El Gobernador Ned Lamont también prometió oportunidades y crecimiento. Hay detalles por venir después que él inauguró su segundo mandato.
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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Rep. Quentin Williams killed in crash with wrong-way driver
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Rep. Dan Fox, D-Stamford, expected to leave House
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
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
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
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
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.
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Lamont may go alone in seeking end to ownership of AR-15s in CT
CT Gov. Ned Lamont intends to pursue repealing the exemption that allows residents to possess AR-15s bought before the ban on sales.