With tighter and more restrictive gun laws going into effect, as many as a dozen legislators contacted the State Capitol Police because they were concerned for their safety. Sen. Edward Meyer, D-Guilford, said he “received several threats,” but he did not want to share the specifics. Rep. Roberta Willis, D-Salisbury, said she also received several […]

ConnecticutState Senatevote on gun-control bill District State Senator Party Vote 23 Ayala, Andres D Y 13 Bartolomeo, Danté D Y 26 Boucher, Toni R Y 5 Bye, Beth D Y 4 Cassano, Steve D Y 30 Chapin, Clark J. R N 2 Coleman, Eric D. D Y 17 Crisco, Joseph J. D Y 9 Doyle, […]

More than 100 people have been arrested after federal agents busted what they say are two large-scale trafficking operations bringing heroin and cocaine into Connecticut. About 700 officers carried out dawn raids Wednesday to make the arrests. The drug trafficking operations were said to have been headquartered in New London, but multiple law enforcement agencies […]

See update at bottom of story Resigned to defeat for now, hundreds of gun owners descended Wednesday on the Connecticut General Assembly to launch the next wave in a long-running battle to preserve firearm ownership rights. Arriving on buses sponsored by the National Rifle Association, sportsmen and gun enthusiasts from across Connecticut packed the halls […]

Budget cuts by state lawmakers are threatening the effort to reform the Department of Children and Families, an agency under federal court oversight for failing too many abused and neglected children, the court monitor reported Tuesday. “It is very concerning that the state has chosen to reduce and freeze staffing without acknowledging that the complexity […]

Connecticut’s bipartisan compromise on gun control generated a run on gun shops Tuesday, enthusiastic praise from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, laudatory national press attention and plans for a visit to Hartford next week by President Obama, who cannot find compromise or bipartisanship in Washington, D.C. “This is a good moment,” Malloy said. “We have a […]

They’re not as eye-catching as the expanded assault weapons ban or a new restriction on large-capacity magazines. But the bipartisan agreement legislative leaders crafted in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School also includes changes to insurance laws agreed to by both health plans and patient advocates. And they say the provisions will […]

Washington — The National Rifle Association tapped a Newtown parent who lost a son in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings to help it unveil a proposal Tuesday that recommended putting armed personnel in the nation’s schools. At a press conference Tuesday, Mark Mattioli, whose son James died in the Sandy Hook massacre, supported the […]

Michael Ellison has a tough assignment. He’s the associate dean of admissions choosing the first class of a brand new medical school, the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Hamden. “We have over 1,600 applicants, and we will interview 400 for 60 spots,” Ellison says. The school has a very specific mission: […]