NavigateA coalition of state and national civil rights groups filed a against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in federal court on Thursday, claiming that a new Trump administration will make it much more difficult to challenge unfair housing practices in Connecticut and Rhode Island.The rule, set to go into effect on Monday, “would immediately render it virtually impossible for most victims of discrimination to prevail in HUD’s administrative enforcement process,” reads the 66-page lawsuit filed by Connecticut’s Open Communities Alliance and SouthCoast Fair Housing...…NavigateA coalition of state and national civil rights groups filed a against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in federal court on Thursday, claiming that a new Trump administration will make it much more difficult to challenge unfair housing practices in Connecticut and Rhode Island.The rule, set to go into effect on Monday, “would immediately render it virtually impossible for most victims of discrimination to prevail in HUD’s administrative enforcement process,” reads the 66-page lawsuit filed by Connecticut’s Open Communities Alliance and SouthCoast Fair Housing...WW…

LET�S GET SOCIALShow your love for great stories and out standing journalismGov. Ned Lamont said Thursday he will use his emergency powers to extend until October the ban on evictions, a step that will require him to either declare a new public health emergency or seek legislative support for the dozens of orders that otherwise expire on Sept. 9, the last day of the six-month emergency declared in March.During a late-afternoon briefing, Lamont confirmed what has been clear for weeks: Connecticut’s battle with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 would not expire with the emergency...…LET�S GET SOCIALShow your love for great stories and out standing journalismGov. Ned Lamont said Thursday he will use his emergency powers to extend until October the ban on evictions, a step that will require him to either declare a new public health emergency or seek legislative support for the dozens of orders that otherwise expire on Sept. 9, the last day of the six-month emergency declared in March.During a late-afternoon briefing, Lamont confirmed what has been clear for weeks: Connecticut’s battle with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 would not expire with the emergency...WW…

LET�S GET SOCIALShow your love for great stories and out standing journalismWhile the nation was riveted on the evolving vote counts in the presidential election, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy  joined Connecticut Secretary or State Denise Merrill in pressing for changes to the way Connecticut voters cast their ballots in the future.As far as conducting elections, “Connecticut is in the Neanderthal era,” Blumenthal said.The pandemic and the increased interest in the presidential race this year has highlighted how other states run elections.Most states allowed early...…LET�S GET SOCIALShow your love for great stories and out standing journalismWhile the nation was riveted on the evolving vote counts in the presidential election, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy  joined Connecticut Secretary or State Denise Merrill in pressing for changes to the way Connecticut voters cast their ballots in the future.As far as conducting elections, “Connecticut is in the Neanderthal era,” Blumenthal said.The pandemic and the increased interest in the presidential race this year has highlighted how other states run elections.Most states allowed early...WW…