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Mayors and first selectmen from all over the state spent Wednesday morning talking about the economic impact the federal elections will have on Connecticut. The Earth Ballroom at Mohegan Sun is a long way from Washington,

Voters in Waterbury saw a different reality than the one portrayed in the Democratic messages that filtered into their communities.

Jodi Rell rejected this distortion of democracy. When a recently re-elected legislator told Rell he would not take his seat in the legislature in order for her to make him a judge early in the next year, she said no. Serve your term, do not run for re-election, and I will appoint you after you have left the legislature in the normal way.

Gov. Ned Lamont, who previously expressed support for ranked-choice voting, said he is studying the conclusions of a group he tapped to look-into the idea.

Connecticut was first called a sanctuary state in 2013, when then-Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the Trust Act, which set conditions by which state and local law enforcement authorities can cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Stolen lawn signs and possible ID theft are among complaints that Connecticut election regulators have agreed to investigate.

President-elect Donald Trump has filled the key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty to him after he felt bruised and hampered by internal squabbling during his first term.