The governor should be applauded for recognizing the necessary role clean low-cost natural gas must play alongside zero-carbon sources like nuclear, solar and wind.
Lamont’s moves on energy provide roadmap back for Democrats
Posted inInvestigations
As the jury weighed his fate, Kosta Diamantis sipped a cappuccino
While Konstantinos Diamantis waited on Tuesday for a verdict that didn’t come, he vented about federal prosecutors and a key witness.
Posted inMoney
CT House GOP pitches $700-per-filer middle class income tax cut
Instead of spending $500 million to offset federal cuts, CT’s GOP leaders asked, why not use the money to cut state income tax burdens?
Posted inHealth
Prospect Medical Holdings owes CT $127 million in taxes, records show
CT officials have been reluctant to release the total amount in taxes the hospital owes, but a July court filing said it grew to over $127M.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Listen longer, they are more than their politics
Listening, not to agree, but to understand, creates belonging. This is what keeps us from treating politics as a zero-sum game.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors
UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CCSU– where academic freedom and freedom of speech collide
Freedom of speech and academic freedom are not the same thing. Sometimes they are mutually exclusive.
Posted inHuman Services
Child found dead in New Britain had not eaten for weeks, warrant says
Jacqueline ‘Mimi’ Torres-García was severely abused before she died, documents state, but DCF says it didn’t receive reports of the abuse.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Lamont names 4 to PURA board, including Thomas Wiehl as chief
The appointments, which follow the resignation of former chair Marissa Gillett, will almost completely transform the makeup of PURA.
Posted inInvestigations
Attorneys in Diamantis trial deliver closing arguments as case goes to jury
The closing arguments were the last thing jurors heard before they were asked to decide the fate of Diamantis, who is charged with 21 counts.
Posted inPolitics
Blumenthal, CT officials focusing on SNAP as shutdown wears on
Whether Connecticut will fill the gaps in SNAP funding left by the federal shutdown is ‘an ongoing conversation,’ a state official said.
Posted inHealth
Hartford HealthCare wins Prospect Medical Holdings CT hospitals
Hartford HealthCare was named the successful bidder in an auction to acquire Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals.
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: CT lobstermen reflect on the industry’s glory days
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma and CT Mirror’s Dana Edwards discussed his article about Connecticut’s formerly booming lobster industry and why it’s largely ended.
Posted inPolitics
CT 2025 municipal elections: How to vote and know who’s running
On Nov. 4, Connecticut will hold elections for local offices like mayor, city council and board of education. Here’s what to know.