When the pandemic hit CT: Fear, uncertainty and shutdown
Within a week of the pandemic declaration, clear disparities began to emerge. Unemployment claims skyrocketed. Some school districts transitioned easily into remote learning; others were scrambling.
After D.C. meeting, Lamont sees path to working with Trump on energy
Following meetings in Washington, Lamont says he found an area of alignment with Trump: more nuclear and natural gas energy ...
CT officials trying to block Canadian tariffs they say will drive up electric, gas prices
Connecticut customers could be caught in the middle of a trade war by tariffs on Canadian electricity at a time when many ...
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Local CT municipality leaders criticize Lamont’s budget
Connecticut’s Conference of Municipalities criticized Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget with a new campaign called “Do the ...
Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies
One week after agreeing to bolster grants for special education, Gov. Ned Lamont slashed $41 million in other spending on ...
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Lamont signs bill allocating state funds to CT nonprofits affected by federal cuts
Connecticut is providing $3 million to local nonprofits facing a loss of federal funds. Gov. Ned Lamont signed the bill into ...
CT governor seeks to revise hate crime laws. Why the measure met opposition
A proposed law would consolidate and strengthen the state’s existing hate crime statutes into a new chapter of state laws, making it easier for police and prosecutors to charge and prosecute ...
Lamont cuts more funding to UConn, state colleges and universities
Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies on Friday, including more than $6 million from public ...
Voters made AI-generated sexual images of a CT senator. She’s pushing to make it a crime
Senate Bill 1440, introduced this year in the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, would make it a crime to disseminate AI-generated sexual or “intimate” images without the knowledge or consent of ...