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Brazilian Immigrants are Leaving Connecticut for a Better Life Back Home

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New Haven Advocate | January 6, 2009

Ester Sanches-Naek, the president of Hartford's Shaheen Brazilian Community Center, guesses that at least 20 percent of the Brazilians in the state had returned home recently because of the economy.

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Tags: Immigration, Brazil, Connecticut, economic issues

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Connecticut Still Lacks a Critical Facility for Delinquent Girls and There's No Good Explanationnew

Connecticut hasn't had a state-run secure facility for girls since 2003 when the Long Lane School, which housed both boys and girls, closed. In 1998, a girl named Tabatha committed suicide at Long Lane and in response the Connecticut Juvenile Training School was opened - for boys. The girls were left behind.

New Haven Advocate | Daniel D'Ambrosio | 12-08-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: juvenile offenders, legal system, Connecticut

Connecticut Tackles the DNA Questionnew

Connecticut is one of 29 states that doesn't collect DNA at the time of arrest for felonies. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, among others, would like to see that changed.

New Haven Advocate | Daniel D'Ambrosio | 11-17-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: CODIS, DNA, civil liberties, Connecticut, law enforcement, criminal justice

Convicted Rapist Bill Coleman is Starving Himself to Prove His Innocencenew

Coleman began refusing solid food on Sept. 16, 2007, to protest what he claims was his wrongful conviction in 2005 of raping his wife -- he was convicted solely on her testimony, without forensic evidence, and no witnesses were called on his behalf. This September, on the one-year anniversary of his hunger strike, he began refusing liquids as well.

New Haven Advocate | Daniel D'Ambrosio | 11-04-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: prison, rape, Connecticut, criminal justice, Bill Coleman, force feeding, hunger strike, innocence claims

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The Barter Economy Chugs Along While Paying Jobs Remain Hard to Come Bynew

Welcome to the bartering economy, a system of no-money trading that experts say is booming in Connecticut and across the globe. It turns out to be one area that the Great Recession has actually helped.

New Haven Advocate | Gregory B. Hladky | 09-27-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: jobs

What Mowing Your Lawn Is Doing To The Planetnew

Americans reportedly dump more than 80 million pounds of pesticides and other chemicals onto their lawns and gardens every year. Aside from the potential risks for people and animals coming into direct contact with this toxic crap, pesticides get washed into streams and rivers, ending up as marine pollution.

New Haven Advocate | Gregory B. Hladky | 05-24-2011 | Environment

Tags: Pesticides, Lawn Care, Weed Killers

Medical Marijuana Closer to Legalization in CTnew

Rhode Island and New Jersey aren’t often put in the beacons-of-light category, but Connecticut is right now looking to those two states to help illuminate the tricky pathway toward state-sanctioned growing and sale of medical marijuana.

New Haven Advocate | Gregory B. Hladky | 04-26-2011 | Drugs

Tags: Medicinal Marijuana in Connecticut