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<h3 style="margin:0 0 0.8em; font:normal 600 1.375em/1.2 Archivo, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#111111; text-align:left;" class="hed"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/treegate-lamont-hicks-rockefeller-19439160.php" style="color:#111111; text-decoration:none;" class="no_underline">Gov. Lamont's family tree a tour of U.S. history</a></h3>
<a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/treegate-lamont-hicks-rockefeller-19439160.php" style="color:#444444; text-decoration:none;"><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#444444; text-align:left;" class="graf">While Gov. Lamont deals with 'Treegate,' columnist John Breunig traces the Lamont family tree from the Great Depression through the Red Scare to Trump's trials.</p></a><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#1A98FF; text-align:left;" class="cta"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/treegate-lamont-hicks-rockefeller-19439160.php" style="color:#1A98FF; text-decoration:underline;">Read More</a></p>
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<h3 style="margin:0 0 0.8em; font:normal 600 1.375em/1.2 Archivo, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#111111; text-align:left;" class="hed"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/ct-housing-homeless-crisis-19441784.php" style="color:#111111; text-decoration:none;" class="no_underline">CT must address housing and homelessness</a></h3>
<a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/ct-housing-homeless-crisis-19441784.php" style="color:#444444; text-decoration:none;"><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#444444; text-align:left;" class="graf">"We remain resolute in our mission, to move families and individuals toward stable housing and independence," the tri-chairs of the Greater New Haven Regional Alliance to End Homelessness write.</p></a><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#1A98FF; text-align:left;" class="cta"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/ct-housing-homeless-crisis-19441784.php" style="color:#1A98FF; text-decoration:underline;">Read More</a></p>
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<a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/class-2024-graduates-advice-19441469.php" style="color:#444444; text-decoration:none;"><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#444444; text-align:left;" class="graf">Columnist Susan Campbell sneaks in a last few pieces of advice for Class of '24: 'Adulting isn’t that challenging'</p></a><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#1A98FF; text-align:left;" class="cta"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/class-2024-graduates-advice-19441469.php" style="color:#1A98FF; text-decoration:underline;">Read More</a></p>
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<a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/ct-lamont-comeback-pensions-19440268.php"><img src="https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/37/21/27/24974788/5/sailthruImage.jpg" alt="Gov. Ned Lamont speaks with members of the media following a news conference at Bridgeport Hospital, in Bridgeport, Conn. April 29, 2024." width="224" border="0" style="width:100%; display:block;"></a><div style="line-height:12px; height:12px; font-size:12px"> </div>
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<a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/ct-lamont-comeback-pensions-19440268.php" style="color:#444444; text-decoration:none;"><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#444444; text-align:left;" class="graf">"Lamont is unserious, or worse. With his overgenerous wage deals, he has stymied progress on pensions," the president of the Townsend Group writes.</p></a><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#1A98FF; text-align:left;" class="cta"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/ct-lamont-comeback-pensions-19440268.php" style="color:#1A98FF; text-decoration:underline;">Read More</a></p>
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<a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/journalinquirer/article/powell-guardrails-ct-lamont-19440333.php" style="color:#444444; text-decoration:none;"><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#444444; text-align:left;" class="graf">Columnist Chris Powell writes that projections of much more tax revenue have increased pressure for lowering the state's 'fiscal guardrails.'</p></a><p style="margin:0 0 1em; font:normal 400 1em/1.5 Rubik, Arial, sans-serif; color:#1A98FF; text-align:left;" class="cta"><a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/journalinquirer/article/powell-guardrails-ct-lamont-19440333.php" style="color:#1A98FF; text-decoration:underline;">Read More</a></p>
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