connecticut politics

House Republican Leader Themis Klarides has announced she will not seek re-election this year. Klarides was elected in 1998 and said it was a combination of professional and personal reasons that led her to not seek re-election for a 12th term in the General Assembly. It was a decision she agonized over for months, she added. “This is truly a…

Connecticut legislators and Gov. Ned Lamont are considering additional ways to mitigate the impact of the new coronavirus on residents and businesses, as well as the state’s overall economy. With the General Assembly on a temporary pause because of the outbreak — a delay that will eat up valuable time in an already short, three-month legislative session — there’s interest…

The state has announced plans to help schools, businesses and individuals get through the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Judiciary Committee is holding a public hearing on Monday on legislation that would legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana for adult use in Connecticut. Before the hearing, people both for and against Governor Ned Lamont’s bill to regulate marijuana gathered at the Capitol. The bill, as written now, would allow adults 21 and older to possess and purchase up to…

A rally and hearing were held at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Tuesday in response to a bill that would provide new labor standards for Lyft and Uber drivers. If you’ve ever taken a ride-share service like Lyft or Uber, you might be wondering how much of your fare the driver is actually getting. The bill being...

There is another rally expected at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Tuesday. The bill would provide new labor standards for Lyft and Uber drivers.

The General Assembly’s Public Health Committee approved a bill on Monday that would remove the religious exemptions for vaccinations for school-age children. Before it was passed three amendments were added to the bill, including grandfathering in the 7,800 children who already have a religious exemption. Hundreds of people who showed up at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to show…

Hundreds of people are at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford as lawmakers hold a public hearing on a controversial bill. The bill would eliminate the state’s religious exemptions for certain vaccines for public school students. It would only allow exemptions on school vaccination requirements for medical reasons. Some who oppose the bill say the state should not be...

A crowd has gathered at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford Wednesday as lawmakers discuss eliminating religious exemptions for childhood vaccines for public school students.

Hundreds of people are expected to descend on the Capitol on Wednesday as lawmakers hold a public hearing on a controversial bill.

Winemakers in Connecticut are calling for a change to state law that is set to go into effect this summer.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation to address the issue of school lunch debt. The General Assembly’s Committee on Children will hold a public hearing on Tuesday on a bill that would prohibit disciplinary action against public school children who have unpaid school lunch bills. The proposal would also allow any public or private entities to pay off such debt....

Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation to address the issue of school lunch debt.

Connecticut lawmakers will hear again from the public about the latest proposal to eliminate the state’s religious exemptions from certain vaccines for public school students. The General Assembly’s Public Health Committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing Wednesday on this year’s bill. The legislation is expected to be one of the most closely watched bills of this year’s...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont will lead a nonpartisan association of northeastern states including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. The Democrat has been elected unanimously to serve as chairman of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors, Lamont’s office announced Friday. The group works with governors, their staff and policy advisers on current and emerging issues...

Americans have legally wagered more than $10 billion on sports since the Supreme Court repealed a federal ban in 2018. It’s legal in neighboring states.  On Tuesday, state legislators will discuss a new bill to legalize sports betting in Connecticut. There is an information hearing scheduled at the Capitol about the bill that would “authorize the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and…

Governor Ned Lamont delivered his State of the State address on Wednesday. The address will kick off a busy legislative session. Tolls have been a very polarizing issue here in our state. Democrats are pushing for tolls on trucks saying it could bring in $170 million over the first year. They are planning to vote next week. “I think this…

Connecticut state legislators could soon move to regulate toxic compounds found in drinking water. High levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collectively called PFAS, have been found in drinking water systems in Greenwich, Willimantic and Enfield, the Hartford Courant reported on Sunday. There were also multiple spills of thousands of gallons of PFAS firefighting foam that entered the Farmington River last...

An ambitious to-do list awaits Connecticut lawmakers when they return Wednesday to the state Capitol for a roughly three-month election-year legislative session. While changes to the second year of the two-year budget approved last year tops the list, lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont have already indicated a range of other issues they hope to tackle, ranging from legalized, recreational…