Politics & Governance

ENFIELD, CT — More than 100 educators, parents, and community members rallied outside Enfield Town Hall on Monday evening, urging the Town Council to approve a proposed 5.57% increase to the Board of Education’s budget....

WEST HAVEN, CT — The neighborhood surrounding the West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center is set for a $1.8 million transformation aimed at improving access and safety for tens of thousands of veterans by early...

HARTFORD, CT — Nearly a decade after losing her son while he awaited treatment through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Stephanie Keegan stood in Hartford’s Minuteman Park with fellow veterans and advocates, protesting proposed...

EAST HAVEN, CT — An East Haven smoke shop has been ordered to pay a record-setting $4.93 million in civil penalties for engaging in illegal cannabis sales, Connecticut officials announced this week. The fine, the...

HARTFORD, CT — A bill aiming to position Connecticut as a zero-carbon state by 2050 cleared the House of Representatives with a 98-47 party-line vote this week. The legislation replaces last year’s failed effort to...

HARTFORD, CT — In a decisive move to improve Connecticut teen birth control access, the Connecticut House of Representatives has passed House Bill 7213, a measure allowing minors to obtain contraceptives and prenatal care without...

HARTFORD, CT — Demonstrations unfolded across Connecticut on Thursday as labor unions, advocacy groups, and working residents observed International Workers Day with coordinated protests in Hartford, New Haven, and beyond. Events targeted both state-level fiscal...

HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general and the District of Columbia in a blunt public statement condemning President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms that...

HARTFORD, CT — The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed a bill that could expose gun manufacturers and sellers to civil lawsuits under state law, advancing House Bill 7042 by a 100-46 vote. The measure...

HARTFORD, CT — Members of Connecticut’s End Homelessness Caucus gathered last week at the Legislative Office Building for a screening of Where Then Shall We Go?, a documentary capturing the everyday survival of unhoused individuals...