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        <title>John A Kissel</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Connecticut state Senate OKs tougher gun control bill]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-03 15:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A lone gunman attacked a Connecticut elementary school just four months ago, renewing a debate on how to control gun violence. On Wednesday, that state&rsquo;s Legislature began the final steps of passing what advocates call one of the nation&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State Shouldn't Make Pardons Process Secret]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-ed-secrecy-about-pardons-20130517,0,1540756.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-17 16:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The latest attempt to draw the curtain of secrecy around state government would exempt pardon applications from the Freedom of Information Act. It is baneful. 

Like so many similar proposals introduced in the General Assembly this year, it amounts to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Connecticut To Become First In Nation To Mandate Mattress Recycling; Growing Problem in Cities]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-connecticut-to-become-first-in-nation-to-mandate-mattress-recycling-growing-problem-in-cities-20130516,0,5219052.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-16 13:04:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Connecticut would become the first state in the nation to mandate the recycling of mattresses, whose disposal has become an ongoing problem in major cities. 

The measure passed by 28 to 8 in the state Senate on Thursday afternoon, coming after bipartisan...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reckoning With Emotions' Powerful Political Pull]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-op-mcenroe-politics-of-personal-pain-gun-contro-20130405,0,5807346.column?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-05 16:49:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[During Wednesday's debate on new gun laws, Sen. John Kissel rose and began a lengthy set of remarks with two anecdotes. 

First, the Enfield Republican spoke movingly of hugging his youngest son, Tristan, on the day of the Newtown massacre, one day before...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Enfield School Board Plea To Legislators: No More Unfunded Mandates]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-22 19:12:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[School board members had a familiar complaint to pass along to their state legislators list Tuesday night: unfunded mandates. 

Several board members urged state Sen. John Kissel, a Republican, and Reps. David Kiner and David Alexander, both Democrats,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sunday Alcohol Sales Approved; Malloy Will Sign Bill]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-sunday-alcohol-sales-senate-0502-20120501,0,2737464.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-05-01 18:16:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Senate voted Tuesday to approve Sunday alcohol sales in supermarkets and package stores, leaving Indiana as the only state with an across-the-board ban on Sunday sales.

After a debate that lasted just more than an hour, the Senate voted 28-6, with...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Both Sides In Death-Penalty Debate Vow To Fight On]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-09 15:12:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After the death sentence was announced in the Joshua Komisarjevsky case, opponents of capital punishment in Connecticut vowed to press on with their cause while death penalty supporters pledged to continue fighting repeal efforts.

Rep. Gary Holder-...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Death Penalty Repeal Bill Clears Judiciary Committee]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-death-penalty-vote-0322-20120321,0,5922250.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-03-21 19:26:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[HARTFORD &mdash; The long drive to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut marked another milestone Wednesday when it cleared a key legislative committee.

The 24-19 vote in the judiciary committee broke largely along party lines and came on the same day...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legislators Call For Creation Of Agricultural Committee]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-death-penalty-vote-0322-20120321,0,5922250.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-02-02 17:01:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[HARTFORD &mdash; The long drive to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut marked another milestone Wednesday when it cleared a key legislative committee.

The 24-19 vote in the judiciary committee broke largely along party lines and came on the same day...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The War On Drugs Has Overpopulated Our Prisons. What if We Gave Prisoners the Option of Being Flogged Instead of Jailed?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-07-01 09:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Since Gov. Dannel Malloy is hunting for ways to cut prison costs &mdash; he's already called for closing prisons and slashing 1,000 corrections jobs &mdash; maybe he'd be interested in an innovative suggestion that could dramatically reduce the number...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senators Gary LeBeau, Rob Kane On "The Real Story'' on Sunday]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-10-07 14:36:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Two state senators are among the guests on Sunday on "The Real Story'' on FOX CT.

Sen. Gary LeBeau of East Hartford and Sen. Rob Kane of Watertown will be speaking about the upcoming special legislative session on jobs on October 26 at the state Capitol....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[GOP Questions Malloy's Plan For Jackson Lab; Sen. Len Suzio Says Subsidy Of $291 Million Is "Stupid, Unbelievably Reckless'' By The State]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-10-17 09:17:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced with much fanfare recently that a research laboratory will be coming to Farmington with the state's help, but the plan is running into a buzzsaw of criticism from Republican legislators who say there are too many unanswered...]]></description>
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