A legislative committee held a public hearing Friday on a bill that would increase state oversight over the MDC by requiring annual audits.
Mark Pazniokas
Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.
Jobless benefits for strikers in CT? Idea dividing labor committee
Sen. Rob Sampson and Sen. Julie Kushner share a microphone and little else on the labor committee as they debate jobless benefits and more.
UConn cools budget rhetoric but presses Lamont for more money
UConn president Radenka Maric cooled her fight with Gov. Ned Lamont while maintaining that his budget shortchanges the university.
Mayors and moms call for reforms to target repeat gun offenders
One provision would give CT judges the right to curtail bail for repeat gun offenders. Another would create more ‘gun dockets’ in CT courts.
CT legislators vow harder look at utilities, and a regulator applauds
Connecticut’s expensive electric rates are fueling an effort to revise regulations governing Eversource and other utilities.
CT Politics: New UConn president gets a pass on XL Center threat
UConn President Radenka Maric is getting a pass, at least publicly, on a threat to end playing basketball games at the XL Center in Hartford.
After compromise, legislators extend CT’s ‘fiscal guardrails’
Compromises negotiated by Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders produced the unanimous passage Thursday a bill extending reforms that have contributed to Connecticut’s fiscal turnaround.
House confirms Katie Dykes at DEEP, Michelle Gilman at DAS
Republicans cast largely symbolic votes against the confirmations of Katie Dykes and Michelle Gilman as heads of DEEP and DAS.
Lamont asks legislature to stay the course on fiscal restraint
Gov. Ned Lamont urged CT lawmakers to embrace his proposed budget as a mix of tax relief, new spending on vital needs and fiscal discipline.
Democrats to Lamont: Ease fiscal restraints for CT schools’ sake
Lamont wants to keep fiscal ‘guardrails’ in place, but legislators see a way to increase education funding with savings from the revenue cap.
Lamont would toughen Sandy Hook gun law
CT Gov. Ned Lamont wants to ban the sale of all firearms to anyone under age 21 and close loopholes that allow the sale of AR-15 variants.
CT lawmakers unite behind State Police raises, not accountability law
A partisan divide remains over the degree to which a 2020 CT police accountability law contributes to struggles in recruiting.
CT has a trash problem. Here’s how Lamont wants to solve it
Lamont outlined an approach requiring new disposal facilities and dramatic reductions in the waste generated by residents and businesses.
Lamont: Ban open carry of firearms, limit gun purchases
CT Gov. Ned Lamont proposed a series of measures he says could curb gun violence in Connecticut, including banning open carry of firearms.
Lamont proposes easing access to birth control pills
CT lawmakers from both parties have also proposed bills legalizing the sale in vending machines of emergency contraceptive Plan B.