The bill illustrates the legislature’s opportunistic take on what an ‘emergency’ is and the degree to which Trump is shaping politics in CT.
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.
Posted inPolitics
CT House takes issue with Lamont, Trump in emergency bills
Ignoring a hinted veto, the House voted overwhelmingly for a bill that would provide a supplemental $40 million for special education.
Posted inEducation
CT legislators plan $40M in immediate special education funding
The move comes as officials are taking steps to shift more responsibility for special education costs from municipalities to the state.
Posted inJustice
CT sees drop in crime rate as new quarterly data analysis begins
CT’s new crime data chief was introduced with a promise of faster analysis, greater transparency — and a report showing crime fell by 14.1%.
Posted inJustice
CT legislators horrified by account of incarcerated person’s homicide
The first public dissection of Robby Talbot’s death came Friday in a hearing on whether to accept a $3.75M settlement of a federal lawsuit.
Posted inJustice
CT set to pay $37.6 million for wrongful convictions of 8 men
A review by the CT Mirror found that the new round of compensation will bring the state’s total wrongful-conviction awards to $128.9 million.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Lamont wants to keep CT’s top utilities regulator. Lawmakers may have other ideas
Questions surround Gillett nomination after Eversource and UI lawsuit, Hartford Courant story, and lawmakers seeking PURA appointments
Posted inJustice
CT agrees to $3.75 million settlement in homicide of inmate
Robby Talbot died at New Haven Correctional Center after allegedly being doused with pepper spray and piled on by officers.
Posted inPolitics
CT weighs barring state companies from aiding in executions
Lawmakers introduced the bill after the HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight’ revealed that a CT company was the source of a drug used in executions.
Posted inPolitics
In CT, Republicans seek a closer alignment with Trump
Many bills raised by the CT GOP won’t pass, but they make a statement about the party’s identity as it tries to reverse a string of losses.
Posted inImmigration
In Hartford, a judge welcomes new American citizens on Fridays
In a time of much uncertainty in the federal bureaucracy, many still reach the end of their paths to citizenship in a Hartford courtroom.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont’s budget address celebrated CT’s turnaround. What’s next?
Lamont invited legislators to celebrate a string of budget surpluses, then outlined a path of continued prudence, tinged with pragmatism.
Posted inPolitics
Trump ties transportation funding to immigration compliance
Trump plans to link transportation funding to policies on masks, vaccines and immigration enforcement, as well as marriage and birth rates.
Posted inJustice
Raheem Mullin confirmed as chief justice of CT Supreme Court
The General Assembly confirmed Raheem Mullins as chief justice of the CT Supreme Court over the objections of small Republican voting blocs.
Posted inPolitics
Erin Stewart’s ‘major announcement:’ She is not a candidate for governor. Yet.
The young Republican mayor of New Britain laid down a marker for an expected 2026 campaign for governor with a relatively conventional pitch.
