By The Admin on March 23, 2009
Connecticut legislators are considering making their state the first in New England to apologize for slavery and other racist policies of old.
A legislative committee heard testimony Monday on a resolution that would issue a formal, general apology and express the General Assembly’s “profound contrition” for the official acts that sanctioned and perpetuated slavery hundreds of [...]
Posted in Connecticut, State & Local News
By The Admin on January 27, 2009
Connecticut’s Judicial Review Council says it will pursue misconduct charges against a judge charged with drunken driving.
Four charges stem from disparaging comments that Judge E. Curtissa Cofield allegedly made to police who arrested her in October in Glastonbury. The fifth addresses the DUI charge.
The review council reached its decision Monday and plans a Feb. 9 [...]
Posted in Connecticut, State & Local News
By The Admin on June 29, 2008
Eileen FitzGerald, News-Times
- An alumna of Wooster School fired from a foreign language teaching job at Wooster has filed a racial discrimination complaint against the private school, which has built a reputation for valuing diversity.
Michele Magana, 40, a black Danbury resident, filed the complaint with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, which confirmed [...]
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