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Connecticut’s 2018 legislative session ended on May 9. This session, the ACLU of Connecticut weighed in with testimony on more than 80 bills. We advocated to support some positive bills and opposed threats to civil liberties that would have taken our state backward. On other bills, we raised important questions but remained neutral in our position.

Net neutrality is about the principle that internet service providers shouldn’t get to decide what information we see. Here are five reasons why Connecticut should be the next state to pass net neutrality protections into law.

In a week when the ACLU of Connecticut weighed in with testimony on 13 bills, we saw: some good, pro-civil liberties bills that we support; some dangerous, anti-civil liberties proposals that we oppose; and some bills that are well-intentioned but need work.

In December, the Hartford City Council gave the go-ahead for the city to apply for a $2.5 million grant to expand police surveillance in Connecticut’s capital city. This grant would enable Hartford police to purchase two high-powered drones and to expand Hartford’s existing police surveillance network.

Connecticut's legislative session starts on February 7. Here's what's ahead, including efforts to require transparency about police uses of force and police attempts to acquire military equipment, rein in civil asset forfeiture, and more.

2017 was a year of persistence, and in 2018, everyone who cares about civil rights and civil liberties will need to draw on that resilience again. Here are just some of the ways the ACLU of Connecticut will fight for freedom, equality, and justice in 2018.

In her role as the ACLU-CT's criminal justice organizer, Sandy LoMonico will be working to reduce the state’s prison population, advance racial justice, and include people who are directly impacted by the justice system in creating solutions to mass incarceration.

As the ACLU of Connecticut’s new legislative counsel, Kaley Lentini will be developing and advocating for the ACLU-CT’s policy and legislative agenda at the legislature. She recently sat down with Meghan Smith, the ACLU-CT's communications director, to talk about what inspires her.

On Thursday night, New Britain police shot and killed one person and shot and injured two other people. All three people were in a car.