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![Donald Trump addressed issues that Connecticut delegates had hoped the former president would emphasize, most notably inflation. Donald Trump addressed issues that Connecticut delegates had hoped the former president would emphasize, most notably inflation.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24201148718082.jpg?w=132)
Trump strays from ‘unifying message’ CT delegates had hoped for
Donald Trump addressed issues that Connecticut delegates had hoped the former president would emphasize, most notably inflation.
![Milwaukee Prepares For The Republican National Convention Milwaukee Prepares For The Republican National Convention](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2161998512.jpg?w=132)
With help from 28 Connecticut votes, Trump nominated
“It truly was the hand of God that saved him,” said Leora Levy of Greenwich, a Trump loyalist who was scheduled to deliver the closing prayer Monday night. “He has...
![“I think both the president and former president put it beautifully — we need to be unified and unified on the common ground of obviously this is not how you settle disputes,” said Rosa Rebimbas, a delegate from Naugatuck. “I think both the president and former president put it beautifully — we need to be unified and unified on the common ground of obviously this is not how you settle disputes,” said Rosa Rebimbas, a delegate from Naugatuck.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24194030683831.jpg?w=132)
For CT delegates at Republican convention, assassination attempt looms large
“I think both the president and former president put it beautifully — we need to be unified and unified on the common ground of obviously this is not how you...
![Gov. Ned Lamont spoke admiringly Friday of U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and how he called Thursday night for President Joe Biden to exit the presidential race, saying he and the Connecticut congressman were “very simpatico.” Gov. Ned Lamont spoke admiringly Friday of U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and how he called Thursday night for President Joe Biden to exit the presidential race, saying he and the Connecticut congressman were “very simpatico.”](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/THC-L-EPPI_08.jpg?w=119)
Lamont, if speaking more gently, endorses Himes’ call for Biden exit
Gov. Ned Lamont spoke admiringly Friday of U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and how he called Thursday night for President Joe Biden to exit the presidential race, saying he and the...
![CT social equity council director handling cannabis cash resigns CT social equity council director handling cannabis cash resigns](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Reclassifying_Marijuana_DEA_04669.jpg?w=132)
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CT social equity council director handling cannabis cash resigns
Ginne-Ray Clay resigned Tuesday as the executive director of the Social Equity Council, an agency that oversees elements of Connecticut’s cannabis industry and is the subject of an audit requested...
![While U.S. senators in Connecticut and elsewhere urged restraint, some Democrats described a nightmarish experience watching the presidential debate. While U.S. senators in Connecticut and elsewhere urged restraint, some Democrats described a nightmarish experience watching the presidential debate.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thc-l-murphy.jpg?w=107)
Should Biden stand down? CT’s politicians aren’t going there
While U.S. senators in Connecticut and elsewhere urged restraint, some Democrats described a nightmarish experience watching the presidential debate.
![The representative suggested in an extraordinary farewell speech to the Connecticut House that her marginalization came at the hands of party leadership. The representative suggested in an extraordinary farewell speech to the Connecticut House that her marginalization came at the hands of party leadership.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/01/13/UEDY4OADURAGPN5PVND5XFH6RI.jpg?w=135)
CT lawmaker gives so long to leaders. Says she was ‘made to feel ostracized, marginalized, demonized’
The representative suggested in an extraordinary farewell speech to the Connecticut House that her marginalization came at the hands of party leadership.
![“It was not given any public vetting, any major public debate or analysis,” Fazio said. “And so I submit to you that no one knows what the consequences of what we’re voting on will be.” “It was not given any public vetting, any major public debate or analysis,” Fazio said. “And so I submit to you that no one knows what the consequences of what we’re voting on will be.”](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/04/03/TNOYYCTJLJB2NARPWPLBZH5GV4.jpg?w=135)
CT Senate Dems crush GOP effort to slow plan for one water company to buy another
“It was not given any public vetting, any major public debate or analysis,” Fazio said. “And so I submit to you that no one knows what the consequences of what...
![The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont and legislators say they saw little overall strategy, nor were they clear on the criteria employed in choosing recipients. The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont and legislators say they saw little overall strategy, nor were they clear on the criteria employed in choosing recipients.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marijuana_Shortage_Connecticut_57068.jpg?w=132)
In CT, a controversy over cannabis cash and social equity. See questions raised.
The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont and legislators say they saw little overall strategy, nor were they clear on the criteria employed in choosing recipients.
![A bill declaring a climate crisis that passed the House and died without a vote in the regular session that ended May 8 is not expected to be included in the call for the session A bill declaring a climate crisis that passed the House and died without a vote in the regular session that ended May 8 is not expected to be included in the call for the session](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2019/09/30/SADAMX2IQBHMJCS3EP2RHD7PIA.jpg?w=135)
Will CT lawmakers allow one water company to buy another water company? They might decide soon.
A bill declaring a climate crisis that passed the House and died without a vote in the regular session that ended May 8 is not expected to be included in...