5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (832+ words) U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes says Democrats must deliver on labor promises if they regain the House. A fiery U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, was introduced by the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO at a Labor Day kickoff breakfast Friday as “the future…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) Despite the claim made by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s congressional campaign that he had “straightened out” the city, his successor, Arunan Arulampalam, has found himself with a lot more straightening out to do. Hartford’s financial condition remains dire even…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (562+ words) Connecticut’s minimum wage will rise from $16.94 to $17.48 an hour on Jan. 1. The increase will occur without lawmakers voting on it, debating its economic consequences or examining whether previous increases improved the financial condition of low-income families. That’s because a 2019 state…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1771+ words) Ryan Fazio, a Republican from Greenwich, ventured north on a late-summer Sunday to pray and campaign at Black churches in Bloomfield, a dauntingly Democratic suburb of Hartford. He sat in seats occupied two Sundays prior by Gov. Ned Lamont, another…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (332+ words) The Connecticut Business & Industry Association designated 54 state lawmakers as “affordability champions” based on their votes or sponsorship of 12 bills during the 2026 legislative session. Lawmakers who received scores of at least 85% earned the affordability champions designation, according to the CBIA. Republicans…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1553+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont’s Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education Funding and Affordability has a daunting task: Reinvent Connecticut’s school funding system and produce a report with recommendations by the end of the calendar year. Those recommendations are likely to play…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1640+ words) Ryan Fazio is making affordability the centerpiece of his bid for governor as Republicans seek their first Connecticut win since 2006. At 36, Sen. Ryan Fazio (R-Greenwich) is asking Connecticut voters to do something they haven’t done in nearly two decades: elect…...