Connecticut Government News

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.

A woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim that officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn't do anything about it, her attorney told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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.

Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says the body was pulled Tuesday from Lake Lillinonah in Bridgewater after a homeowner spotted it from a dock.

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

A survey of 600 renters found that nearly two-thirds of renters or 63.8 percent say they are very or somewhat interested in homeownership.

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.

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.

A bridge maintenance project along I-684 northbound in Greenwich will begin Monday, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced on its website.

The country's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for the glamour and excitement that goes with her new role - and she can't wait.

Consumer activist and failed presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be honored by the Connecticut Bar Association at its annual meeting.

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.

Searchers have scaled back efforts to find a commercial photographer who went missing last week after telling his wife he was heading to Connecticut's Housatonic River to retrieve a lost bicycle.

Connecticut Democrats are defending a new campaign finance law former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell says dismantles ethics, contracting and campaign reforms she signed into law.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has kicked off his northeast tour where he'll make stops in New York and Conn.

"Buddy's Law," a new law championed by Greenwich Rep. Fred Camillo that allows only licensed veterinarians to euthanize dogs and cats, was officially passed by the Connecticut General Assembly.

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Its coat has turned from light to brown, but the rare white bison that caused a stir among Native Americans is still attracting visitors a year after its birth.