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Study finds CT has reduced some racial inequities in recent years.

Governor must find big savings once next CT budget gets underway in July.

Gov. Ned Lamont finished his review Thursday of the 175 bills passed by the General Assembly in the regular 2024 session, signing one final bill: a measure making numerous unrelated changes to insurance statutes.

Conversations about the General Assembly’s imminent special session loomed after the State Bond Commission meeting Friday, with Gov. Ned Lamont laying out his priorities for the opportunity to address some leftover issues.

Nearly $700 million in temporary funds prop up finances in 2024-25 fiscal year.

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed several of the legislature’s flagship bills into law this week, including the controversial expansion of the state’s paid sick days program and the Senate’s priority healthcare legislation.

On the last day of the session, the Senate surprised many members of the House by introducing an amendment to the car tax bill.

Connecticut State Senator James Maroney issued a statement Friday decrying the government’s failure to come up with regulations for artificial intelligence as misuse of the technology continues in the open market.

Connecticut’s five Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives were coronated on Monday as members of their party renominated them each to run for another two-year term in Congress.

Connecticut’s 2024 legislative session ended on Wednesday night with lawmakers passing a bevy of bills concerning housing, elder care, K-12 education and more.

As the clock neared midnight and the end of the General Assembly’s annual session, the Senate gave final passage Wednesday to a Democratic bill written to obscure its goal of providing state aid to striking workers.

Higher education and human services get a temporary boost, but the GOP says budget rules were ignored.

A collision seems unavoidable today, the last day of the 2024 General Assembly session, over two bills the Senate Democratic majority pledges to pass and the Senate Republican minority vows to block.

Republicans in the General Assembly have asked Attorney General William Tong to examine whether the Democratic majority is circumventing constitutional obligations in its implementation of the remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

Senate sends Democratic bill to Gov. Ned Lamont for promised signature.

New estimates solve many problems, but there’s little time to make changes.

The House late Tuesday approved a sweeping bill that will restrict sale of hemp products, including beverages containing the main psychoactive ingredient of the cannabis plant.

Progressives predict system will spark reforms next year.

Legislative leaders say CT needs to slow massive savings program.

Amid the debate over how much the state should regulate artificial intelligence in the private sector, state government is being protected from cyber attacks by AI technology that is making security decisions on the spot.