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El Gobernador Ned Lamont pone el pulgar hacia arriba mientras la gente en la Cámara le canta Feliz Cumpleaños. Lamont cumplió 69 años el día antes de la ceremonia de inauguración, que tuvo lugar el 4 de enero de 2023.
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Lamont promete reducción de impuestos, oportunidades y crecimiento, detalles por venir

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mark Pazniokas and Keith M. Phaneuf January 6, 2023 @ 12:01 pmJanuary 9, 2023 @ 10:25 am

El Gobernador Ned Lamont también prometió oportunidades y crecimiento. Hay detalles por venir después que él inauguró su segundo mandato.

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Rep. Quentin Williams killed in crash with wrong-way driver

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas January 5, 2023 @ 1:37 pmJanuary 9, 2023 @ 11:58 am

Rep. Quentin Williams, D-Middletown, was killed in a crash involving a wrong-way driver on Route 9 in Cromwell Thursday.

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Lamont promises tax cut, opportunities and growth, details to come

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mark Pazniokas and Keith M. Phaneuf January 4, 2023 @ 4:59 pmJanuary 6, 2023 @ 12:06 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont opened his second term Wednesday by pronouncing an end to Connecticut’s chronic fiscal crisis.

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Lamont, General Assembly begin new terms on upbeat notes

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoJaden Edison by Mark Pazniokas, Andrew Brown, Keith M. Phaneuf and Jaden Edison January 4, 2023 @ 12:02 pmJanuary 4, 2023 @ 5:03 pm

CT Democrats have solid majorities and no deep schisms in their caucuses. Rep. Matt Ritter and Sen. Martin Looney were reelected as leaders.

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Hartford Democratic Rep. Edwin Vargas is resigning his seat

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas January 3, 2023 @ 6:19 pmJanuary 3, 2023 @ 6:23 pm

Democrats will have a 96-53 majority to begin the session. The vacancies will be filled in special elections in safe Democratic districts.

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CT Capitol fully open to public Wednesday as 2023 session begins

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas January 3, 2023 @ 5:00 amJanuary 4, 2023 @ 12:06 pm

The CT General Assembly will begin its 2023 session with new members, more leadership titles, and the Capitol fully open to the public.

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BEST OF 2022: Small shifts in power hide big changes within Connecticut General Assembly

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas January 1, 2023 @ 4:55 amDecember 28, 2022 @ 12:41 pm

More than half of the seats in the CT House and nearly two-thirds in the Senate will have turned over since 2018, some more than once.

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BEST OF 2022: Chris Murphy and Connecticut’s gun safety movement get their moment

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 29, 2022 @ 12:00 pmDecember 28, 2022 @ 12:50 pm

Sen. Chris Murphy negotiated and shepherded into passage America’s first significant gun safety law in three decades. Then he flew home to celebrate.

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BEST OF 2022: An embrace of Juneteenth in Connecticut, and a clash over its meaning

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 27, 2022 @ 12:00 pmDecember 22, 2022 @ 1:24 pm

The House voted 142-1 to designate Juneteenth a legal holiday in Connecticut. The overwhelmingly positive vote belied a difficult debate.

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Rep. Dan Fox, D-Stamford, expected to leave House

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 22, 2022 @ 3:12 pmJanuary 3, 2023 @ 6:13 pm

Rep. Dan Fox, D-Stamford, could be anticipating a nomination by Gov. Ned Lamont as a judge of the Superior Court.

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State police ratify deal to make them best-paid cops in Connecticut

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 21, 2022 @ 5:00 amDecember 20, 2022 @ 10:24 pm

The contract is intended to bolster the recruitment and retention of troopers with dramatically higher starting pay and other inducements.

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Bacon Brothers and lobbyists are players at Lamont’s inaugural ball

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 20, 2022 @ 5:00 amDecember 19, 2022 @ 8:43 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont’s second inaugural ball will take place at The Bushnell, where the Bacon Brothers will perform. Tickets cost $200.

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Guerrera to head DMV, latest change for Lamont’s second term

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 15, 2022 @ 3:12 pmDecember 15, 2022 @ 3:12 pm

By naming Tony Guerrera head of the CT DMV, Gov. Ned Lamont has named four new agency heads and made other changes ahead of his second term.

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Connecticut to get $127M from CVS, Walgreens in opioid settlement

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 12, 2022 @ 4:46 pmDecember 12, 2022 @ 7:23 pm

The money is part of a $10.7 billion settlement. CVS will pay $5 billion over 10 years and Walgreens will pay $5.7 billion over 15 years.

Gov. Ned Lamont and members of the press.
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Lamont may go alone in seeking end to ownership of AR-15s in CT

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas December 9, 2022 @ 5:00 amDecember 8, 2022 @ 10:55 pm

CT Gov. Ned Lamont intends to pursue repealing the exemption that allows residents to possess AR-15s bought before the ban on sales.

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