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On March 29, the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly amended H.B. 7260, a bill concerning the use and regulation of drones. The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU-CT):
HARTFORD — Today, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may have worn misleading uniforms, labeled only “police,” in an attempt to lure an undocumented woman to the Hartford Public Safety building and detain her.
HARTFORD — Connecticut’s Sentencing Commission has released its study and recommendations regarding Connecticut’s pretrial justice system. Today’s report, which the commission provided to Governor Dannel P.
HARTFORD – The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut joined ACLU affiliates from across New England to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Boston office of U.S.