Rep. Maryam Khan was assaulted Wednesday while leaving a Muslim prayer service at the XL Center in downtown Hartford. One man was arrested.
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Posted inPolitics
Lowell Weicker, Connecticut governor and U.S. senator, dies at 92
Lowell P. Weicker Jr. served three terms as Connecticut’s last Republican senator, then passed the income tax as a third-party governor.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT could get millions of dollars for military projects in federal bills
The Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Electric Boat, Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky would benefit from a federal spending bill.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT to receive $144 million as part of push for high-speed internet
The plan is to ensure, for the first time, that every home and business in CT has access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection.
Posted inHealth
CT abortion provider sees sharp increase in out-of-state clients
Planned Parenthood has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people traveling to CT from states restricting or banning abortion.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Hartford’s North End flooding woes to be addressed with $170M
Officials announced a $170 million project to correct decades of environmental injustice from flooding and sewage backups in north Hartford.
Posted inJustice
What CT criminal justice bills passed in 2023?
Here’s a look at some of the criminal justice bills that did — or did not — pass in CT’s 2023 legislative session.
Posted inEconomic Development
Wage theft in CT: Millions stolen from workers since 2019
Over five years, CT ordered employers to pay more than $17 million in stolen wages. But a shortage of investigators is delaying more cases.
Posted inPolitics
With Lamont away, Bysiewicz signs ban on child marriage
For the first time since Gov. Ned Lamont took office in January 2019, a CT bill became law with a signature other than his.
Posted inEducation
Killingly parents claim students still lack mental health care access
Killingly parents say services at a new mental health center haven’t started and several school mental health positions are vacant.
Posted inPolitics
On ‘anniversaries,’ CT Democrats see abortion, guns vital for ’24
Connecticut Democrats see guns and reproductive rights as wedge issues, even if CT already has some of the nation’s strongest laws.
Posted inPolitics
How a GOP legislative ‘rat’ overrode home rule in a small CT town
A CT House Republican’s success in blocking a warehouse project near his Middlebury home casts a bright light on the dark art of legislating.
Posted inGovernment
One year later: CT advocates laud gun safety law, but ‘we can’t rest’
After the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed last June, CT advocates say conversations are less divisive and lawmakers are more open.
Posted inHealth
CT attorney general appoints special counsel to protect abortion access
The announcement comes just before the Dobbs decision anniversary. The ruling allowed states to decide whether to allow abortions.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Legislature’s inaction on food waste leaves towns holding the (trash) bag
The CT legislature didn’t provide funding to help municipalities get food out of the waste stream. Now, cities must pay the price.