HARTFORD — Within minutes of a narrow vote in the U.S. Senate that defeated Democratic attempts to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Ned Lamont authorized $70 million from the state surplus to extend AccessHealthCT’s programs for a year to more than 100,000 low- and middle-income families.

Emails from the Senate Republican minority arrive daily in the mailboxes of the reporters covering the state Capitol, a new strategy for a caucus at its lowest ebb in nearly 40 years. On matters great and small, partisan and not, Connecticut’s tiniest ...

State Rep. Jack Fazzino is running for the 13th Senate Distict, serving Meriden, Middletown, Middlefield and Cheshire.

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The state Senate approved an agreement that will enact wage increases for the Connecticut State Police. Gov. Ned Lamont announced the final approval he negotiated with the Connecticut State Police Union on Thursday. Lamont said he and ...

The Connecticut Senate has voted to advance a controversial bill to have the state regulate the use of artificial intelligence. The bill is focused on transparency and accountability for the use of AI. It is needed because the Republican-controlled ...

Connecticut Speaker of the House Matt Ritter of Hartford is among the first 15 lawmakers filing for reelection to the 187-member General Assembly. It signals the start of the 2026 election cycle for the 36 senators and 151 members of the House of Representatives.

The state Senate gave final approval in special session Thursday afternoon to bills to safeguard human services from federal cuts and was expected to adopt a bill to enable UConn Health to purchase financially imperiled Waterbury Hospital. The Democratic ...

Connecticut Senate Democrats posted an outlandish TikTok video on Thursday, featuring lawmakers listing out unpleasant things they would rather subject themselves to, rather than face another 100 days of the Trump administration. The video, which had ...

The Connecticut Senate has advanced a controversial bill that would make the state regulate town-run summer camps and child care. The bill was introduced in response to a sex abuse case at a municipal child care facility in Bethany last year. It would ...

After a seven-and-a-half-hour debate that ended in a lopsided predawn vote Saturday, the state Senate ratified Connecticut's next generation of gun-safety requirements, essentially banning the open carrying of pistols in public and making it tougher for ...