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Left-Leaning Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Shooting Parents To Sue Gun Manufacturer

Matthew McDonald

The Connecticut Supreme Court has decided 4-3 to allow the families of victims of a mass-shooting at an elementary school to sue the manufacturer of the gun the killer used in the attack.

Adam Lanza shot to death 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, including 20 children, using an AR-15 manufactured by Remington.

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Ranked-Choice Voting Supporters See Opening in Fall River Mayoral Recall; Voters in Vermont’s Largest City Feel Differently About It

Matthew McDonald

Ranked-choice-voting advocates are using the recall election of Mayor Jasiel Correia II this week in Fall River to argue why their preferred system should become law in Massachusetts.

Correia, who is under federal indictment for fraud, was recalled by a 61 percent majority of voters Tuesday, March 12, but elected to the theoretically vacant position on the same ballot by winning a plurality of 35 percent. The second-place finisher took 33 percent, followed by three other candidates who further split the vote.

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