
Day after pandemic relief: Explaining and complaining
Trump challenges Congress to boost direct aid. Pelosi replies, ‘Let’s do it!’ Connecticut’s congressional delegation turned Tuesday to the... (Read more)
12 / 22 / 2020
News from the state government
Trump challenges Congress to boost direct aid. Pelosi replies, ‘Let’s do it!’ Connecticut’s congressional delegation turned Tuesday to the... (Read more)
12 / 22 / 2020
NORWALK, Conn. — The newly passed federal stimulus bill should provide about $5 billion to Connecticut’s schools, U.S. Rep.... (Read more)
12 / 22 / 2020
NORWALK, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) highlighted Connecticut funding Monday in a press release concerning the Coronavirus... (Read more)
12 / 22 / 2020
Connecticut is rushing to distribute $35 million in emergency grants to restaurants, bars and other small to mid-sized businesses... (Read more)
12 / 22 / 2020
Last February, in the early weeks of Connecticut’s legislative session, lawmakers intent on erasing the state’s religious exemption from... (Read more)
12 / 16 / 2020
Leaders from the state’s largest education unions gathered outside the state Capitol on Thursday to call on Gov. Ned... (Read more)
12 / 11 / 2020
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton vowed to cut the income tax as a Republican candidate for governor in 2018. Now,... (Read more)
12 / 10 / 2020
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk has lost another three citizens to COVID-19 and two more schools have switched to remote... (Read more)
12 / 9 / 2020
About 380,000 health care workers, nursing home residents and first responders will have received the first doses of an... (Read more)
12 / 6 / 2020
With tolls off the table in 2021, state officials could look to gasoline tax hikes to salvage Connecticut’s imperiled... (Read more)
12 / 4 / 2020
Connecticut high schools will now be required to offer a course in African American, Black, Latino and Puerto Rican... (Read more)
12 / 2 / 2020
State utility regulators ordered a comprehensive overhaul Wednesday of Connecticut’s rate-setting process while also affirming that a key element... (Read more)
12 / 2 / 2020
With an executive order that allows a maximum fine of $10,000 on businesses that violate COVID-19 capacity restrictions, Gov. Ned Lamont... (Read more)
11 / 25 / 2020
Rebuffs call from teachers’ unions to end in-school instruction after Thanksgiving Gov. Ned Lamont appealed Monday for Connecticut residents... (Read more)
11 / 24 / 2020
Gov. Ned Lamont and his top aides began a 14-day self-quarantine Friday night after the governor’s communications director, Max... (Read more)
11 / 14 / 2020
Fiscal conservatives like Gov. Ned Lamont aren’t the only reason Democrats lack the leverage to reform Connecticut’s tax system... (Read more)
11 / 11 / 2020
A limited supply of coronavirus vaccine could be available for some of Connecticut’s care providers and most vulnerable residents... (Read more)
11 / 10 / 2020
President-elect Joe Biden said he sought to become president in part “to unite us here at home” in a... (Read more)
11 / 7 / 2020
While the nation was riveted on the evolving vote counts in the presidential election, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and... (Read more)
11 / 7 / 2020
NORWALK, Conn. — Bob Duff has been reelected State Senate majority leader. Some Norwalk Republicans alleged before the election... (Read more)
11 / 6 / 2020
With increased rates of positive COVID-19 tests in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced a new restriction on... (Read more)
11 / 6 / 2020
Donald Trump’s unpopularity in Connecticut helped state Democrats pick up even more seats in the General Assembly. It looks likely... (Read more)
11 / 5 / 2020
When the stack of death certificates began piling up in Patty Ulatowski’s office in Bridgeport in April, the extent... (Read more)
11 / 3 / 2020
Zoning – or, more to the point, what type of housing can be built in suburban neighborhoods – is... (Read more)
10 / 31 / 2020
Positive test rate at 2.3% The novel coronavirus is spreading in Connecticut with COVID-19 cases increasing in the I-84... (Read more)
10 / 23 / 2020
Increased chances officials can escape the pandemic without a major state tax hike Connecticut got a shot of good... (Read more)
10 / 20 / 2020
It took all summer and the first three weeks of fall for daily coronavirus infection test rates in Connecticut... (Read more)
10 / 20 / 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday effectively ending the 2020 Census this week comes in what was expected to... (Read more)
10 / 15 / 2020
Norwalk sees 19 more cases The state recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 rate in four months on Monday, with... (Read more)
10 / 13 / 2020
Election day may be three weeks away, but the general election is unfolding right now. Around 3.7 percent of... (Read more)
10 / 13 / 2020