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February 15, 2022

Connecticut hedge fund heiress admits to secretly filming minor in her Greenwich mansion

A judge has sealed the case of a wealthy Connecticut woman who pleaded guilty to secretly filming a minor and two others with lewd intent in her Greenwich mansion.

February 13, 2022

FBI hunting man accused of 11 bank robberies across multiple states, offering $10K reward

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a serial bank robber believed to be responsible for 11 heists across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont.

February 11, 2022

Blue states cite falling COVID-19 cases, not new studies, to justify mask mandate changes

Several Democrat-led states are finally scaling back on masking requirements, citing declining COVID-19 case numbers for the changes rather than scientific evidence that they are not needed.

February 11, 2022

CT high school students want mask mandates dropped now: 'Kids are traumatized'

Connecticut high school student Lucas Johnson is channeling his frustration and upset over the continued school mask mandates into outreach and activism.

February 10, 2022

Connecticut governor says 'you have earned this freedom' as he rolls back school mask mandate

In his 2022 State of the State address Wednesday, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont joined a handful of fellow Democrats in rolling back some of their coronavirus-era restrictions, saying at one point of the sunsetting school mask mandate, “from a public health perspective, you have earned this freedom.”

February 10, 2022

Republicans concerned about Stanford law professor tapped to draw Connecticut redistricting map

The Stanford University law professor whose previous redistricting map Republicans say locked them out of Connecticut congressional seats was tapped by the state court to draw the newest map.

February 9, 2022

Conn. school 'pizza' assignment using toppings as sexual 'likes' and 'dislikes' was a 'mistake: Superintendent

One Connecticut school is under fire for handing out a ‘Pizza and Consent’ assignment, where 8th grade students were given a handout stating that pizza can be used as a “metaphor for sex,” which instructed students to list their favorite and least favorite pizza toppings “in relation to sex.”

February 9, 2022

White House not ready to ease COVID-19 restrictions despite blue states' rollbacks

The White House is not ready to roll back COVID-19 restrictions, despite recent actions taken by governors in blue states like New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and more to scrap portions of their statewide mask mandates.

February 8, 2022

Connecticut mom calls for end to school mask mandates: 'Our kids are faceless, stripped of basic humanity'

A mom has become fed up with Connecticut's school mask mandate while other blue states are breaking away from the Biden administration's position on the matter.

February 8, 2022

More states report drop in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

More states are reporting a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations this week, as a surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant shows signs of easing.