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State lawmakers don masks, return to work; face protesters

by Associated Press
| July 23, 2020 1:03 PM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Thursday for the first time since March, greeted by hundreds of shouting protesters, to vote on police accountability, absentee ballot and health care reforms, during a surreal session of the House of Representatives where members donned face masks and voted by computer, sequestered in their legislative offices.

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