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(CTMirror.org) HARTFORD, Conn. — The moon pulls 6-year-old Romeo Lugo to the window at night. The autistic child loves... (Read more)
12 / 1 / 2019
News from the state government
(CTMirror.org) HARTFORD, Conn. — The moon pulls 6-year-old Romeo Lugo to the window at night. The autistic child loves... (Read more)
12 / 1 / 2019
A plan from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to shift oversight of the municipal school construction process into the governor’s... (Read more)
11 / 23 / 2019
The Senate Republican minority on Thursday proposed using budget reserves in a complex and creative way to finance an... (Read more)
11 / 14 / 2019
These are the 14 bridges that would be rebuilt or improved with money raised by tolls under Gov. Ned... (Read more)
11 / 9 / 2019
Unlike others who went to the polls Tuesday across the nation, Connecticut voters did not send a clear message... (Read more)
11 / 8 / 2019
This story was published Wednesday on CTMirror.org. CT2030 is online. A $21 billion transportation plan Gov. Ned Lamont... (Read more)
11 / 7 / 2019
This is the second article in an occasional series exploring wealth and income inequality in Connecticut and its impact... (Read more)
10 / 5 / 2019
Washington – A federal court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Connecticut and three other high-income states seeking to... (Read more)
9 / 30 / 2019
This article was produced through a partnership between ProPublica and the Connecticut Mirror, which is a member of the ProPublica Local... (Read more)
9 / 28 / 2019
A surge of vaping-related illnesses has sent hundreds of people to hospitals across the country and resulted in eight... (Read more)
9 / 24 / 2019
NEWINGTON, Conn. — Democratic and Republican legislative leaders were upbeat Friday after a briefing by U.S. transportation officials about... (Read more)
9 / 21 / 2019
Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration unveiled tax guidelines late Thursday that narrowed the Department of Revenue Service’s original interpretation of... (Read more)
9 / 20 / 2019
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday he expects the new sales tax surcharge on prepared foods will be scaled back... (Read more)
9 / 19 / 2019
Republicans and Democrats dug in Wednesday on whether Connecticut law clearly defines what is a meal subject to the... (Read more)
9 / 19 / 2019
Senate Democrats backed away Monday from the new sales tax surcharge on prepared foods, saying Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration... (Read more)
9 / 18 / 2019
A controversial tax hike on prepared foods will hit Connecticut shoppers much harder than legislators thought, raking in $158... (Read more)
9 / 14 / 2019
A slightly greater percentage of Connecticut students performed at grade level on this year’s state standardized test, with the... (Read more)
9 / 11 / 2019
State test results for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium were released Monday, according to the CTMirror.org. Above is the... (Read more)
9 / 10 / 2019
The number of students claiming the religious exemption to mandatory vaccinations in Connecticut rose by 25% between the 2017-18... (Read more)
8 / 30 / 2019
If the Affordable Care Act is abolished as the result of a legal battle over the health care law,... (Read more)
8 / 23 / 2019
One-third of high school juniors are not reading and writing well enough to begin taking college courses or start... (Read more)
8 / 6 / 2019
Dieter Tejada was only 19 years old when he was incarcerated at Bridgeport Correctional Center, but it didn’t take... (Read more)
8 / 5 / 2019
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – As federal authorities prepared to deport thousands of migrant families from cities across the U.S., Connecticut leaders gathered in... (Read more)
7 / 13 / 2019
NORWALK, Conn. – Your story about healthcare might help save the Affordable Care Act,” Chris Murphy and Jim Himes... (Read more)
7 / 7 / 2019
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra. Businesses and high wage... (Read more)
6 / 23 / 2019
“We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.” —Abraham... (Read more)
6 / 22 / 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. — The partisan battle over the new state budget heated up Thursday. Minority Republicans continued to argue... (Read more)
6 / 14 / 2019
The House of Representatives approved a new state budget late Tuesday that averts a major projected deficit without increasing... (Read more)
6 / 4 / 2019
Connecticut schools will be required to offer a course in African American, Puerto Rican and Latino history by 2022... (Read more)
6 / 1 / 2019
Updated, 9:31 a.m.: Budget impact figures revised to show cumulative yearly cost of hike. Added information about Summer Youth... (Read more)
5 / 29 / 2019