More than a dozen new laws will take effect Jan. 1 in Connecticut, including changes to absentee ballots, mandatory paid sick leave, and expanded protections for home health care workers.

A Connecticut-based civil rights organization has filed an intervenor brief in opposition to the state Department of Housing's decision to grant a moratorium on affordable housing to the town of New ...

Columnist Elwood Watson says the son of Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger informed the Dallas Express that his mother has been battling "some dementia issues late in the year" and had been residing in ...

A recent report by Connecticut’s Office of the Child Advocate pointing out accountability concerns within the state ...

The US Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) over the weekend, sending the bill that will expand Social Security benefits to millions of public-sector employees to President Joe ...

Connecticut's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking immediate release of video exhibits from a federal ...

The State Bond Commission approved over $400 million in new state borrowing at its final meeting of the year Friday before ...

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The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced its selection of four clean energy projects Friday that ...

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had ...

More than 500 property owners, renters, and business owners have benefitted from the Hartford Flood Relief and Compensation Programs, but more money is needed, officials said this week.

The man at the center of a US Coast Guard's secret "Operation Fouled Anchor" report – which revealed years of sexual assaults and misconduct at the Coast Guard Academy – has admitted he deliberately ...