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Gov. Ned Lamont and republican challenger, Ryan Fazio, face off in first debate before November 3rd election.

The policy and political impacts of skyrocketing home heating oil prices came together Tuesday as Gov. Ned Lamont announced the planned release of $12.7 million from the $500 million contingency fund created last year to address the impact of federal cuts since Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House.

Rep. Jim Himes said he fears potential disruptions at the polls and suggested voters take advantage of the early voting, which begins Oct. 19.

A law enforcement group that sets police standards in Connecticut has recommended stringent new rules for the deployment and use of a wide range of surveillance technology, including automated license plate readers that have become hugely controversial over the past year.

If there is such a thing as a typical international fugitive, it clearly is not Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis. He’s done at least three print interviews since fleeing the U.S. rather than face a prison sentence Thursday.

Kosta Diamantis has fled to Greece, beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement, his lawyer informed prosecutors and the judge on Thursday.

Facing a potential sentence of more than a decade in prison for bribery and extortion committed as a high-ranking state official, a defiant Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis has fled to Greece, beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement, his lawyer informed prosecutors and the judge on Thursday.

It’s been 72 years since anyone has unseated a Connecticut governor. Republican Ryan Fazio, a state senator, faces incumbent Ned Lamont, a Democrat.

Stephanie Thomas said she called a press conference to reassure the voting public and combat misinformation, albeit with no information other than an indication in a CNN report that the Homeland Security Investigations office of DHS was interested in finding noncitizens on the voter rolls.

Ryan Fazio, Republican gubernatorial candidate, laid out his housing ideas Thursday. They include unspecified reforms to building codes and mandating that municipalities streamline permitting processes to make them faster.