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CT Examiner •

Connecticut’s Young Democratic Delegates Weigh in on DNC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Corey Frate, one of Connecticut’s young delegates at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, did a complete 180 when he went to vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Frate, 27, comes from a long line of Republicans in the historically conservative town of Darien. He had registered as a Republican right out of high school. But in 2016, he found himself questioning his place in the party.
The Fulcrum •

Negative ads overwhelm Virginia voters

As election day in Virginia’s 31st District neared, Candice Skinker said that she became so overwhelmed with the number of negative political ads in her mailbox that she just started dumping them into the trash.

“We've been inundated with ads in the mail,” the Fauquier County resident said. “And a lot of them are negative ads that I just dump in the trash. I want to know what they [candidates] want to do or are going to do, not what they think the other guy is going to do.”
The Detroit News •

FRONT PAGE: Anti-Trump group urging Democrats to crossover for Haley in S.C., Michigan primaries

CHARLESTON, S.C. - In an attempt to influence the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, some Trump critics have been trying to convince left-leaning and moderate voters to cross over and vote
for Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, in states
with open primaries like New Hampshire on Jan. 23, South Carolina on Feb. 24 and
Michigan on Feb. 27.
Times Union •

Food deserts persist as Congress seeks to help

WASHINGTON — By the time Tracie Killar was 17, she said much of the food she ate contained too much sugar and there were health consequences from it. Killar, who has lived in upstate New York for more than 50 years, grew up in Albany’s South End area, a food desert where most of her meals were highly processed and unhealthy.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited the cafe last month, a few weeks after introducing legislation in Congress that aims to eliminate food deserts by allocating federal fu
CT Examiner •

Murphy, Blumenthal Torn by Biden Reelection Bid

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to Democrats on the Hill sent Monday morning, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his intention to run for president despite reports that many members of Congress have either directly asked Biden to drop out or raised concerns about the president running again. And while Sen. Richard Blumenthal appears to have fallen in line and continues to back Biden, Sen. Chris Murphy has taken a slightly different tack, saying on CNN’s State of the Union that if Biden can’t prove himself to skeptics, “then he’s got a decision to make about what the path forward is.”
CT Examiner •

Waterbury Secures $5M to Renovate Church into Youth Health Clinic

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a first step toward expanding school-based health centers in Waterbury, the city is planning to use new federal funding to renovate St. Lucy’s Church as a one-stop clinic for local students.

“It’s valuable for students because they already have trusted adults that they have connections with, within the school setting,” said Aisling McGuckin, director of the Waterbury Public Health Department. “They have a network of teachers that are looking out for them, they have their s
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