By BlackPressUSA Newswire By David L. Snelling | South Florida Times MIAMI – In 2018, then-Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum upset U.S. Rep. Gwendolyn Graham in Democratic Primary in the Florida gubernatorial race. Gillum won despite his opponent’s massive endorsements, a campaign war chest and support from her father, former longtime U.S. Senator and Florida governor Bob Graham. Gillum was poised to make history...

by Adele Haeg Mayor Elicker: “I feel proud to be a part of a city that allows us to take these kind of stances at this time and to step...

by Adele Haeg Rosa White, right, loves coming to see her welcoming senior center community: it has “never turned anyone down,” she emphasized. The Dixwell-Newhallville Senior Center was busier than usual...

by Thomas Breen Westville resident and business owner Julie Robbins has set up a GoFundMe online fundraiser to help 15 families who have been displaced from their apartments thanks to...

by Lisa Reisman Newhallville’s Fred Christmas is the kind of neighbor known for rolling up his sleeves and jumping into any problem posed to him, and if he can’t, finding...

by Donald Eng CHESHIRE, CT — Performance reviews for utility companies, regular franchise renewals and caps on profit were among the handful of utility reforms Gov. Ned Lamont proposed Wednesday...

by Donald Eng Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias and American Federation of Teachers CT President Jan Hochadel have joined a coalition of union presidents representing educators in states with...

by Adele Haeg Mayor Justin Elicker listened to Yale’s presentation: “We do not own the property. Yale University owns the property,” he remarked during the meeting. Yale plans to demolish a...

By Pastor Oliver B.J. ArcherJune “Faith Matters” is a column that features pieces written by local religious figures. In his book Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman highlights that at the height of the...

by Adele Haeg Soccer fans and neighbors congregated in Pitkin Plaza to watch the first match of this year’s World Cup; organizers only expect more people for the United States’...

by Staff La Voz Hispana Publisher Norma Rodriguez-Reyes has a new title to add to her resume: Hall of Famer. The Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) formally inducted New Havener...

by Dereen Shirnekhi and Maya McFadden Police arrested a John C. Daniels School paraprofessional on Wednesday after she allegedly struck a 6-year-old during lunch. The student’s mom said that her son...

by Laura Glesby Elliott backer Sandra McKinnie: Connecticut’s future supports single mothers. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Elliott was speaking to a tightly packed cafe about regressive taxation on Thursday when Sandra...