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Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government.

About 70 percent of the Nutmeg State's candidates for General Assembly this year are expected to sign on to a new public financing election program. Not only does it provide hefty grants, it offers extra money to combat opponents who don't participate and a promise of more cash to counter negative ads from third parties.

Authorities say an overnight collision between two boats on Candlewood Lake in western Connecticut has killed two men.

Connecticut officials are now threatening legal action against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over its refusal to allow voter registration drives at veterans homes, hospitals and other VA facilities.

A Connecticut woman ambushed with prizes as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's seven millionth visitor says one in particular will come in very handy.

An employee of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families has been charged in the death of a 7-month-old foster child placed in her care.

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC ORTIZ, 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New ...

HARTFORD By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated PressGov. M. Jodi Rell's budget chief delivered a sobering message to legislators Wednesday, warning that a projected $150 million state budget deficit could seriously worsen ...

The state has fined more than 300 out-of-state businesses for operating in Connecticut without registering their companies here, officials said Wednesday.

The end-of-the quarter fund raising reports are in and reading between the lines of David Cappiello's report can make your head spin.

Associated PressHARTFORD -- State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Monday it would be illegal for Connecticut officials to suddenly change new pollution regulations and require rebates for electricity ...

Try mass transit for free Bridgeport -- Governor Rell is reminding commuters about a deal that lets you test out mass transit for free.

HARTFORDBy STEPHANIE REITZAssociated PressA state agency to focus on Connecticut's senior citizens is slated to be revived in 2009, more than 15 years after it was eliminated in budget cuts.The recent ...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Local officials in several Connecticut towns are considering a switch to a four-day workweek to cut down on rising fuel costs that are eating into municipal budgets.

Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell said Sunday that part of the money raised through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative should go to ratepayer relief if allowance prices exceed a certain level.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen.

MASHANTUCKETAssociated PressState police say they had to use a stun gun on a New London man while arresting him for allegedly exposing himself to a 12-year-old girl inside Foxwoods Resort Casino.Shelton ...

A Greenwich woman described in court Friday a rare encounter with the so-called dinnertime bandit, who she said tied her up in her home before stealing her jewelry and Jaguar.

Fairfield County is one of the wealthiest counties in the entire country. Due to the affluence in Fairfield County, Connecticut has one of the top per capita income levels of any of the United States.

HARTFORDAssociated Press The state Freedom of Information Commission rejected Wednesday a request by a newspaper editor and a community group to release the names of people who have been issued New Haven ...

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID WILSON, also known as "Boogie Down," 35, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before United States District ...