Connecticut News

Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker is testifying before a U.S. Senate committee on ways to improve passenger and freight rail safety.

That does not mean those bridges are going to fall down any time soon, but it does mean they need significant rehabilitation, according to Steve Davis with the group Transportation for America .

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty didn't get everything they wanted, but they claimed victory Tuesday over some major energy policies approved by the legislature this year.

Authorities have found a body in the Connecticut lake where missing photographer Eric Langlois disappeared last week.

Miss Naugatuck Valley Nicole Morin, left, smiles as she climbs out of the limousine carrying her and fellow contestants in the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant to the Holiday Inn Hotel in New London Tuesday, June 18, 2013, to begin preparation for this week's pageant.

Youth incarceration in Connecticut declined by 50 percent from 2001 to 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Texas Public Policy Foundation .

An attorney for a Connecticut woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee says he plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn't do anything about it.

After going to Woodstock together , they marked each milestone as a loud, unwieldy group.

Water rates for Aquarion Water Co. customers in Fairfield County could rise by 18.3 percent this fall if the state approves the proposed rate change.

An expert for George Zimmerman discounts the methods of prosecution experts who claim screams captured on a 911 call belong to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and not the former neighborhood watch volunteer.

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation after a railroad track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in Connecticut.

A report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Connecticut was last in economic growth last year, the only state in the nation where the combined value of goods and services produced shrank compared with 2011.

The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School .

French and U.S. experts are continuing their search for the 17th-century ship Griffin, which they believe sank in northern Lake Michigan in 1679.

The Connecticut Technical High School System, in partnership with Energize Connecticut, opened the state's fourth E-House at Platt Technical High School in Milford during a special ribbon cutting ceremony.

Granite pavers that will be incorporated into the walkway leading to the new Connecticut State Veterans Memorial at Minuteman Park are available for purchase.

The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association , the largest specialty bar association in the state, today announced the June 10th election of Douglas P. Mahoney , attorney and partner at the law firm of Tremont & Sheldon, Bridgeport, to the position of President for 2013-2014.

A group of 51 beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia are preparing to smile and strut their way toward the 62th Miss USA title.

In this photo provided by the Miss Universe Organization, Miss Oklahoma USA 2013, Makenzie Muse, competes in her swimsuit during the 2013 Miss USA Competition Preliminary Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday June 12, 2013.

Mohegan Sun will host its Third Annual Over the Edge event to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut on Thursday, July 18. Participants will enjoy an awesome view from 34 floors up and the thrill of rappelling down the side of Mohegan Sun to benefit local Special Olympics athletes.