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In an exclusive interview with the Connecticut East podcast, East Lyme Police Chief Michael Finkelstein talks about his 36-year law enforcement career and how it all ended.

The voucher program would create a federal tax credit for donations to organizations that fund private school tuition.

By Kayla Williams

Josh Elliott's paperwork for a $3.75 million grant for his campaign to claim the Democratic nomination for governor was being filed Friday.

Connecticut used to lead the nation in youth community service participation. Recent data shows that engagement levels have dropped.

State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.

Ads for Polymarket, Bud Light line a stage on the White House grounds built for a series of fights planned for the president's 80th birthday,

The number of people experiencing homelessness increased nearly 10% in 2025, according to the annual Point-In-Time (PIT) count. The count, conducted by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, is taken annually during the last week in January. 

Required under the 2020 Police Accountability Act, the training will begin rolling out in Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven in 2027.

A federal grand jury issued a subpoena demanding documents related to former Mayor Erin Stewart’s alleged misuse of city funds.

The surveillance law faced headwinds from Democrats over the lack of reforms. Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte further complicated it.

The Society for Features Journalism selected Tillman's portfolio of 3 stories—about an Afghan family, a recovery coach and a soy sauce maker.

Researchers are looking at results of pilot programs that offered cash to victims of violence and people returning from incarceration.

The governor proposed reforms targeting excess profits and requiring utilities to periodically seek permission to maintain their monopolies.

The family was being investigated based on reports received on June 1 and June 5, alleging a lack of supervision, DCF said.

The death of a 60-year-old man incarcerated at the Corrigan Correctional Center is under investigation, according to the Correction Department.

In addition to the language directed at emergency responders, the bill also increases protections for healthcare providers and teachers assaulted on the job, requires employers to disclose a position’s general wage range and benefits in job listings, prohibits the inclusion of tips as part of a wage calculation for the purpose of meeting the minimum wage requirements at cannabis establishments and establishes a review standard for when tenured public school teachers are terminated.

HAMDEN, CT — Andrew Rice stood outside Hamden’s Miller Memorial Library Monday evening as he made an “11th hour” push to garner roughly 1,000 more signatures from local Democrats in order to force U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro to face a primary election. Along the way, he received encouragement from some prospective voters to keep running […]

WASHINGTON —Today, US Representative Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement following her vote against a short-term extension of authorization for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveill...

With significantly low streamflow in water bodies, decreased precipitation and an increased wildfire danger, Gov. Ned Lamont has declared a State 2 drought advisory for Fairfield, Middlesex and New Haven counties.

With weather forecasts calling for hot and humid conditions most of this week, Gov. Ned Lamont has activated the state's Extreme Hot Weather Protocol, effective at 10 a.m. on Thursday and continuing until 6 p.m. Sunday.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, Republicans unveiled a nearly 600-page veterans bill that includes a provision to fund the Major Richard Star Act by...

Performance reviews for utility companies, regular franchise renewals and caps on profit were among the handful of utility reforms Gov. Ned Lamont proposed Wednesday at a campaign press conference in Cheshire.

CSDE chose the schools using 2024-25 results from the Next Generation Accountability System – a system of 12 indicators that consider more than just test scores – and all selected schools were also designated as Schools of Distinction based on the categories of “Exemplary High Performing” or “Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing.”