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Should the government require employers to give their employees an option to invest in a retirement fund run by state officials? Republican lawmakers say "no" while Democratic lawmakers are moving forward with mandating employers to offer their employees the option of participating in a state-run retirement trust fund.

The five candidates are competing to fill the seat for the remaining two weeks of the General Assembly session.

In a statement posted on its website, the organization said more than 240 cases of the virus have been recorded in Guinea and Liberia.

Panel to help select outstanding books for elementary-age readers by independent authors The Children's Literature Independently Published Principals' Award, CLIPPA, has announced the judging committee for the 2014 prizes for independently published children's books.

When you see the cannoli truck parked out on the street, you might just think of it as containing a tasty treat.

Hamden officials say they've imposed a one-year moratorium on new permits for off-campus college student housing because of loud partying, parking problems and other issues bothering local residents.

A 20-year-old man was charged with assault and threatening on Tuesday in connection with an incident at a TGI Friday's last month, police said.

The mother of a 50-year-old drifter declared outside the Elm Street courthouse Wednesday that her son would never have phoned in a threat to shoot up the Yale campus.

Jeffery Jones, 50, of Westbrook, is facing charged of phoning in a threat last November that forced Yale University in a lockdown.

State Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney's so-called "Cops and Cameras" bill may get further along in the legislative process this year - who knows, it might even pass - but only because it has been made unacceptably weaker in committee.

For your information: MNT accounts were not affected by the recent Heartbleed bug, as we were not running a vulnerable version of OpenSSL.

Graduates pose for photographs during commencement at Yale University May 20, 2013 in New Haven, Conn.

Three more men have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of $80 million in pharmaceuticals from an Eli Lilly Co.

After missing the M bus home, Steve Banks said he would welcome a mobile-phone-access GPS system that CT Transit plans to install next year.

Manure from dairy cows has been defined as an increasing source of bacteria that can become resistant to antibiotics.

Whalley Avenue in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven isn't exactly an agricultural hot spot, but self-described environmentalist Brad Armstrong hopes to change that.

A formal announcement came from New Haven police on Monday that an arrest has been made in the shooting of two half brothers last month.

Hamden Police and the U.S. Marshals closed the books on several burglary and car theft casees when they arrested a New Haven man.

Since 2010, Art Garfunkel has struggled with a vocal ailment that forced him to take a hiatus from performing for about three years.

Berita Rowe-Lewis is hoping not just to win an election - but to be able to cast at least one vote afterwards.