Matt Dwyer

Kosta Diamantis resigned amid a federal investigation into school construction contracts he oversaw, and an ethics review of the state's hiring of Diamantis' daughter.

The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay former men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie $3.9 million for damage to his reputation and for his attorney's fees. That's on top of an $11 million payout awarded to Ollie earlier this year.

Select Hartford HealthCare locations and CVS pharmacies are booking appointments for the updated COVID-19 booster shots.

A hand recount in the Aug. 9 primary for the 127th District shows Marcus Brown won by two votes.

Connecticut has reached a settlement of more than $60 million with cable and internet provider Frontier Communications. As part of the agreement, the Norwalk-based company will spend more than $40 million of that amount to upgrade internet service from DSL to fiber-optic cables, especially in economically distressed urban and rural communities.

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, along with U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, all signed a letter earlier this month calling on Congress to appropriate more money to what’s called LIHEAP — the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. At a news conference Monday, Blumenthal said the need is urgent, and it will become more so as cold weather sets in.

Levy's victory was considered an upset over former state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides and attorney Peter Lumaj.

Scientists at Yale University and the University of Connecticut will soon be poring over data from the new, powerful James Webb Space Telescope.

New Haven officials announced Thursday that suspects will typically be brought to lockup in a police cruiser after they are arrested. The change in policy in how people in police custody are transported comes after a man was paralyzed on June 19 when a police van he was riding in came to a sudden stop.