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When Antonietta DiBenedetto Roy was looking for advice on starting her construction business, she turned to a powerful source: Konstantinos Diamantis, the head of Connecticut’s school construction program. And when Roy began looking for an administrative assistant to hire for that business, she said, there was only one real choice: Diamantis’ daughter Anastasia.

Diamantis was officially charged last year with more than 22 federal counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and lying to federal investigators. Diamantis’ defense attorney declined to deliver any opening statement to the jury.

Federal corruption trial of Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis is scheduled to begin.

Democratic State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest of West Hartford formally launched a campaign for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District, joining a field of Democratic candidates who are looking to unseat 14-term incumbent John Larson.

Robert Anderson, Maria Hernandez, Elsie Mercado and Silvia Ramos turned themselves in Wednesday at the Connecticut State Police barracks in Bridgeport.

Connecticut Republican lawmakers called for the creation of an inspector general’s office to investigate unethical behavior and alleged corruption in state government, citing local news stories about alleged waste and fraud.

Five Bridgeport Democratic officials made their first appearance in court after being accused of abusing Connecticut's absentee ballot system and other election-related crimes during city's 2023 mayoral primary.

Of nearly 2,500 people who were granted clemency for drug offenses last Friday, about a dozen of them are defendants from Connecticut. But it was unclear if any of them had been convicted of other offenses. The clemency order was intended for nonviolent drug offenders, but some question whether every prisoner met that test.

The Connecticut State Pier in New London is already serving as a new launching point for offshore wind turbines, but two sections of the newly renovated port facility will need to be fixed due to flaws in parts of the $311 million construction project.

Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon said his four-month investigation into the Social Equity Council — the government body that was set up to ensure the state’s new recreational marijuana industry also benefits the communities that were hit hardest by the war on drugs — found no “evidence of criminal wrongdoing.”