Urged on by Black Lives Matter and the ACLU, the Connecticut Senate assured final passage of a police accountability bill early Wednesday morning, 21-15, during a rushed special session.
Connecticut’s Department of Public Health announced on Monday the discovery of dozens of false-positive coronavirus tests, attributing the error to a “flaw” in a testing system.
Two suspects were taken into custody and released after posting bond Monday following an alleged racist attack on a hotel worker in Mystic, Connecticut, in June.
The president of the Connecticut chapter of the NAACP and a member of the state legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus say Gov. Ned Lamont (D) needs to meet with them as soon as possible to discuss an “insensitive” phrase he used during a recent coronavirus briefing.
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have added four states to their travel advisory which requires individuals traveling from areas deemed coronavirus hotspots to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The Connecticut GOP launched a Citizen Voter Fraud Task Force to put a stop to voter fraud potentially created by a mass vote by mail system.
A convicted murderer has been arrested for rape after being released from prison to a halfway house in Hartford, Connecticut.
Environmental groups pressured states to resume taxing single-use plastic bags, claiming reusable bags will not spread COVID-19.
The Connecticut GOP called upon the “Democratic Party” to change its name Monday, issuing a resolution that asserts Democrats must address “the hundreds of years of racial oppression, violence, and multiple violations of human rights” associated with their party.
Alexander Hassinger was arrested Wednesday afternoon following a tweet in which he asserted that he would kill a police officer.
Democrats are not happy about a Department of Education decision to withhold federal funding from Connecticut schools for violating Title IX’s discrimination statute by allowing biological men who claim to be transgender women, to compete agains biological women in high school and college sports.
Protesters in New Haven, Connecticut, Friday demanded the state defund the city’s police force and the money be redirected to city schools and affordable housing.
Police in Connecticut showed support for protesters of the death of George Floyd by taking a knee and condemning the violent actions that took his life.
The FBI has joined three states — Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania — in a massive manhunt for a University of Connecticut student who police say is responsible for two homicides, a home invasion, and a kidnapping.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said Monday he was pulling back hair salons and barbershops from reopening in the state on Wednesday, May 20, in order to align with Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D).
Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said he wants to “avoid” having people from out of state travel into Connecticut when the state reopens on May 20.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has fired Renee Coleman-Mitchell, his public health commissioner, amid the coronavirus crisis.
A Connecticut teacher has gone above and beyond her duties in the classroom by caring for the newborn brother of one of her students while his family is recovering from the coronavirus.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced Tuesday K-12 public schools will remain closed for the duration of the academic year due to the coronavirus crisis.
A Connecticut media investigation found nursing homes with large numbers of coronavirus residents tended to have prior infection control violations.
The Hartford Courant editorial board wrote CT citizens should be “frightened” that Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is planning the state’s reopening “in secret.”
Gov. Ned Lamont (D) made a point Monday of asserting states such as Georgia and Oklahoma are opening up businesses “prematurely” and that Connecticut residents would have to get accustomed to social distancing as part of a “new normal.”
The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released an update to its epidemiological model that projects an increase in coronavirus deaths to 74,073 in the United States by August 4.
A Connecticut state employee union official rejected Republicans’ call to delay workers’ raises even as the state has 21.5% unemployed.
A Chinese manufacturer is donating drones to police departments across the United States so agencies can better surveil citizens they suspect are violating social distancing orders.
A Foodshare drive-through food bank in Hartford, Connecticut, has drawn massive lines as the economic shutdowns spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continue to ravage the American economy, leaving millions of Americans without work and, in some cases, unable to feed their families.
CT state workers will receive $350 million in raises as over 100,000 private sector workers have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus.
An attorney filed a lawsuit against CT Gov. Lamont and his order requiring state residents to wear masks in public beginning Monday.
The first annual Connecticut March for Life, scheduled for April 15, was cancelled due to the pandemic, but pro-life leaders turned it, instead, into a “Log-In to Lobby for Life.”
An arms race of sorts has emerged between red states and blue states to reopen America, with Democrat and Republican governors developing rivaling plans to lead their states out of the darkness of the coronavirus crisis while the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force and President Donald Trump’s ultimate decision looms large over the country.
The governors of NY, NJ, and CT are calling for a coordinated regional reopening of their economies after the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said on Friday that recent data suggests the coronavirus curve is flattening in Connecticut.
CT Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said he is looking into how his state’s voters may be allowed to cast their ballots by mail in the primary on June 2.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he is encouraged that hospitalizations for patients infected with the novel coronavirus are now “relatively flat.”
A 6-week-old baby in Connecticut has died, apparently due to the Chinese coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced on Wednesday.
States that introduced “green” regulations that taxed single-use plastic grocery bags in an effort to eventually annihilate them are now welcoming them back as health officials caution of possible contamination with reusable bags.
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department (DOJ) is backing a lawsuit by three female athletes who say their sex-based Title IX rights are violated by the forced inclusion of “transgender” males in their high school competitions.
Over half of a woman’s 50 party guests tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus following the celebration on March 5 in Westport, Connecticut.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering travelers flocking to the Sunshine State from coronavirus hotspots — particularly the New York Tri-State Area — to self-quarantine, he announced on Monday.
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s (D) stay at home order closes non-essential businesses but list guns stores as “essential,” thereby allowing them to continue to keep their doors open.
