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The governors of three New England states and the mayor of Washington, D.C., have signed a regional pact aimed at dramatically reducing transportation pollution — an agreement they hope other states will eventually join. The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program is designed to reduce motor vehicle emissions by at least 26% by 2032. The initiative was signed Monday by Republican…

Thanksgiving is traditionally a big travel day for many Americans and by next year it might cost drivers a little more at the pump if the northeast governors from 12 states approve a climate initiative.  “We believe that this misguided program can end up pulling Connecticut into a multi-state effort to lower emissions through punishing the people who can least…

The Transportation Climate Initiative will be asking lawmakers to support a program to raise the gas tax to lower emissions.

President Donald Trump dropped the pretense of working with congressional Democrats on Wednesday and sent a clear message that his re-election campaign will be centered on condemning overzealous investigations rather than advancing a robust domestic policy agenda. Both sides may have feigned surprise at Trump’s angry outburst, in which he said he won’t work with Democrats until they drop their...

President Donald Trump abruptly stalked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, flatly declaring he would no longer work with Democrats unless they drop all investigations in the aftermath of the special counsel’s Trump-Russia report. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it all “very, very, very strange” and said she was praying for Trump and the nation. Trump...

On Dec. 4, President Donald Trump tweeted about French President Emmanuel Macron and the Paris Agreement, misrepresenting the foreign leader’s position on the climate accord. Macron has not said or suggested the Paris Agreement is “fatally flawed,” as Trump implied.

Republican State Sen. Joe Markley has filed an injunction aiming to block a $10 million study on tolls in Connecticut.

The State Bond Commission has approved the allocation of $10 million to study tolls in Connecticut on Wednesday.

Gov. Dannel Malloy ordered a $10 million study on the issue of tolls in Connecticut Tuesday, and reaction to the move on an already heated topic is mixed.