A CT bill would allow all people to vote while they’re incarcerated. The public testified on it this week.

Four bills introduced in the CT legislature this session would implement ranked-choice voting in the state for various elections.

The committee passed a bill to fund grants for arts and culture and a bill to let small businesses write off research and development costs.

The bill would expand CT’s debt-free community college program, create tax reductions for those who paid interest on loan payments and more.

The CT Banking Committee passed legislation that would give recourse to domestic abuse survivors whose partners incurred debt in their names.

A bill would require high school students to have completed a half-credit course in “financial management and financial literacy” to graduate.

The bill, which passed CT’s Planning and Development Committee on Wednesday, applies to charges of up to $4,000.

After winning their special elections, representatives from Middletown, Hartford and Stamford were assigned to CT General Assembly committees.

The meeting marks the first step toward establishing an ombudsperson office with investigatory power over the CT Department of Correction.

A public hearing on the bill triggered emotional testimony from Black and Latino students who said they don’t feel safe with police officers at their schools.

CT lawmakers have proposed bills to address the mental health of young people, which experts say can be negatively impacted by social media.

The fair share bill, which would require towns to plan and zone for a certain number of affordable units, passed the CT Housing Committee.

The bills include a ban on most wintertime evictions, support for workforce housing, measures to encourage fair housing and more.

The bills would create an advisory group and apprenticeship programs in the fields of mechatronics, cybersecurity, and additive manufacturing.

Two bills would tweak CT’s brownfield program, which provides funding to redevelop contaminated former industrial or commercial properties.