Some of the last federal transportation dollars from the Biden administration will expand rail service from New Haven to Hartford.
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.
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Perillo to seek open Senate seat in special election
Rep. Jason Perillo said he will seek the nomination to succeed Sen. Kevin Kelly, and at least two Democrats are expected to run for a House seat.
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Lamont intent on preserving his limited options on energy
The governor’s position on energy places him between the competing camps of clean and cost.
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Unlike Congress, a smooth opening day for CT General Assembly
Republican minority leaders nominated, seconded Democratic leaders. Minor discord over virtual meetings
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Lamont frames a 2025 agenda, stinting on solutions
Lamont sidestepped the coming budget debate and identified lowering costs of housing, electricity, health care and higher education as goals.
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CT Gov. Lamont’s ‘north stars’ in 2025: opportunity and affordability
Gov. Ned Lamont will offer suggestions to open discussion, but he won’t likely address pressure to revise the state’s fiscal guardrails.
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Sen. Kelly, Rep. Conley expected to leave General Assembly
Kelly anticipates a nomination as a Superior Court judge; and Conley as an administrative judge on the Workers’ Compensation Commission.
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In public and private, time for Biden, Dodd to look back
Chris Dodd, the white-haired former senator from Connecticut, was in a wistful mood during a late afternoon chat Friday for many reasons, one being the 50th anniversary of the day he took his first oath as a member of Congress. Dodd spoke by phone from his law office a mile from the White House, a […]
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Lamont cheers success of paid family and medical leave
The same advocates applauding Lamont for the family leave program will soon lobby him to reconsider his resistance to CT’s spending limits.
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CT casts 7 electoral votes for Harris as Trump’s win is confirmed
Connecticut’s Democratic electors, who were chosen in May at the Democratic state convention, cast their ballots in a 37-minute ceremony.
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Lamont creates CT Office of Equity and Opportunity
Gov. Ned Lamont pushed against an anti-DEI trend by highlighting the hiring of the leader of the new CT Office of Equity and Opportunity.
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Rep. Jeff Currey, who did not run in ’24, to be top aide to CT House majority leader
Currey will succeed Christy Scott, who is expected to become a sessional lawyer in the office of House Speaker Matt Ritter.
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Law firm to lead inquiry into CT vehicle misuse by Lamont’s staff
A partner at Shipman & Goodwin law firm was contracted to lead an investigation of the misuse of two state cars by Gov. Ned Lamont’s staff.
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Matt Ritter is set to be longest-serving CT House speaker in 20 years
Ritter, who has spent four years navigating the challenges of a diverse legislative body as House speaker, is gearing up for his third term.
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Connecticut legislators get a 4.5% raise in each year of 2025-2026 term
Per a bill passed in 2022, legislative salaries are adjusted before the start of every term, guided by the federal Employment Cost Index.