When the door to a primary has never once opened, that isn't democracy. That's incumbency disguised as democracy.

When the door to a primary has never once opened, that isn’t democracy. That’s incumbency disguised as democracy.

Connecticut should take hate-motivated violence seriously. When someone is targeted because of who they are, the harm is real. As someone who experienced a very public display of this kind of violence ...

A bill imposing training for employees at homemaker companion agencies passed the legislature, adding oversight to largely ...

But the framing — “once a leader” — only holds if “gender-responsive” is read to mean “responsive to one gender.” Read ...

Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, explains his gun control objections to an empty gallery and nearly empty Senate. Credit: mark pazniokas The Senate stayed overnight at the state Capitol to pass a gun ...

More than 30 years after he departed the House for a much longer stint in the Senate, Martin M. Looney finally gets his House ...

Sen. Eric Berthel, R-Watertown, speaking at a press conference at the statehouse on Apr. 30, 2026 in opposition to House Bill 5468. Credit: Theo Peck-Suzuki / CT Mirror A controversial bill to impose ...

The bill would expand a mandated reporter requirement to CT municipal camps but omit previous licensure attempts, which were ...

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CT officials decried the 'chaos' and called for stronger state laws protecting doctors—with less than 48 hours to go in ...

House Bill 5004 came in the wake of a slew of tragedies involving children who were under the watch of the agency.