
CT poised to pay down $3.6 billion in pension debt
Connecticut is poised to deposit an extra $3.6 billion in its cash-starved pension funds when the fiscal year closes... (Read more)
5 / 22 / 2022
News from the state government
Connecticut is poised to deposit an extra $3.6 billion in its cash-starved pension funds when the fiscal year closes... (Read more)
5 / 22 / 2022
New England’s energy demand dropped to its lowest point ever earlier this month thanks to good weather and the... (Read more)
5 / 14 / 2022
NORWALK, Conn. – Jim Himes easily won the Democratic endorsement for reelection to Connecticut’s Fourth District seat in a... (Read more)
5 / 10 / 2022
Gov. Ned Lamont, the titular head of the Connecticut Democratic Party, declined Monday to put his weight behind his... (Read more)
5 / 10 / 2022
Themis Klarides, a former Connecticut House GOP leader who supports abortion rights and declined to vote for Donald Trump... (Read more)
5 / 10 / 2022
Governor Ned Lamont came out swinging when he took the stage at the state Democratic party convention Saturday. Accepting... (Read more)
5 / 7 / 2022
Norwalk’s Thomas wins Secretary of State endorsement State Rep. Stephanie Thomas got the endorsement for secretary of the state... (Read more)
5 / 7 / 2022
Without prodding or plan, legislators glided to the corner of the state’s gilded-age House chamber, where a tired Black... (Read more)
5 / 6 / 2022
The General Assembly on Wednesday approved a three-month state gasoline tax holiday starting April 1. The bill, which passed... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2022
Communications with Kosta Diamantis sought from Groton, Tolland, Bristol and Hartford At least four Connecticut municipalities have received subpoenas... (Read more)
3 / 23 / 2022
With her car broken and gas prices up, Briana LaMare headed into Union Station to catch the 9:47 a.m. train Tuesday — part... (Read more)
3 / 18 / 2022
It was the landlord, not the police, who told Shantell Fields that her daughter was dead. Lauren Smith-Fields lived... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2022
Facing pressure and feeling as if they didn’t have a choice, members of the legislature’s Education Committee reluctantly approved... (Read more)
3 / 9 / 2022
Norwalk Chief of Staff says City is ‘confident’ NHS project won’t be impacted Connecticut officials have notified at least... (Read more)
3 / 5 / 2022
Gov. Ned Lamont nominated 11 men and 11 women as judges of the Superior Court on Thursday, continuing a... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2022
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Friday that President Joe Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2022
Ukrainian Americans living in Connecticut are anxiously watching after the Russian military invaded Ukraine early Thursday, while the Connecticut... (Read more)
2 / 24 / 2022
Amid the protestors chanting “change your vote” outside the school board offices in the wealthy shoreline town of Darien... (Read more)
2 / 19 / 2022
On March 23, 2020, Connecticut came to a standstill. In an effort to control the devastating spread of COVID-19,... (Read more)
2 / 12 / 2022
$24B proposal cuts some income taxes, taps reserves to boost spending for CT’s recovery from pandemic HARTFORD, Conn. —... (Read more)
2 / 9 / 2022
Connecticut Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. will retire effective March 31 in the wake of an independent investigation that questioned... (Read more)
2 / 9 / 2022
HARTFORD, Conn. — Konstantinos Diamantis, the former deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Management now at the... (Read more)
2 / 9 / 2022
Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday said Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. would “be gone” if the governor had... (Read more)
2 / 5 / 2022
State also releases report on investigation into Chief State’s Attorney Colangelo’s hiring of Diamantis’ daughter The FBI is investigating... (Read more)
2 / 4 / 2022
A comprehensive school choice plan submitted Thursday in the Sheff v. O’Neill case is intended to end 33 years of litigation... (Read more)
1 / 28 / 2022
Republicans urged significant revisions in Connecticut’s gerrymandered congressional map, then compromised in steps to the point where relatively minor... (Read more)
1 / 18 / 2022
Will Haskell’s book about being elected to the Connecticut Senate as a 22-year-old isn’t out until Jan. 18, but... (Read more)
1 / 5 / 2022
STAMFORD — COVID-19 is spreading rapidly here in Connecticut’s second-largest city, where cases exploded with the suddenness of a... (Read more)
1 / 4 / 2022
Lamont blames ‘misrepresentation’ for mix-up A promised order of 1.5 million COVID-19 home test kits that was supposed to... (Read more)
12 / 30 / 2021
Tests could be available as early as Thursday With demand climbing for COVID tests as the omicron variant spreads,... (Read more)
12 / 28 / 2021