The deadline is January 1 for Connecticut residents to register high-capacity magazines and guns that qualify as assault weapons. Under Connecticut’s new gun law, anyone who owned a now-banned assault weapon before April 3, 2013 must submit paperwork to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection by January 1, or risk possible felony charges.
Also, anyone who owned magazines that hold more than ten rounds will have to register with state authorities. Connecticut's gun law was passed following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 27 people dead. Shooter Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster rifle that was able to fire more than 150 rounds in less than five minutes.
New Connecticut Gun Registration Deadline Approaches - Diane Orson
Connecticut Minimum Wage Increases January 1
At a news conference at the State Capitol in Hartford on Monday to discuss the state's minimum wage increase, Governor Dannel Malloy said that Connecticut will continue to play a leadership role in the country by treating workers fairly. The state minimum wage will increase from $8.25 to $8.70 an hour, effective January 1, and then to $9.00 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015.
Gov. Malloy Touts Connecticut's Minimum Wage Increase - Harriet Jones
Extended Unemployment Benefits End on January 3
Twenty-two thousand Connecticut residents expect to lose their extended unemployment benefits at the end of the week. Emergency unemployment insurance is a federal benefit that goes into effect when state unemployment stops. It was allowed to expire during the most recent budget deal, a bipartisan agreement cut before Congress prepared to go on its holiday break. The average weekly benefit is about $327, according to a study by the National Employment Law Project.