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  • Gov. Ned Lamont
    Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Who decides how to spend billions in relief for CT?
    The General Assembly wants a say in how Connecticut spends the more than $4 billion in federal aid that is expected for the state.
    By Keith M. Phaneuf and Mark Pazniokas
  • First lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona tour Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Wednesday.
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    Jill Biden and Miguel Cardona tour CT school
  • Disabled slot machines to ensure proper social distancing are seen next to working ones at the Mohegan Sun casino, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Uncasville, Conn. Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes, Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, said they're planning to reopen parts of their southeastern Connecticut casinos on June 1, despite Gov. Ned Lamont saying it's too early and dangerous. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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    All sides say gaming deal fails without Foxwoods
  • File photo: Po Murray, chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance, 2013.
    Politics
    Bills to expand background checks hailed by Newtown groups
  • US First Lady Jill Biden speaks before a panel discussion on cancer research and care at the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia on February 24, 2021. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly / AFP) (Photo by RYAN M. KELLY/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Jill Biden, Cardona to visit CT school
  • The Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville
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    Mohegans reach deal with Lamont on sports, online betting
  • WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Miguel Cardona testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Previously Cardona served as Connecticut's Education Secretary. (Photo by Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images)
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    Senate confirms CT’s Cardona for U.S. Secretary of Education
National Politics
  • FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, Lara Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, speaks at a Republican fundraiser at the Carmel Country Club in in Charlotte, N.C. The former president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is eyeing the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by Republican Richard Burr. While many in the state are skeptical she will move forward, an entrance into the race would set up a crucial test of whether Donald Trump's popularity among Republicans, which remains massive more than a month after leaving office, can translate to others.
    Another Trump on the ballot? Lara Trump eyes Senate seat
    RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A Trump may be on the ballot next year — but not Donald Trump. The former president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is eyeing the North Carolina Senate...
    By JILL COLVIN and BRYAN ANDERSON
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2021.
    Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind
    By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER
    In this March 2, 2020, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference in Washington. House Democrats are hustling to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing. They are confident they can avoid clashing with moderates in their own party who are wary of reigniting the same "defund the police" debate that they say hurt them during last fall's election
    With Biden's backing, Dems revive bill to overhaul policing
    By WILL WEISSERT and PADMANANDA RAMA
    In this Feb. 28, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. Trump called on his supporters to send their contributions directly to his own committees in his first speech since leaving office. That call puts Trump at odds with the Republican Party's existing political organizations, including the Republican National Committee and the party's congressional campaign arms
    Trump's cash plea could complicate GOP fundraising efforts
    By JILL COLVIN
    Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during the first night of the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.
    Trump endorses SC's Tim Scott in 2022 Senate reelection bid
    By MEG KINNARD
Latest News
  • Connecticut eases some virus-related restrictions
  • Brazilian soccer under pressure to stop as COVID-19 surges
  • Sports betting debate heats up in Maryland legislature
  • House OKs George Floyd Act as Democrats avoid 'defund' clash
  • The Latest: Maryland to distribute vaccines more equitably
  • NC lawmakers finalize doling out more federal COVID-19 money
  • Refugees' flights cancelled as Trump policy remains
  • By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill
  • Kansas to vaccinate meat plant workers; rules upset counties
  • Florida governor faces growing claims of vaccine favoritism
  • News
    More CT GOP than Dems leave party since Capitol insurrection
    FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) More than 5K Connecticut Republicans left the party after Jan. 6. Some said they’d had enough of the party’s support for Trump. Others were fed up with politics altogether. By Emilie Munson
  • News
    Democratic factions signal compromise in marijuana bill
    Cannabis for the state's medical marijuana program, being grown at Advanced Grow Labs in West Haven. Under legislation being proposed in Hartford, the state Department of Consumer Protection, which administers the medical program as well as alcohol licenses, would also be in charge of regulating the adult-use cannabis industry. If Gov. Lamont and Democrats in favor of legalizing marijuana can agree on the details, they don’t need any GOP votes to make it happen. By Ken Dixon
  • Connecticut Election
    Election set for House seat representing Newtown, Monroe
    Former State Rep. J.P. Sredzinski, who resigned his seat as the 112th District representative for Monroe and a part of Newtown. A special election is set for April 13 to replace J.P. Sredzinski, who resigned as the state representative for Monroe and part of Newtown. By Rob Ryser
  • News
    Colin McEnroe: Why it’s important to vax the dummies
    COVID-19 prevention illustration, the incorrect examples of wearing a mask Columnist Colin McEnroe figures out a way to convince the mask-less people to get their shots first. By Colin McEnroe
  • News
    First Lady Jill Biden will visit Connecticut next week
    US First Lady Jill Biden is introduced before a panel discussion on cancer research and care at the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia on February 24, 2021. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly / AFP) (Photo by RYAN M. KELLY/AFP via Getty Images) Meriden is the hometown of Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Education. By Emilie Munson
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  • News
    Disability rights group files civil rights complaint against...
    Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS) Residents, including those with underlying medical conditions, have been among the loudest voices questioning the governor’s new plan. By Emilie Munson
  • News
    Lamont presses his cannabis plan as bills compete
    Marijuana flowers hang for curing at Advanced Grow Labs in West Haven, one of Connecticut's four producers of medical cannabis. Promoting his marijuana legalization bill, Lamont stressed the opportunities for neighborhoods that were targets in the war on drugs. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Cops ask for delay of deadly force rules until 2022
    Milford Police Chief Keith Mello Leading police officials ask for delay in training changes in controversial accountability law. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Federal lawsuit bends CT affordable housing debate
    Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS) Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether to address housing issues as U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Justice review state laws. By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
  • News
    Colin McEnroe: 236 pros and cons is enough
    Hundreds of parents, children and vaccine skeptics pack the Connecticut Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Feb. 24, 2020, hoping to persuade members of the General Assembly's Public Health Committee to retain the state's religious exemption for certain childhood vaccines. Columnist Colin McEnroe posits McEnroe’s Theorem, that after 24 hours of testimony, every useful thing that can be said about an issue has been said. By Colin McEnroe
  • News
    Housing reform bills spark clashes in deep divide
    New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker A long-simmering divide between cities and towns surfaces in committee hearing on reforms for affordable housing in towns. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Tired of ‘car warranty’ calls? So are lawmakers
    Despite the National No Call Registry, auto-warranty telemarketers, who might be targeting scams at elderly state resident, continue to call thousands of Connecticut residents every day. State lawmakers have submitted bills that would strengthen the state's telemarketing law. Tired of the barrage of phone calls that mostly prey on the elderly, CT legislators consider how to strengthen state law against telemarketers, solicitations. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Lamont: gas prices won’t go up more than a nickel
    The state's participation in a regional climate initiative, selling emission credits to fossil fuel companies to raise a billion dollars by 2032, would be used to support transportation projects including the installation of more electric vehicle chargers. Responding to Republican criticism of the state’s participation in a regional climate initiative, Gov. Ned Lamont promises gas prices won’t rise by more than five cents in 2023. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Opponents of mandatory vaccinations dominate hearing
    School buses are parked in neat rows at the Trumbull school bus depot at 81 Spring Hill Road in Trumbull, Conn. on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Dozens of parents threatened to leave CT, and at least one suggested legal action, if they are required to get their kids vaccinated for public school. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Hearing on mandatory (non-COVID) vaccines to go 24 hours
    Empty vials COVID-19 vaccine A year after the COVID pandemic closed the legislature, lawmakers will again consider mandatory school vaccinations and ending a 60-year-old religious exemption. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Balloting in 2020 shapes debate over CT voting laws
    The ballot box at Norwalk City Hall. Two amendments to the state Constitution, as well as other expansions of voting opportunities, are pending before an important General Assembly Committee. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    After Trump acquittal, Blumenthal says ‘quest for accountability will continue’
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) talks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber for the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate voted Saturday to accept testimony from witnesses as part of the impeachment trial. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Senate voted 57-43 Saturday for conviction, short of the 67 votes needed to convict ex-President Donald Trump. By Emilie Munson
  • News
    Colin McEnroe: Trump, Rowland and O.J.
    Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland in Washington, D.C., in 2004. The impeachment of former Gov. John Rowland is helpful in contextualizing value of Trump hearings, suggests columnist Colin McEnroe. By Colin McEnroe
  • News
    State unions reject Lamont’s wage-freeze proposal
    Gov. Ned Lamont in a file photo. State employee unions on Thursday rejected Gov. Lamont proposal to save nearly $142 million by deleting two scheduled wage increases from his budget proposal. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    CT congressman facing a rare challenge from the left
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Rep. John Larson (D-CT) speaks while flanked by Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (R) during an event to introduce legislation called the Social Security 2100 Act. which would increase increase benefits and strengthen the fund, during a news conference on Capitol Hill January 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Larson is a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal, the climate change proposal championed by progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. By Emilie Munson
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