April 26, 2024

Connecticut: Appeals Court Revives Girls’ Lawsuit Against Competing with Transgender Athletes

A lawsuit from three female track and field athletes against competing with transgender athletes has been revived by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. A federal court this month dismissed the case roughly three years after the track and field athletes filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Connecticut’s policy of permitting “transgender women” to compete based on gender

GOP School Board Members Bring Book Ban Debate to Newtown, Connecticut

The big vote on book banning on Thursday night was not in some red state where it has become a predictable part of the culture wars.The vote was in Connecticut. And not only that, it was in Newtown, a town whose very name is an horrific reminder that a single AR-15 is more of a

Connecticut child porn fugitive since 2012 nabbed at Texas border attempting to return from Mexico

The U.S. Marshals Service announced on Monday the arrest of a Connecticut child porn suspect at the Texas border while he attempted to return from Mexico.  Thomas Marcel has been on the lam for more than a decade after failing to appear before a Connecticut State judge in Norwich on Oct. 22, 2012.  He had been […]

Connecticut eyes earlier presidential primary date

Both Democrats and Republicans in Connecticut are backing a proposal to move up the date of Connecticut’s presidential primary in hopes of giving the small state a bigger say in choosing presidential candidates. The bill, which unanimously cleared a key committee on Friday, would move the date of the primary from the last Tuesday in […]

Connecticut Bill Would Force School Nurses to Train on ‘Systemic Racism,’ ‘Anti-Blackness,’ ‘Gender Diverse Youth’

A measure in the Connecticut legislature would force school nurses to be trained on the tenets of critical race theory, including “systemic racism, explicit and implicit bias, micro aggressions, racial disparities, anti-blackness and experiences of transgender and gender diverse youth.” The training is attached to training on endometriosis — an often painful disorder of the

Connecticut student jailed after fight, accused of bringing gun and high-capacity magazine to school

A Connecticut student was jailed on numerous charges Wednesday after a fight in school led to the discovery of a gun and a high-capacity magazine hidden in a classroom closet. The 18-year-old student was first charged with assault and disorderly conduct on Tuesday after an altercation with a 16-year-old at the Hamden Collaborative Learning Center, […]

Connecticut sues 4 firearms companies in ghost gun crackdown

Connecticut on Tuesday sued four gun companies it accused of mailing illegal firearm parts with no serial numbers to an undercover state investigator, the latest legal filing by states and cities seeking to crack down on untraceable ghost guns. Announcing the civil lawsuit, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong displayed AR-15 “80% lower receivers” that the […]

Mexican Nationals in Connecticut Charged with Operating Lucrative Illegal Alien Trafficking Scheme

Two Mexican nationals, living in Connecticut, are accused of operating a labor trafficking scheme that brought illegal aliens to the Northeastern United States and forced them to pay sky-high smuggling fees in exchange for fake green cards and Social Security Numbers. Mexican nationals Maria Del Carmen Sanchez Potrero, 69, and Apolinar Francisco Paredes Espinoza, 56

Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont: AR-15s ‘Should Not Be Allowed in the State of Connecticut’

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is weighing a push to end or repeal a grandfathering clause in a gun control bill in order to force residents to hand over any AR-15s. The CT Mirror noted that Connecticut’s General Assembly has passed two “assault weapons” bans, and each time, the bans had a grandfather clause, allowing

Exclusive — Trump-Backed Leora Levy: ‘I am Running to Rid Connecticut of the Blumenthal Blight’

Leora Levy, former President Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, spoke with Breitbart News about her campaign to “rid Connecticut of the Blumenthal Blight” just days before the state’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday. LISTEN: Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle praised Levy for recently securing former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and asked…

Connecticut Democrat Provision Would Axe Funding to Schools with Native American Mascots

A Connecticut Democrat introduced a sudden budget provision Tuesday that would block funding to public schools in the state that continue to use Native American sports team mascots and nicknames unless a tribe in the region gives written consent. State Sen. Cathy Osten (D), co-chair of the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, inserted the provision in…

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