CT Democratic leaders expect to introduce legislation next month to supplement winter heating assistance depleted by shrinking federal funds.
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Posted inEducation
CT lawmakers set education priorities for 2024 legislative session
CT legislative committees focused on education plan to discuss teacher certifications, special education, college legacy admissions and more.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Ganim claims victory in Bridgeport primary election
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim apparently pulled off another victory against his rival John Gomes on Tuesday in a special court-ordered election.
Posted inPolitics
Bridgeport primary election results: Joe Ganim vs. John Gomes
Bridgeport mayoral primary election results will be posted after polls close at 8 p.m. Mayor Joe Ganim is facing challenger John Gomes.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
After a lackluster 2023, CT’s efforts on climate policy are still stalled
Even as extreme weather fueled by climate change pummeled Connecticut last year, all major climate legislation failed.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Weary of conflict, Lamont demands more collegial tone at PURA
Gov. Lamont is holding off on reappointing the commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority — or adding new members.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Crucial week for Lamont and effort to salvage transition to EVs
Gov. Ned Lamont is to meet with legislative leaders on a proposal to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Charting CT: Women make up only 37% of the CT legislature
In the 1970s, women held from 18 to 37 seats in CT’s 187-seat legislature. It took until 2018 for women to hold a third of the legislature.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Proposed data center would get power from Millstone nuclear plant
Regulators and residents are seeking more information about the project’s impacts on the environment, the neighborhood and the electric grid.
Posted inHealth
A look at CT’s health care priorities for the 2024 legislative session
CT lawmakers will weigh home care worker protections, elder care safeguards and expanding Medicaid for people without permanent legal status.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT’s ‘baby bonds’ experiment is under way
Each of the 7,810 babies to born to CT mothers on Medicaid in the last half of 2023 are potential beneficiaries of a $3,200 “baby bond.”
Posted inMoney
Report: CT ranks in bottom half of states in tax fairness
Though CT has eased tax burdens on the poor and middle class in recent years, it ranks behind 29 other states in one key fairness metric.
Posted inInvestigations
Emails show extent of influence on school construction projects
The emails outline a campaign to give contracts for CT school hazmat projects to two companies without going through the normal bid process.
Posted inHousing
Lamont launches new approach to homelessness — and red tape
Gov. Ned Lamont highlighted CT’s many programmatic successes in caring for the unhoused and its failure to establish a cohesive system.
Posted inJustice
CT attorney Ken Krayeske recommended to lead DOC oversight
After a hearing, CT’s prison oversight committee recommended civil rights lawyer Ken Krayeske to help oversee the Department of Correction.