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A legislative task force has endorsed the repeal of Connecticut’s car tax, but -- like another group before them – doesn’t recommend relief for most taxpayers to begin before 2018.

The Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies Commission created by House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, also proposed a common statewide school calendar, new “master” regional planning agencies, and an end to the requirement that communities publish public notices in local newspapers.

Jamey Bell has resigned as the state’s child advocate, she confirmed Monday.

Her decision to leave comes seven months after becoming head of the watchdog agency overseeing state departments responsible for abused and neglected children.

Democratic Senators have decided they do want to hold hearings after all to vet the budgets of the state's public colleges and universities -- kind of.

Last week, a Republican proposal that would require officials from the University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents to come before lawmakers to explain their proposed budget before it is adopted was overwhelmingly defeated by Democratic legislators.