News from the state government
Stamford voters chose a Democratic state lawmaker over a retired baseball player as its next mayor Tuesday, but Republicans... (Read more)
11 / 3 / 2021
Americans who served in Afghanistan joined Gov. Ned Lamont and refugee resettlement officials Friday in a bipartisan effort to... (Read more)
9 / 18 / 2021
COVID test positivity rate up to 4.25%; No word yet on booster shots With infections increasing, Gov. Ned Lamont... (Read more)
8 / 17 / 2021
When kids head back to school this fall, for some it will be the first time they’ve been in... (Read more)
8 / 17 / 2021
Changes in tax policies and a little bit of luck have helped state finances in recent years Since he... (Read more)
8 / 10 / 2021
This is the third installment in Yankee Institute’s series on the eviction moratorium. Jennifer owns a multi-family house in... (Read more)
8 / 5 / 2021
‘I’ve never felt more hated by my government.’ This is the second of a three-part series looking at the... (Read more)
8 / 1 / 2021
After eight months of trying to hire staff, the owner of the small sandwich and burger joint Blue Cactus Grill closed... (Read more)
7 / 29 / 2021
‘I’ll never buy property in Connecticut again’ This is the first of a three-part series looking at the eviction... (Read more)
7 / 29 / 2021
When lawmakers adopted a new, two-year state budget in early June, some observers blinked at the unprecedented, $2.3 billion... (Read more)
7 / 27 / 2021
More than 50 percent of Connecticut’s population between the ages of 12 and 15 have now been vaccinated, according... (Read more)
7 / 22 / 2021
From all appearances it seems that crime politics have returned to center stage in our state for the first... (Read more)
7 / 18 / 2021
Gov. Ned Lamont has vetoed three more bills, including a measure that would have conveyed property in Wolcott for... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2021
The General Assembly voted Wednesday for a 44-word resolution extending Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers through Sept. 30, making... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2021
At 9:30 on a morning in late May, it was already hot and promising to get hotter as a... (Read more)
6 / 30 / 2021
House deletes Duff’s data privacy measure The General Assembly concluded its special session Thursday with passage of a budget... (Read more)
6 / 18 / 2021
The Senate voted 16-11 Thursday for final passage of a bill legalizing the production, sale and adult use of recreational marijuana... (Read more)
6 / 18 / 2021
no imageState poised to make historic deposit to mitigate massive long-term pension debt Question: When was the last time a... (Read more)
6 / 10 / 2021
Increase is element of bipartisan overhaul of 1978 anti-litter bill The Senate voted 33-1 Wednesday night to overhaul Connecticut’s... (Read more)
6 / 3 / 2021
The night before 11-year-old Ella was admitted to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in early May, her father Sean thought... (Read more)
5 / 30 / 2021
Towns can vote to opt out of key requirements Contentious legislation aimed at tackling Connecticut’s dubious distinction of being one of... (Read more)
5 / 21 / 2021
Insist Lamont and lawmakers must compromise on tax reform issues With state tax receipts booming and billions of federal... (Read more)
5 / 20 / 2021
The bill is a counterweight to the Supreme Court opinion issued three years ago in Janus v. AFSCME. Senate... (Read more)
5 / 17 / 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency approval for use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds,... (Read more)
5 / 12 / 2021
Connecticut became the first state Monday to fully vaccinate at least half its adult population against the novel coronavirus,... (Read more)
5 / 5 / 2021
Decision reduces utilities’ ability to recoup costs Eversource and United Illuminating failed to fully prepare for and respond to... (Read more)
4 / 29 / 2021
Dozens of vaccine providers across Connecticut will offer walk-up appointments for COVID-19 shots beginning Tuesday. More than 50 sites... (Read more)
4 / 27 / 2021
The largest child care expansion in state history, summer learning camps for nearly 100,000 students, huge investments in worker... (Read more)
4 / 23 / 2021
NORWALK, Conn. — What is the new Transportation and Climate Initiative that Connecticut has signed on to be a... (Read more)
4 / 15 / 2021
Food waste is a fact of life. Also a fact is that it’s smelly, wet and heavy. It makes... (Read more)
4 / 14 / 2021