Michelle Troconis knew Fotis Dulos was married when they met. She didn’t care. Troconis and Fotis Dulos, 51, flaunted their affair around their tiny Connecticut town even as his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, and their five children were still living in the house that Troconis and her daughter, now 10, would move into. There were […]
Eighth Place: A High School Girl’s Life After Transgender Students Joined Her Sport…
When two high school athletes who were born male but identify as female took first and second place at Connecticut’s girls indoor track championship this year, it wasn’t just a local news story. To some, it was a story of triumph and courage. The winner, a junior from Bloomfield High School, set a girls state […]
Judge Rules Veterans with PTSD Can Move Forward with Lawsuit Over VA Benefits…
A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits can sue the military. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. on Thursday certified a class-action lawsuit against Navy Secretary Richard Spencer by veterans who […]
Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks to Expand Supreme Court Janus v AFSCME Ruling on Unions…
A class-action lawsuit filed against a Connecticut union Thursday seeks to expand a recent Supreme Court ruling that ended forced payments to unions by nonmembers. The lawsuit would require the unions to repay any funds they received from nonmembers going back to 2015, a potentially severe financial blow to the labor movement, should the case […]
Six States, NYC Sue DOJ Over Sanctuary City Funding Threat…
A coalition of six states led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block what they characterized as the Justice Department’s overreaching efforts to punish so-called sanctuary jurisdictions by conditioning federal funding on compliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The filing of the lawsuit came the same day that […]
Court Overturns Kennedy Relative’s Murder Conviction in 1975 Killing…
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday overturned the murder conviction of Kennedy relative Michael Skakel over the 1975 bludgeoning death of teenager Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Conn. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that Skakel’s trial attorney had failed to identify a witness for Skakel’s alibi, depriving him of a fair trial, The Associated […]
Rep Etsy Apologizes to Female Staff for Failing to Protect Them from Abusive Former Chief of Staff..
A Congresswoman has apologized for failing to protect female employees who say they were harassed by her former chief of staff. Rep. Elizabeth Esty of Connecticut issued the apology on Thursday in response to reports over how she handled the firing of her former chief-of-staff Tony Baker, who got a $5,000 severance and job recommendation. […]
Why Are Drug Prices Going Up? Democratic Power Players Help Pharmaceutical Industry in Connecticut Battle…
Wide majorities of voters want public officials to reduce American medicine prices, which are the highest in the world and have become a key driver of skyrocketing healthcare costs. And yet as politicians including Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have continued to call for a crackdown, corporate power players have successfully blocked even minimal reforms […]
But He Gets Millions from Connecticut Taxpayers to Stay Put…
There’s a Reason Someone Is Supposed to Keep an Eye on Massive Mergers…
David Sirota, has been all over an interesting story of crony capitalism involving a massive $54-billion proposed merger negotiated between Cigna and Anthem…