Connecticut Government News

Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday began building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April that addressed the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children.

The debate raged on from 10 p.m. Wednesday until 5:48 a.m. Thursday. All Republicans who were present voted against the bill, along with nine Democrats, including Rep.

The State Senate was prepared to vote on an important bill, but it decided to wait - until Toni Harp could take care of mayoral campaign business back in New Haven.

The researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois at Chicago said Thursday they identified 723 workers diagnosed with tumors between 1976 and 2004 at the United Technologies Corp.

Those who collect federal unemployment benefits in Connecticut are poised to become the latest victims of the federal budget cuts known as the sequester .

Lawmakers and activists congregated at the capitol Thursday morning to press for action on a bill that would allow state government to monitor "chemicals of concern" in consumer products.

Following a Republican filibuster that stretched on for more than seven and a half hours, the state House of Representatives approved a bill just after dawn on Thursday that offers undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a Connecticut drivers license.

Does your mouth water at the thought of corn that's engineered to produce a poison that kills insects? If not, Connecticut might be the place for you.

Connecticut voters may not be ready , but that didn't stop the House from pushing forward with a vote on a bill that would give undocumented immigrants the ability to obtain a driver's license.

Recently, there have been numerous reports of residents being called with an automated message claiming that DMV provided information so that they can save costs on auto insurance premiums.

A bill crafted in secret by Connecticut's chief prosecutor,governor's office and legislators would prevent the release of some Newtown school shooting investigation records, including crime scene photos and videos and 911 recordings.

Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.

Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are attempting to secure federal funds to help Newtown build a new elementary school after last year's massacre _ and they say senators owe the residents after failing to support legislation that would have expanded background checks for certain gun purchases.

The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things: "the diversification or conversion of defense-related industries with an emphasis on encouraging environmentally-sustainable and civilian product manufacturing.

School reform is like baking a cake. You need all the ingredients to make it work, many experts say.

For the past week, a 14-member jury heard more about FBI informants and their alleged payoffs to state legislators than they have about Robert Braddock Jr., the man on trial in federal court for violating federal campaign donation laws.

After staying out of the public eye for months, Chris Donovan re-emerged Tuesday outside a federal courthouse to reassert his innocence as a jury inside began to mull the fate of former campaign aide accused of campaign finance corruption.

The lawyer for former state Sen. Ernest Newton , who is charged with campaign finance fraud, asked a judge Tuesday to throw out the case against his client.

Connecticut business owners, legislators, farmers, and residents rallied outside the capitol Tuesday morning to press state legislators to move on a bill that would require labels on genetically modified foods.

One of the most expensive homes to hit the market in the United States is now on sale - in Connecticut.