The roads, bridges, projects CT hopes Biden infrastructure plan funds
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A northbound Metro-North train passes across the railroad bridge spanning Cos Cob Harbor in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. The state Department of Transportation said replacing the bridge is a priority project for federal funding from President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure bill.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
WASHINGTON Connecticut’s Department of Transportation has already drawn up a list of priority projects they hope will secure funding from President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure package that he proposed two weeks ago.
State officials want to nab a bit of the $621 billion earmarked for transportation projects to reduce congestion on I-84 in Danbury, build new bus systems in New Haven, Bridgeport and Stamford, replace three bridges on the New Haven rail line, and upgrade the Stamford Transportation Center, according to a
Beyond yoga pants and sweatshirts: how CT boutiques handled the new, weird world of pandemic fashion
Sarajane Sullivan
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Melissa Mallone opened her boutique, Plain and Fancy, right before the pandemic started in March 2020. Now, she sells clothes from the store space in her home.Melissa MalloneShow MoreShow Less
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Melissa Mallone opened her boutique, Plain and Fancy, right before the pandemic started in March 2020. Now, she sells clothes from the store space in her home.Courtesy of Melissa MalloneShow MoreShow Less
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Amanda Kelley and Virginia Semeghini are the owners of Witch Btch Thrift in Bridgeport. The store is a vintage and thrift store with virtual and in-person shopping appointments. Clothes range in sizes and include a variety of plus-size optionsCourtesy of Witch Btch Thrift /Show MoreShow Less
Mohegan Sun signs a three-year deal to host the Miss America competition
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Officials with Mohegan Sun Casino have signed three-year deal to keep the Miss America beauty pageant at the Uncasville resort.
Terms of the agreement between the casino’s corporate parent, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, and the Miss America Organization were not released. The 100th anniversary of the Miss America competition will be broadcast live from Mohegan Sun Arena in December 2021
“Following the success of the Miss America 2020 competition at Mohegan Sun, we knew we had created something very special here in Connecticut, and we’re thrilled to be able to host Miss America events and competitions for the next three years at our destination,” Jeff Hamilton, president and general manager of Mohegan Sun said in a statement. “Miss America will now become one of Mohegan Sun’s largest annual events in terms of size, scope and reach.”
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CT has $235 million in rent relief for people in need. Why aren t more households applying?
Alexander Soule
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Seila Mosquera-Bruno, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Housing on April 7, 2021, in Stamford, Conn. As of that date, the department had received 2,200 completed applications for rental and utilities assistance through the UniteCT program, with both renters and landlords eligible to apply for funds to cover rent in arrears.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
In the first three weeks of a massive aid program for renters, applications appear to be falling well short of early projections by Connecticut’s lead housing official.
Get on it Joe! : How a strengthening gun violence prevention coalition pushed Biden to act
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 8, 2021. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)Yuri Gripas / TNS
WASHINGTON In the first two months of President Joe Biden’s administration, many of the nation’s most powerful gun violence prevention groups were dismayed with the leadership of the man they thought was going to be their strongest champion.
While they were receiving private meetings, they felt American gun deaths were placed on the back-burner by an administration single-mindedly pursing the COVID-19 pandemic. After multiple mass shootings and deaths in March, Alexis Confer, executive director of March for Our Lives, and Greg Jackson, national advocacy director at Community Justice Action Fund, flipped texts message back and forth saying “we’ve got to do something.”