Senate Bill 280 was passed by the Senate, 20 to 16, at 2:05 a.m. on April 5, 2012 Voting for repeal Beth Bye of West Hartford Steven Cassano of Manchester Eric Coleman of Bloomfield Joseph Crisco of Woodbridge Eileen Daily of Westbrook Bob Duff of Norwalk John Fonfara of Hartford Terry Gerratana of New Britain […]

Democrats in the state Senate voted at 2:05 a.m. Thursday to repeal the death penalty for future crimes, placing Connecticut on a path to become the 17th state to step away from capital punishment. On a 20-16 vote, the Senate approved and sent to the House a measure that would make life in prison without possibility […]

Washington — The Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the health care act will put the justices on the front lines of political campaigns this summer and likely fire up Connecticut’s Senate race. The Supreme Court will issue a ruling, probably in late June, that would uphold the Affordable Care Act, toss out the […]

State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers’ attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered-down bill could stall the effort to fix the state’s worst schools. “I’ve watched this process … with real dismay,” board Chairman Allan Taylor said of changes made last week by the legislature’s Education […]

Minority Republicans couldn’t prevent the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives from advancing a proposal making it far easier to dramatically revise longstanding state voting rules. But the GOP, which voted overwhelmingly against the proposed amendment to the state Constitution, ensured Wednesday that the earliest it could take effect would be the 2016 election season. That’s because […]

Connecticut’s truckers and other consumers of diesel fuel won’t benefit from the new circuit-breaker on gasoline taxes, even though rising prices likely will push the diesel levy upward starting this summer. Leaders of the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee confirmed last week they received a request from the state’s largest trucking association to adopt […]

Democratic leaders say the Connecticut Senate is poised today to repeal the death penalty for future crimes with at least one vote to spare, but Dr. William Petit and other opponents of repeal made a late and likely fruitless effort to turn votes. Debate began at 3:38 p.m., with Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield, the co-chairman […]

One year after legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy imposed $1.6 billion in new state and municipal taxes, the General Assembly’s Finance panel held the line Tuesday, wrapping up its work for the session without adopting any tax changes. But while the Senate chairwoman of the Democratic-controlled panel hailed the inaction as a promise honored, […]

With Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pledging to sign the bill into law, the state Senate is preparing for a vote Wednesday on a measure to repeal the death penalty for future crimes. Leaders of the Senate Democratic majority intended Tuesday to canvass their 22 members for a final time, with the expectation of getting a […]

Washington — Unless Congress acts soon, the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service will cut deliveries of mail, raise stamp prices and shutter two processing centers and more than a dozen postal facilities in Connecticut. Drastic steps must be taken, the postal service says, because it lost more than $9 billion last year and has struggled […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy acknowledged today that he was less than enthused about the legislature’s cap on a tax on the wholesale price of gasoline, which he signed Tuesday without public ceremony. Malloy said the bill will not provide major relief at the pump, which led to a reporter asking if the attention politicians are […]