no.
“Who’s going to do it, then, if not you?” Winfield asked. “You can probably do a heck of a lot more than you think you can do.”
by | Jul 23, 2024 12:02 pm | Comments (3)
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The scene at AdvanceCT on James Street Tuesday morning.
Lamont: We taught Stuttgart how to spell "Connecticut."
Fears of an international trade war might hurt Connecticut in the long run — but it may lead to new jobs in the short term.
So reported Gov. Ned Lamont at a press conference Tuesday at the headquarters of the state-connected economic development nonprofit AdvanceCT on James Street in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Germany Mission Reveals Tariff Fears, Short-Term Opportunities’
by | Jun 12, 2024 11:13 am | Comments (15)
State Rep. Juan Candelaria at WNHH FM.
Juan Candelaria knew many Latinos cringed at the term “Latinx.” Others wanted to make sure that people who identify as neither a man nor a woman have a word that recognizes them.
Continue reading ‘Candelaria: Dems Need "Inclusion" To Hold Onto Latino Vote’
by | Jun 7, 2024 1:18 pm | Comments (7)
The State Bond Commission authorized more than $25 million in aid for various New Haven projects Friday — allowing for everything from repairs to the Floyd Little Athletic Center to renovations to Adult Ed’s future home on Bassett Street to design work for a new childcare campus at the former Cine‑4 movie theater.