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YANKEE'S FOWLER: What Happened in the 2025 Legislative Session...

Lawmakers approve $50M state fund to support vacant commercial property conversions; billions more for other economic dev. efforts...

Despite key bills' passage, legislative session ends on sour note...

CANDELORA: 'This budget eviscerates all of our fiscal guardrails'; HARDING: 'Fiscal moderation has officially left the state Capitol'...

Legislative Adjournment kills most FOI bills...

Why Democratic Ansonia State Rep KARA ROCHELLE brought the legislature to a halt to keep ANSONIA under CT financial supervision...

MURPHY: Don't take elections for granted with Trump in power; new PAC says act now...

YA EARL? URLOVED, GR8FUL: The Connecticut DMV rejected these vanity license plates in 2024...

UConn, CSCU brace for cuts in new Connecticut budget: 'A real disaster'...

CT's budget funds more than government. It funds sports, churches, nonprofits and Jeep enthusiasts...

Lawmakers Add ID, Residency Requirement For Returning More Than 2,500 Empty Cans And Bottles...

Among billions, small earmarks for CT lawmakers to bring home...

UConn President MARIC: State budget sets UConn up for $134M deficit over next 2 years...

BYSIEWICZ '30: LAMONT 'a lot more inclined' to run for 3rd term...

LAMONT: 'That's not a yes or a no, though. That's I'm thinking about it seriously. I'm thinking about it with Susan. I'm thinking about it with Annie Lamont'...

CT municipal camp bills, proposed after Bethany scandal, expire...

CT lawmakers approve pilot Community Makerspace Initiative program...

WFSB microphone on defense table in Waterbury mall shooting case sparks legal action...

SCOTT DERBY Is Seeking The Republican Nomination For DERBY Mayor...

State legislature approves bill to ease restrictions on 'earned wage access'...

Yale Nears Deal to Sell $2.5 Billion of Private Equity Stakes...

CT's $9.7B bond package to enhance local aid, housing...

GOODWIN's $90 million engineering and manufacturing school under way...

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Tearing down massive HARTFORD eyesore could begin soon, with AI Innovation Cluster in city's sights...

Why a Bridgeport resident's ballot fraud case could set precedent...

MURPHY Champions Youth Mental Health at VOGUE Benefit alongside ANNA WINTOUR...

CT lawmakers OK measure to shield domestic abuse victims fleeing for safety...

DELAURO: GOP 'Flagrantly violating' the 'law of the land'...

TRUMP, Senate GOP grapple with the House's SALT math...

Audit: CT State Police overpaid two employees $141k, failed to properly monitor trooper OT pay...

Lawmakers OK Sunday hunting, while giving reprieve to bears...

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CT approves another $100M for crumbling foundations: 'We're going to fulfill our mission'...

CT has 2nd worst racial equality in education, per study...

Worries over tariff-related building costs may slow state's 'fairly quiet' hotel development; new projects eyed in Hartford...

A Look at the Judicial Nominees SEN BLUMENTHAL Deems 'Truly Unqualified'...

Wallet Hub's 2025 Best & Worst State Economies; CT #20...

Yale University to pause unstarted construction projects because of federal funding cuts...

Former Lawmaker CHRISTINE PALM Turned Enviro Advocate Gives Former Colleagues C+ On Climate Action...

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