CT cities and towns urge lawmakers to battle Lamont
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities launched a campaign attacking the governor for allowing CT's overreliance on property taxes.
Killingly town council votes to raise motor vehicle tax values
The Town Council has voted to modify the valuation method for motor vehicles — a move that will reduce taxable property losses on the town’s grand list from $18.7 million to $2.7 million. Officials ...
CT legislative committee gives PURA nominee a favorable vote. He’s a familiar face in government.
David Arconti of Danbury, a former state representative and lobbyist for United Illuminating, won a favorable vote from the committee and his appointment, along with the reappointment of PURA Chairman ...
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Former CT Rep. David Arconti wins approval to PURA from committee
David Arconti, a former Danbury member of the legislature, easily won a committee vote for a four-year term on the Public ...
Gov. Lamont promotes $300 million plan for free preschool
Gov. Ned Lamont hit the road on Wednesday, visiting New Britain to promote a $300 million plan he says will deliver free ...
Democrats not happy with Gov. Ned Lamont's hiring reduction for new CT state employees
Connecticut Democrats, in reaction to governor's abrupt hiring freeze, say the state budget surplus is robust enough to keep ...
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Lamont visits New Britain to push free and affordable preschool plan
Governor Ned Lamont and state officials presented the Universal Preschool Endowment proposal to address the long-term early ...
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.
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Hate crime consolidation bill put forth by CT Gov. Lamont gets support and opposition in legislature
Connecticut's law enforcement community has had trouble proving 'malicious' intent in prosecuting hate crimes. This bill ...
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Connecticut to sharply reduce hiring for state positions, withhold promised funding
A spokesperson emphasized the state was not "freezing" hiring, only "curtailing" it, amid an effort to get under ...
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CT veteran fired in DOGE IRS purge urges rehiring of thousands of vets
A Vernon resident is among the 6,000 veterans fired as a result of DOGE's purge of federal workers, but he aims to fight to reinstate those fired.
South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Fugard was born in Middleburg in the semiarid Karoo on June 11, 1932. His father was an English-Irish man whose joy was ...