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A multitude of businesses cropped up following the legalization of medical marijuana in Connecticut, a pattern likely to repeat if the state follows the same path with recreational pot.
The trend has been fertile soil for the legal industry, with some law firms forming practice groups dedicated to cannabis law.
Gov. Ned Lamont proposed legislation aimed at legalizing recreational marijuana early this year. As of late April, the Judiciary Committee had approved it, and lawmakers are slated to continue debating it in the coming weeks.
Supporters are optimistic it will get the necessary votes to pass. Recreational marijuana is expected to bring in up to $952 million in new state tax revenues over a five-year period, with the potential for 17,462 new jobs in that timeframe, according to a report from UConn’s Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis.
WATERBURY, CT â On Sunday, May 2, The Mattatuck Museum opened âA Face Like Mine,â a new exhibition that examines Black life by positioning African-American artists to depict their own lives and culture from the Harlem Renaissance to the present day.
A Face Like Mine includes over 75 works of paintings, sculpture, prints, textiles, and photographs by artists Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson, James VanDerZee, and Kehinde Wiley and will explore themes such as identity, family, community, politics and performance. The exhibition is held in conjunction with the Grand Opening of the Mattatuckâs newly renovated and expanded facility.
By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
After Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale restaurant in New Haven sued its insurance provider for refusing to pay for business losses related to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, a federal judge dismissed the case within just six months.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shea in December granted AmGUARD Insurance Co.’s motion to dismiss the case, concluding the restaurant’s insurance policy’s virus exclusion meant any losses due to the pandemic weren’t covered.
Like Lenny & Joe’s, an array of businesses, from restaurants to manufacturers and medical providers, have experienced pandemic-related losses in the past year, and several have turned to the courts when their insurance carriers denied coverage.
Who decides what a neighborhood needs? Stamford residents and developer clash over West Side s future
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Cynthia Bowser leads a group of concerned residents and neighborhood advocates through the neighborhood at Rose Ave, Stillwater Avee and Richmond Hill Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Stamford, Conn. A proposed development on West Main Street and how it would add 80 units to the community. Residents want no more than 40.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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State Representative David Michel joins Cynthia Bowser as she leads a group of concerned residents and Neighborhood advocates through the neighborhood at Rose Ave, Stillwater Avee and Richmond Hill Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Stamford, Conn. A proposed development on West Main Street and how it would add 80 units to the community. Residents want no more than 40.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less