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Democratic candidates start 2026 with a fundraising bang

Money continued to flow as the midterm election year kicked off. Fundraising reports covering the first three months of the year show that it was a fruitful first quarter for many congressional candidates, with a handful of Senate hopefuls reporting eight-figure hauls and some House candidates surpassing the $2 million…

Roll Call

Scoop: Ex-mayor raises $1.2M to oust 77-year-old Democratic Rep. John Larson in primary

Bronin is one of the most well-funded Democrats trying to take out a congressional incumbent.

Axios

Debate over Democratic Party’s future plays out in New England primaries - Roll Call

New England Democrats, including Reps. Stephen F. Lynch and John B. Larson, are facing primary challengers calling for a new approach.

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‘A new political era’: fresh Democratic faces seek office to prevent their party from ‘sleepwalking into dystopia’

A new generation of Democrats is deeply unhappy with the entrenched political establishment. So they’re going to try to take it over

The Guardian - US

Police officer killed, another injured in Hartford after their cruiser is struck by a speeding car

A police officer has died and another has been injured in a crash where their cruiser was struck by a car speeding through a red light in Connecticut's capital city

The Independent UK

Connecticut is epicenter of gun violence prevention movement. Advocates ‘are at the forefront because we had to be’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Among the many that gathered at the University of Hartford for the National Safer Communities Summit last week were dozens of activists whose work to bring about federal gun reform legislation is rooted right here in Connecticut.

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Biden, speaking near site of Sandy Hook shooting, renews call for assault weapons ban

HARTFORD, Conn. — Highlighting Connecticut’s role as a national leader in gun safety, President Joe Biden traveled Friday to West Hartford to hail the most comprehensive gun law in the past three decades and renew his call for a federal ban on assault weapons.

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Return of the Whalers? Connecticut Gov. requests meeting with NHL over Arizona Coyotes’ future.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The NHL’s Arizona Coyotes may soon have a new home, and Gov. Ned Lamont and Mayor Luke Bronin would like it to be Hartford.

Tribune News Service

Girl, 12, shot in head and killed a few miles from where dad was brutally gunned down

Se'Cret Pierce was hit in the head by a stray bullet on April 20 while sat in a parked car in Hartford, Connecticut - just over 10 years after her father, Shane Oliver, was shot in the back just several miles away

Daily Mirror

12-year-old girl killed, 3 others injured in drive-by shooting in Hartford

HARTFORD, Conn. — A 12-year-old girl was killed Thursday night after she was shot in the head during a drive-by quadruple shooting in Hartford in which police say she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Tribune News Service

Parents of 4-month-old shot and killed in fight with neighbour over dog

‘This is the continuation of a very distressing trend that we are seeing not just in Hartford, but around the state and around the country,’ mayor says

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