Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror

Independent polling conducted after Gov. Ned Lamont’s reelection kickoff found Connecticut voters give him a solid approval rating, but a significant minority are “indifferent or neutral” about him serving a third term.

Erin Stewart is kicking off her campaign for governor of Connecticut with an on-brand, slightly cheeky video emphasizing her blue-collar roots, her success as a Republican mayor of a Democratic city and an intention to run a “different” campaign.

Democrats made broad gains in Connecticut’s first general election since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, flipping open top-of-ballot seats that had been controlled by Republicans in the Democratic cities of New Britain and Norwich and suburbs of Branford and Westport.

As SNAP recipients are set to lose their food benefits on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes reflected on how she benefited from the program. "When my kids were little, I was on SNAP. I was on food stamps,” she said. “It was the difference between me putting my kids to bed hungry, and not."

Connecticut’s first steps to mitigate the fast-approaching suspension of a federally funded food assistance program will be a $3 million emergency grant to nonprofit Connecticut Foodshare and an outreach campaign informing recipients of their nearest food pantry.

Connecticut’s minimum wage is among the highest in the U.S., behind Washington, California and most of New York.

The timing and reach of a social media post accusing a Connecticut state lawmaker of impeding federal immigration agents are drawing the FBI, state police and Capitol police to assess the threat posed by the resulting deluge of abuse.

State Sen. Ryan Fazio of Greenwich opened a campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination with a dig at Connecticut’s popular Democratic governor and a pledge to lower state income taxes, cap local property taxes and reduce electric rates.

John Larson, first elected to Congress in 1998, said he declined to reconsider seeking a term that would keep him in Congress beyond his 80th birthday.

Most, but not all, of the GOP messaging comes in the name and voice of Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, who unexpectedly emerged as the Republican leader in February 2024.