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COVID-19 shut down everything in March, including local government, and it altered Connecticut’s open meeting law, forcing governments to figure out how to hold a public hearing via Zoom.  “To be frank it was quite a learning curve. We give credit to municipalities in terms of taking this on and finding pathways to see what works for them,” said...

State legislatures across the country will be convening in 2021 with a common theme at the center of their work.

The state announced the launch of a new online state state filing system with the aim of modernizing the Department of Revenue Services’ system while making it a better experience for Connecticut taxpayers, the governor said Monday. Back in July, the governor announced the launch of business.ct.gov to help people who want to do business in Connecticut. Gov. Ned...

Records obtained by The Associated Press show that governors worked closely with business interests as they weighed when and how to reopen their economies last spring

The governor has announced the launch of business.ct.gov to help people who want to do business in Connecticut. Gov. Ned Lamont’s office said this is an online, one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs. The goal of the new digital service is to help businesses better find information and complete transactions with state government agencies, according to a press release from the governor’s...

Federal officials have determined a bridge that collapsed and killed six people near Florida International University showed significant design errors and the state government should have conducted greater oversight because of the project’s complexity.

The person overseeing the program helping so many suffering from concrete crumbling beneath their homes told NBC Connecticut Investigates he is stepping down earlier than planned.

For thousands of asylum seekers, there are many ways to wait — and wait, and wait — at the threshold of the United States. Parents and children sleep in tents next to bridges leading to Texas for weeks on end, desperately hoping their names and numbers are called so they can be let in. Some immigrants complain of shakedowns and...

A pair of committees are hearing testimony on nine separate bills trying to tackle the crumbling foundations problem.

Thanks to past efforts by the state government, there is now $200 million now earmarked to help the hundreds of people with crumbling basements – but that might not be enough.

Millions of women have formed a chain across a southern Indian state to support gender parity, amid protests by Hindu priests and conservatives against women of menstruating age worshipping at one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage sites. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), the ruling party in Kerala state, says Tuesday’s protest drew some 5.5 million women. The protest...

Governor-Elect Ned Lamont is staying true to one of his key campaign promises. He’s partnering with the private sector where he can to help him make policy and hiring decisions.

Governor-Elect Ned Lamont is staying true to one of his key campaign promises. He’s partnering with the private sector where he can to help him make policy and hiring decisions.

Meg Enkler, Park Manager of Dinosaur State Park, showed us the fun activities they offer for the whole family.

Three of the capital city’s employers say Hartford’s controversial bailout from the State of Connecticut are part of the reason why they are comfortable providing financial assistance to the cash-strapped municipality.

The Hartford, Aetna, and Travelers combined for a $10 million payment aimed at helping the city pay for law enforcement, recreation, and the public library system. The insurers have said they are willing to spend an additional $40 million over the next four years so long as Hartford remains on the right track.

A nun and another worker at a shelter for unwed mothers run by Mother Teresa’s charity in eastern India have been arrested for allegedly selling a baby, police said Wednesday. Three other complaints were being investigated. An Indian couple had claimed they paid 120,000 rupees ($1,760) to Anima Indwar, who worked at the shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity,...

The city of Hartford is hoping a new legal team can help with their financial woes.

The weapons were discovered in a container along with pool heaters in the cargo area at the city’s international airport.