Noah Daponte-Smith
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Malloy defends new budget, charter schools

After releasing an austere new state budget earlier this month, Gov. Dannel Malloy brought his case to the people Tuesday night, speaking before Connecticut residents in the atrium of Wilbur Cross High School.

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Project Longevity on track

New Haven’s Project Longevity program has received national attention in recent years, including a mention by President Barack Obama in a speech last year on criminal justice.

Democracy Fund, Harp look to future

The influence of big money in politics has taken on special importance in the 2016 presidential election, as Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 has faced criticism for accepting donations from the country’s dominant financial firms.

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Clinton dominates Yale faculty donations

As the races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations heat up, data indicate that faculty and administrators at Yale — and at the country’s other top universities — have a decidedly left-wing bent.

City proposes higher food vendor fees

Amid an ongoing dispute over permit fees for vendors in New Haven, city officials and food truck owners met in City Hall Thursday night to hear the details of the city’s new plan to reform sidewalk business in the city.

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CT Dems rename annual fundraising dinner

During a bible-reading session in a church in Charleston, South Carolina last June, white nationalist Dylann Roof shot and killed nine African-Americans.

Alders approve bike lane plans

The Board of Alders’ City Services and Environmental Policy Committee kicked off its first meeting of the new aldermanic session by moving plans for a new bike lane on Edgewood Avenue one step closer to reality.

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Mens’ rights meetup canceled

After a planned worldwide meetup of self-declared “men’s rights activists” garnered international attention late last week, organizer Daryush Valizadeh — also known as “Roosh V,” the owner of the controversial website “Return of Kings” — canceled the meetups out of concern for attendees’ safety.

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Committee streamlines student elections

In preparation for the April election of a new student to the Board of Education, New Haven’s Committee on Student Elections met Thursday afternoon to determine exactly how the process will look.

Malloy’s austere budget meets criticism

Calling for a structural transformation of the state of Connecticut’s budget, Gov. Dannel Malloy laid out a proposal Wednesday that would cut thousands of workers from the state’s payroll and impose a new philosophy on the state’s budgeting process.

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Buses, race discussed at panel

Community activists and New Haven residents came together Tuesday night to discuss a topic that has found a renewed relevance in urban politics: racial and socioeconomic inequities in mass transit.