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President Donald Trump speaks about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

EDITORIAL: Longest government shutdown in history continues

As the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history drags on, a growing number of Americans are feeling its impact.People ...
 
File- This May 11, 2017, file photo shows an Obamacare sign being displayed on the storefront of an insurance agency in Hialeah, Fla. A conservative federal judge in Texas on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, ruled the Affordable Care Act “invalid” on the eve of the sign-up deadline for next year. But with appeals certain, even the Trump White House said the law will remain in place for now. In a 55-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled Friday that last year’s tax cut bill knocked the constitutional foundation from under “Obamacare” by eliminating a penalty for not having coverage. The rest of the law cannot be separated from that provision and is therefore invalid, he wrote. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
These are uncertain times for the Affordable Care Act and for those Americans insured under it.At the end of 2017, the Republican- ...
A clerical error by the City
We liked this weekMeriden is expected to fully recoup $3.4 million in tax revenue that went uncollected from Eversource Energy in ...
The Women and Families Center in Meriden, Thursday, June 21, 2018. Funding for the School Readiness Program will end on August 24, 2018. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
The public’s right to know is something all Americans should feel protective about – it’s one of the fundamentals that separates ...
A medical marijuana dispensary has been proposed for a storefront, left, in the Sundad Plaza at 1371 E. Main St. in Meriden, Friday, March 16, 2018. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
It seems likely that the debate over legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes will intensity in Connecticut in the near futu ...
A clerical error by the City
Just a little more than a week ago in this space we were highly critical of the situation at City Hall that led to a potential los ...
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Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) presents Jessica Vega, of Meriden, the Carnegie Medal in honor of her son Jay Agli at Meriden City Hall, Mon., Nov. 19, 2018. Agli passed away in June 2017, when he selflessly dove into water at Haddam Meadows State Park to save his sister and one of her friends who had been swept into a rapidly-moving current. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, founded in 1904 by Andrew Carnegie, awards the Carnegie Medal to individuals in the United States and Canada who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree saving or attempting to save the lives of others. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Voters in the 5th Congressional District sent Elizabeth Esty to Washington to work on their behalf, and she did not take that resp ...
The proposal to develop the former Bristol-Myers Squibb property in Wallingford keeps plugging along in the face of persistent opp ...
A clerical error by the City
We liked this weekSchool resource officers returned to the city’s middle schools Monday after budget cuts prompted Cossette to cut ...
Valerie Sprague 13 of Southington surrounded by friends collect toys for Connecticut Childrens Medical Center Sunday during the 5th Annual Valerie
Looking around, there is much to be concerned about in the world. Images of troubling times are not hard to come by.But there are ...
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2012, file photo, a police cruiser sits in the driveway of the home of Nancy Lanza in Newtown, Conn., the Colonial-style house where she had lived with her son Adam Lanza. Some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter
There are few legitimate reasons to rehash the gruesome event that took place six years ago this week at Sandy Hook School in Newt ...
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