Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror
Mark Pazniokas
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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. -
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas has apologized for making a reference to Nazi Germany’s SS in denouncing President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on ballot access to a bipartisan audience of registrars of voters. -
Forty-four Connecticut companies already are working on the Artemis program, the ambitious successor to the Apollo program that landed 12 Americans on the moon in six missions, beginning with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in July 1969. -
Anticipating President Donald J. Trump’s latest and broadest round of tariffs, Gov. Ned Lamont complained Wednesday they will add to the $5 billion in additional costs on Connecticut businesses from previous Trump tariffs and make the state’s exports less competitive. -
His approach may be tested Tuesday when he speaks at anti-Trump rally. -
The bills create off-budget accounts for the two appropriations, with the money expected to come from the $300 million in interest the state earned while holding federal pandemic aid. -
Connecticut’s new crime data chief was introduced Tuesday with a promise of faster analysis, greater transparency — and a report showing crime fell by 14.1% in the first three quarters of 2024, compared to the same time a year ago.
