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'First I Heard of It!' Rubio Battles MURPHY Over Whether Or Not Trump's Crypto Dinner Poses a National Security Threat...

Power conferences working on contract to bind schools to new enforcement rules, regardless of state laws, with strict punishments...

A Comprehensive New Data Analysis Into Why Harris Lost in 2024; 'The Obama coalition turned into the Trump coalition'...

Democrats, addicted to nominating senators, prepare for a 2028 pileup...

Bethany GOP first selectwoman PAULA COFRANCESCO resigns amid outcry she reportedly failed to respond to child sex abuse claims...

State Sen. CECI MAHER: Horrors at Connecticut summer camps could have been prevented...

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Connecticut electric rates to drop for Eversource, UI customers this summer...

CT Dems are nearing a budget deal. TRUMP'S spending bill could upend it; LAMONT: 'I wouldn't be surprised if we're coming back in September'...

BEN FLORSHEIM RESIGNS AS MAYOR OF MIDDLETOWN EFFECTIVE JUNE 16th...

FLORSHEIM COS Peterson: Florsheim 'doing well;' Common Council President Gene Nocera will assume the mayor's duties at noon June 16th...

A Long Strange Trip: CT House narrowly votes to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'...

Yale Innovation Summit adds 'Civic' track to spotlight innovations that address 'society's challenges'...

CT Airport Authority officials warn of 'tough decisions' if fuel tax deal extended...

Lawsuit wants 18-year-olds to be able to buy handguns in Connecticut...

MURPHY rips KRISTI NOEM for demanding new $50M jet while the Coast Guard struggles...

CAROL PLATT LIEBAU: Connecticut's Broken Promise: When Equal Justice Favors Special Interests...

Johnson offers $40,000 SALT deduction cap with income limits...

New England needs Pennsylvania's natural gas; Dems won't let them have it...

To help resolve the housing crisis, former CT schools are becoming apartment complexes...

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Colorado's crime lab has been in crisis. Here's how Connecticut fixed theirs...

CT legislature jumps to avoid 235% hike in workers' comp rates...

Senate passes bill to prevent future zombie mortgages...

No signs of major progress at offshore wind project...

BOSTON CITY COUNCIL moves to implement RANKED-CHOICE VOTING in municipal elections...

SUSAN CAMPBELL: Is Connecticut ready for Universal Basic Income?...

Fake News? Meriden leaders say they're fighting budget disinformation as rejection effort gains steam...

Homelessness surges in wealthy CT: 'I'm surrounded by millionaires, and next door this is happening'...

A longtime state rep MARIE KIRKLEY-BEY who was 'a force in Hartford politics' dead at age 83

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PORTFOLIO: No Place to Park: Locals Clash Over Street Restrictions...

CT, NY Senate Democrats at odds over stablecoin legislation...

'Just cause' eviction reform dies in CT legislature, again...

New Haven could be next CT city to install school bus safety cameras...

CT reverses job-losses streak, adds 6,800 positions in April...

'Heartbreaking:' Rhode Island's MATUNUCK OYSTER BAR, one of best restaurants in U.S., burns to the ground...

Red states win, blue states lose in Army Corps spending plan; DELAURO: 'a historic and clear abuse of taxpayer dollars'...

Is LINDA MCMAHON's claim that 70% of the country's eighth-graders 'can't read proficiently' true?...

CT firefighters are dying from cancer likely due to their gear. Lawmakers want to help...

ROADCHECK 2025: Inside the I-84 Union Scale house with CSP, DOT, DMV and Homeland Security...

LOONEY Presses Public To Press LAMONT On Capital Gains Surcharge...

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