Connecticut General Assembly

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.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is joining 20 other states in an effort to prevent the Affordable Care Act from being ruled unconstitutional.

Connecticut lawmakers, mainly Democrats for now, want to sharply reduce the number of flavors available for purchase for e-cigarettes and vaping.

Federal employees not getting paid during the shutdown are reacting positively to the deal between the state and Webster Bank to offer them interest-free loans.

The Connecticut General Assembly will have to pass bills allowing the state to guarantee the loans provided by Webster Bank or any other financial institution to federal workers who are not being paid during the federal government shutdown.

The new Connecticut General Assembly will be solidly Democratic and include more members who call themselves progressive.

When Stonington First Selectman Rob Simmons heard the news about President George H.W. Bush’s passing, he did something he rarely does: put the family flag at half-staff.

Stonington First Selectman Rob Simmons was an officer in the CIA when former President George H.W. Bush served as the director.

Democrats in Connecticut are celebrating after huge gains in the Connecticut General Assembly and victories across all statewide offices.