Erin Stewart said she was not the target of serious efforts to offer her bribes but rather heard pleas from unsophisticated constituents.

Gov. Ned Lamont cut grants and earmarks worth $4 million from six sections of a bill that sped to passage with little review last week.

Two bills crafted by CT Democrats were speeding to passage in the Senate after a partisan debate over policies, process and power.

CT Gov. Ned Lamont asked what lessons Trump learned about Minneapolis. He said there won't be a surge of ICE agents unless a city asks.

President gets the news as meeting with governors opens; ‘so, it’s a loss, then?’

Last year, a CT state trooper stopped a speeding car with a 'pit maneuver.' No one was injured, but an investigation is underway.

House Speaker Matt Ritter dressed down lawmakers Thursday after a Bristol representative wore a message supporting ICE on her blazer.

In his State of the State address, Gov. Ned Lamont condemned cuts to the social safety net and the tactics of federal immigration forces.

The Betsy McCaughey campaign for governor of Connecticut opened Friday afternoon in Hartford with a New York tabloid brashness.

House Speaker Matt Ritter and Minority Leader Vincent Candelora discussed their differences and similarities at CT Mirror's 'In the Room.'

Early results showed Larry Pemberton Jr. assured of election to the 139th House District of Ledyard, Montville and Norwich.

Democrats declared victory Tuesday night for Iris Sanchez over Republican Jamie Vaughan to fill the 25th House District seat in New Britain.

U.S. Rep. John Larson described rival Luke Bronin as variously hostile or indifferent to unions during his eight years as mayor of Hartford.

Unions representing more than 10,000 workers have left the Connecticut AFL-CIO after a failed effort to oust Ed Hawthorne as its president.

CT Democrats made broad gains in Tuesday's elections, flipping seats that had been controlled by Republicans in New Britain and other cities.

Former CT Gov. John G. Rowland's pardon application will not be released to the public, consistent with longstanding policy.

State Sen. Ryan Fazio of Greenwich opened a campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination with a pledge to lower state income taxes.

Luke Bronin announced his candidacy against U.S. Rep. John Larson in a 90-second video posted on social media at 5:30 a.m.

It was a case study of the opaque and often chaotic nature of finalizing a budget in CT — and the opportunities to do favors by shaping laws.

Rep. Josh Elliott said he will measure success by how he shapes the party’s agenda, not by whether he can win a challenge against Gov. Lamont.

It wasn't clear if Josh Elliott was committed to an all-or-nothing run for governor or was testing Democrats' appetite for an alternative.

Ruth Fortune, a mayoral appointee on the Hartford Board of Education, will be the first Democrat to challenge Larson’s U.S. House seat.

Gov. Ned Lamont made an unplanned endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York on Monday, saying he'd rank Cuomo first on a ballot.

Obama played by the unwritten rules of the ex-presidency, offering commentary that was sharp but oblique. Trump’s name never passed his lips.

Gov. Ned Lamont is weighing whether to call CT lawmakers into special session to revise the housing bill before he must sign or veto it.

A bill would have subjected the appointment of the director of the CT State Elections Enforcement Commission to legislative approval.

Dach used a state vehicle as his personal car for nearly two years and drove at speeds considered reckless under CT law, the probe found.

Passing the bill despite Lamont’s promised veto reflects the influence of organized labor and Democrats’ desire to be recorded on the issue.

Under the bill, legislators whose campaign finances are overseen by the SEEC would approve the appointment of its executive director.

Converting PURA to a quasi-public agency solely to give Sen. John Fonfara a promised seat is off the table for the 2025 legislative session.

A bill that would make CT's state-employee health coverage available to appointees on quasi-public authority boards has passed the Senate.

A discreet effort is underway to explore the possibility of President Donald J. Trump pardoning former Gov. John G. Rowland.

Chris Murphy says President Trump is bullying key institutions into submission. He wants to meet the moment with uncompromising defiance.

Rep. Craig Fishbein on Monday said Teslas were being vandalized as 'acts of political terrorism' inspired by animus to Trump and Musk.

Correction officers spend unstructured time with the incarcerated in the new model, hoping to stem problems before they start.

Rep. Aundré Bumgardner, D-Groton, has been suspended from his leadership and committee assignments following his arrest early Sunday.

The first public dissection of Robby Talbot’s death came Friday in a hearing on whether to accept a $3.75M settlement of a federal lawsuit.

A review by the CT Mirror found that the new round of compensation will bring the state’s total wrongful-conviction awards to $128.9 million.

Lawmakers introduced the bill after the HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight’ revealed that a CT company was the source of a drug used in executions.

In a time of much uncertainty in the federal bureaucracy, many still reach the end of their paths to citizenship in a Hartford courtroom.

In a time of much uncertainty in the federal bureaucracy, many still reach the end of their paths to citizenship in a Hartford courtroom.

Lamont invited legislators to celebrate CT's string of budget surpluses, then outlined a path of continued prudence, tinged with pragmatism.

Trump plans to link transportation funding to policies on masks, vaccines and immigration enforcement, as well as marriage and birth rates.

On Inauguration Day, Tong and his staff will be looking for executive orders that conflict with CT laws or violate the Constitution.