CT Dems explain federal stimulus package
Details about the $2 trillion federal stimulus package making its way through Congress were offered Thursday by Connecticut legislators.... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2020
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COVID-19: Call a ‘warm line;’ stop meeting with more than four people
NORWALK, Conn. — COVID-19 updates: Another 10 cases A startling headline Wheels2U stops rolling ‘Warm lines’ Lamont’s latest (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2020
COVID-19: Shelter in place, but go for a walk and maybe go fishing
NORWALK, Conn. — The latest COVID-19 updates: 18 more Norwalk positive cases Norwalk Library adds to online services Lamont... (Read more)
3 / 25 / 2020
Lamont defines ‘essential’ businesses that can remain in operation after Monday
Gov. Ned Lamont clarified his work ban on non-essential services late Sunday, carving out dozens of exemptions centered on... (Read more)
3 / 23 / 2020
Lamont: ‘Stay Safe, Stay Home’
NORWALK, Conn. — “Non-essential” businesses statewide have been ordered to “prohibit all in-person functions” if they can, by 8... (Read more)
3 / 20 / 2020
Lamont issues further orders, announces more COVID-19 fatalities
NORWALK, Conn. – The Connecticut death tally due to COVID-19 is now three, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. “Those... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2020
COVID-19: Closing doors, a reprieve from school assessments, more coronavirus tests coming and primary postponed
NORWALK, Conn. — The latest COVID-19 updates: Rilling orders spas, salons and barber shops to close State seeks federal... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2020
Lamont orders restaurants, bars to close doors, Norwalk offers assistance
HARTFORD, Conn. – Restaurants and bars in the tri-state area have been ordered to move to take-out and delivery... (Read more)
3 / 16 / 2020
COVID-19: Six more CT victims, hope for hand sanitizer
NORWALK, Conn. — The latest on COVID-19: Six more COVID-19 cases in Connecticut What about hand sanitizer? Lamont provides... (Read more)
3 / 16 / 2020
NPS closing schools due to COVID19; City Hall scaling back
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools will be closed for two weeks, beginning Monday. On the same day, City... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2020
Connecticut’s 3rd COVID-19 case was contracted locally
An elderly New Canaan man was confirmed Wednesday as the third coronavirus patient in Connecticut and the first assumed... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2020
no imageFive things to know about coronavirus and what state is doing to prepare
With federal officials warning there will be a rapid spread of the coronavirus in the U.S., there were heightened... (Read more)
2 / 27 / 2020
Lawmakers advanced a bill barring new religious exemptions to vaccines. Here’s what it would do.
HARTFORD, Conn. – Amid pushback from Republicans and thousands of outraged parents, the legislature’s Public Health Committee voted Monday... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2020
no imageWhy I oppose HB-5044
H.B. No. 5044 (Raised), An Act Concerning Immunizations (the “Bill”), proposes to eliminate the religious exemption to vaccination. This... (Read more)
2 / 22 / 2020
Knopp paints portrait of ‘partisan gerrymandering’
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk has been victimized for two decades, “chopped up left and right” in violation of the... (Read more)
2 / 18 / 2020
Norwalk Dem statehouse crew fields questions ahead of legislative session
NORWALK, Conn. — There was a hot topic at Monday’s Democratic legislative town hall forum – school vaccinations. State... (Read more)
1 / 28 / 2020
Unaccompanied minors are moving to Connecticut in record numbers
For several long hours, Francisco, then 15, sat on the bank of the Rio Grande River in Mexico trying... (Read more)
1 / 26 / 2020
New laws affect parking, dry cleaning, eye doctor visits
More than two dozen new state laws went into effect on Jan. 1, ranging from expanded health insurance coverage... (Read more)
1 / 26 / 2020
Duff, at Freethinkers’ soiree, predicts legislative actions
NORWALK, Conn. — Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25) put forth various topics apropos to the state’s upcoming... (Read more)
1 / 17 / 2020
Connecticut plans 5G for New Haven line
NORWALK, Conn. — Metro North’s New Haven line is set for an internet upgrade thanks to a public private... (Read more)
1 / 7 / 2020
Norwalk political notes: Noise ordinance, Barbis/King and Himes
NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk political notes: Noise ordinance nears finish line Solar power tax exemption heading to Council... (Read more)
12 / 20 / 2019
Separated by Design: The pain of affordable housing in crime-ridden neighborhoods
(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
Partisan politics or efficiency? Lamont’s plans for school building program sparks debate
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
Senate GOP’s no-tolls alternative relies on rainy day fund
The Senate Republican minority on Thursday proposed using budget reserves in a complex and creative way to finance an... (Read more)
11 / 14 / 2019
Here are the bridges to be rebuilt by tolls, and the cost to cross them
These are the 14 bridges that would be rebuilt or improved with money raised by tolls under Gov. Ned... (Read more)
11 / 9 / 2019
CT municipal elections turned on scandals, local issues
Unlike others who went to the polls Tuesday across the nation, Connecticut voters did not send a clear message... (Read more)
11 / 8 / 2019
Lamont’s vision for transportation — and how he’ll sell it
This story was published Wednesday on CTMirror.org. CT2030 is online. A $21 billion transportation plan Gov. Ned Lamont... (Read more)
11 / 7 / 2019
Among Connecticut cities and towns, the wealthiest are the big spenders
This is the second article in an occasional series exploring wealth and income inequality in Connecticut and its impact... (Read more)
10 / 5 / 2019
Judge tosses suit by CT, other ‘blue states,’ that challenged SALT cap
Washington – A federal court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Connecticut and three other high-income states seeking to... (Read more)
9 / 30 / 2019
Westport seeks to fire lawyer who fought housing discrimination
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