ct politics

The legislature’s health committee met for the first time in a virtual debate.

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...

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...

Campaigning in a normal year is hard enough, but campaigning for state office in the middle of a pandemic has created all sorts of issues for candidates. Those hurdles are even harder for candidates still trying to get on the ballot. Going out and asking someone to sign a piece of paper isn’t as easy as it used to...