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Freedom of information hearing to be held on Sandy Hook docs

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HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – A freedom of information hearing will be held Monday on a request for records from the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last December. Families and officials in Newtown had asked for the hearing to be postponed citing a proposed bill. The bill, by Gov Continue reading →

Convicted murderer chronicled in Times series closer to freedom

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Convicted murderer John Paul Madrona, profiled in a Times series chronicling life inside a state prison hospice, has taken a step toward freedom after a two-person panel from the parole board pronounced him ready to leave. Madrona, a former Carson-area gang member who murdered a bystander in 1993, no longer poses “a danger to society or a threat to public safety if released from prison,” said Board of Parole Hearings Commissioner Jack Garner, who along with his fellow panelist noted the positive strides the convict has made while in confinement Continue reading →

Libertarian candidate having trouble getting on November ballot

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July 11, 2012 Updated Jul 11, 2012 at 7:42 PM CDT PEORIA, Ill — Chad Grimm is a Libertarian vying for the 92nd district seat and has encountered some trouble preventing him from getting on the November ballot. He says a select group volunteering for the Democratic party helped him gather around 1,800 signatures to get on the November ballot. Grimm says the problem is that the people who helped him, also gathered signatures for State Senator Dave Koehler during the primary election, which may be against the law during the same election cycle. Continue reading →