
HARTFORD - Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed emergency legislation Thursday that will suspend a 25-cent-per-gallon state gasoline tax from April 1 to…

HARTFORD - Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed emergency legislation Thursday that will suspend a 25-cent-per-gallon state gasoline tax from April 1 to…
HARTFORD - Connecticut will temporarily suspend its 25-cent-per-gallon excise tax on gasoline after a bipartisan vote by state lawmakers Wednesday in an…
HARTFORD - Easier absentee voting and an outdoor dining option at restaurants - two public health ideas enacted early in the COVID-19…
Republican state legislators raised concerns Tuesday that a planned external audit of Connecticut's school construction funding program may fall short of what's…
HARTFORD - Dr. Manisha Juthani's nomination for commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, a job she has held since September,…
HARTFORD - The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a…
HARTFORD - The Connecticut Senate voted to extend some of Gov. Ned Lamont’s remaining pandemic-related executive orders on Monday, including a statewide…
HARTFORD - State lawmakers voted to temporarily extend some of Gov. Ned Lamont's remaining pandemic-related executive orders on Thursday, including a statewide…
Chronicle Staff Writer STORRS - The University of Connecticut campus was buzzing with activity Friday afternoon as President Joe Biden paid a…
HARTFORD - President Joe Biden said Friday that although he expects his social safety net and climate spending package to shrink, “we're…
AP ROCKY HILL - The state's quasi-public Connecticut Lottery Corporation continues to see robust sales, driven in part by large jackpots in…
AP MYSTIC - One of five beluga whales acquired from an aquarium in Canada after a legal fight with animal rights activists…
HARTFORD - Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday signed an executive order that allows municipal leaders to enact mask mandates for both…
Despite expressing concern about some recent COVID-19 outbreaks in Connecticut, notably at a birthday party and a summer camp, Gov. Ned Lamont…
AP HARTFORD - Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday he is seeking a disaster declaration from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help…
AP WATERBURY - Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday he would welcome a special legislative session to decide how to respond to the…
AP NEW HAVEN - Yale University has announced it is eliminating tuition for its drama students thanks to a $150 million gift…
HARTFORD - Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday that he's not ready to lift the state's mandate requiring face masks in schools…
@NewBritHerald BURLINGTON - A Connecticut woman who is accused of killing her husband and hiding his body for six months is…
and JONATHAN LEMIRE NEW LONDON - President Joe Biden on Wednesday used his first commencement address as commander in chief to tell…
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont provided an early look on Friday at how he wants to spend billions of dollars in federal coronavirus…
SOUTHINGTON – State and local leaders congratulated 2021 Kid Governor Reese Naughton, of Southington, at her “inauguration ceremony” at the state…
HARTFORD -- Despite warnings that all 50 state Capitols could be subject to unrest and violence in the days leading up…
Staff report HARTFORD – The State Capitol was quiet today, except for about a dozen Black Lives Matters supporters Wednesday afternoon. As…
HARTFORD -- Authorities are closely monitoring the possibility of unrest at the Capitol in Hartford Wednesday ahead of the presidential inauguration,…
Gov. Ned Lamont has announced that Phase 1B of the state’s covid-19 vaccinations will begin Monday, Jan. 18. During this phase,…
Connecticut residents age 75 and older will be able to begin signing up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments next week, a process Gov.…
HARTFORD - The story of the coronavirus in Connecticut began in early March with the state's first reported infection - a New…
HARTFORD - Health care workers began vaccinations in Connecticut nursing homes Friday, calling the containers “vials of hope,” with the aim of…
HARTFORD - U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro was elected chair of the House Appropriations Committee by fellow Democrats on Thursday, a position colleagues…
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday unveiled the state’s planned distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, which includes an initial focus on frontline…
HARTFORD - Connecticut has no plans at the moment to impose more restrictions on businesses amid rising coronavirus infections and deaths, despite…
VERNON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney said Tuesday that a doctor has cleared him to end his quarantine, a week after…
HARTFORD - A Massachusetts man acquitted by reason of insanity of killing a Wesleyan University student in 2009 has filed a lawsuit…
NEW HAVEN (AP) - New Haven police are investigating three shootings on Thanksgiving Day and early Friday morning that wounded five men,…
HARTFORD (AP) - A record 1.86 million Connecticut residents voted in the Nov. 3 election, a turnout of nearly 80% of registered…
HARTFORD (AP) - Gov. Ned Lamont is self-quarantining after his chief spokesperson tested positive for COVID-19, his administration announced late Friday. The…
HARTFORD - Connecticut’s largest school district in Bridgeport is among several in the state to announce an end or scaling back of…
STORRS - The University of Connecticut on Friday placed all dormitories under quarantine at its main campus because of rising coronavirus infections,…
Connecticut residents were being urged Thursday to limit any nonessential trips between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. to help reduce the spread…
CLEARWATER, Fla. - A convicted rapist has been arrested in Florida more than 40 years after skipping out on his Connecticut prison…
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine for 14 days, she announced…
EAST HARTFORD - The Connecticut National Guard joined over 1,750 utility crews in Connecticut on Friday in efforts to clear trees and restore power to more than 400,000 homes and businesses still in the dark, as frustration continued to grow…
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced four more states are on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut's quarantine list on Tuesday as governors there sought to contain the spread of COVID-19 from regions of the country where…