Connecticut General Assembly

A public hearing is underway on a controversial bill that would remove the state’s religious exemption for vaccinations for school children.

2021 is going to look different at the state Capitol. It will be the first time a legislative session will be held remotely. With the state Capitol building closed, lawmakers adopted rules earlier this week to help them operate in a virtual world.  “For committee meetings members will be on Zoom. The public can watch on YouTube,” Senator Majority Leader…

With the state Capitol building closed, lawmakers adopted rules earlier this week to help them operate in a virtual world.

The Connecticut General Assembly was sworn in Wednesday during a brief, chilly outdoor ceremony. It begins the first legislative session that will largely be held remotely. Due to COVID-19, for the first time in Connecticut’s history lawmakers were sworn in outside and televised their speeches from inside the Capitol. “COVID-19 has taken away some many things from so many...

COVID-19 has changed lots of traditions, including how lawmakers will get sworn in on Jan. 6.  “It will be brisk enough to keep the speeches short, but it will be bearable enough to be outdoors I think,” Senate President Martin Looney said.  Looney said lawmakers will be sworn in outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6.  Our NBC...

COVID-19 has changed lots of traditions, including how lawmakers will get sworn in on Jan. 6. Lawmakers will be sworn in outside the state Capitol

This year “stan culture” went from boosting album sales to mobilizing for issues like Black Lives Matter and the presidential election. NBC’s youth and internet culture reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt breaks down how zealous fans got mobilized in 2020 for activism and political engagement.

Connecticut’s General Assembly will hold a special session next week to look at absentee ballots and electric rates, but Republican lawmakers don’t think it’s necessary.

The state legislature is going back to work this week, but the special session will look different from any before.

The state legislature is preparing to head into a special session to discuss police accountability.

The legislature will meet in a special session in two weeks to debate police accountability and absentee ballots, but the logistics during a pandemic are a little tricky.  When lawmakers return later this month they won’t be able to pack the chamber to debate police accountability and no excuse absentee balloting. The last time all 151 state representatives were...

The state legislature will take up the issue of absentee ballots in its upcoming special session, but debate is going to look different.

The last time the General Assembly was in session was March 11. Lawmakers have largely left managing the coronavirus pandemic to Gov. Ned Lamont, but allowing the governor to manage the day-to-day operations of state government means that there isn’t much of a role for the public to play.  Connecticut residents still have major questions about unemployment and reopening...

Members of the General Assembly are discussing whether or not the legislature should go back into session in June amid the coroanvirus pandemic.

The House of Representatives is expected to try and override one of Gov. Lamont’s vetoes.

Connecticut’s residential and commercial solar industry has seen significant development in the past decade.

Two of the top Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly said Tuesday that the state has an obligation to consider ending religious exemptions from vaccinations for public school students.

Connecticut could end up ending one of the most heated political debates in Washington, or it could end up leaving President Donald Trump off of the 2020 ballot altogether.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission ruled Wednesday that childcare is not a permissible expense for which a candidate can spend campaign funds.