Connecticut General Assembly

State lawmakers are, once again, considering a bill that would allow certain terminally ill patients to choose physician-assisted death. More than 100 people signed up to testify at a public hearing Monday. The bill would allow mentally competent, terminally ill patients who are 21 and older and who have six months to live the right to receive medical aid in…

When you’re grocery shopping, you won’t find wine on the shelves.  That’s because Connecticut is one of few states to prohibit the sale of wine in grocery stores.  “We don’t feel that it is necessary. We feel that there is a great deal of convenience already,” said Jean Cronin, executive director of Connecticut Package Stores Association. There are more...

There has been a decades-old debate about the sale of wine in Connecticut grocery stores and that debate continued Thursday in Hartford.

New Laws Now in Effect in Connecticut

The governor has signed legislation to extend the gas tax cuts and fare-free bus service and to increase energy assistance and funding for the Premium Pay Program. Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed House Bill 6001 into law after the General Assembly passed it during a special session.  “We’re extending the gas tax holiday a little bit longer, providing...

The governor held a news conference Tuesday about a new law to address motor vehicle thefts. Gov. Ned Lamont held a news conference about new legislation that the governor’s office said will allow law enforcement and the courts to “provide swifter, more effective responses to youth charged with repeated motor vehicle theft and other crimes.” “These updates to Connecticut’s...

Educators across the state are calling on lawmakers to pass bills they say are critical to students and public education. Several teachers are planning on wearing red to support education. Their goal is to get the attention of lawmakers.

Connecticut law requires businesses to give you a cash refund when you have a small balance on many gift cards bought in the state and lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase the amount you could get back. State law requires that a business must provide a cash refund when you have a balance of less than $3 on…

A multi-year labor agreement recently ratified by 43,000 unionized Connecticut state employees faced a key vote Thursday in the House of Representatives, where lawmakers were debating whether the deal is too expensive for taxpayers or ultimately saves the state money and stabilizes a predicted tsunami of retirements. The four-year deal, which is retroactive to July 1, 2021, builds upon an…

Connecticut lawmakers have been asked to update last year’s state law that allows student-athletes to be compensated for their name and likeness in marketing deals and enable them to use their state college or university’s logo, mascot or other institutional marks when they’re pitching products like sports drinks and apparel. Connecticut and South Carolina are currently the only two...

A bill going before state lawmakers would allow mentally competent patients who have less than six months to live to obtain a prescription from a doctor for a lethal dose of medication.  Senate Bill 88 is called Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients. Over the course of nearly 30 years, since 1994, the concept has come up in Connecticut…

A public hearing is underway on an “aid in dying” bill and supporters and opponents are speaking out Wednesday.

Lawmakers are uncertain about how they are going to get back to work safely with the rise in COVID cases.