Connecticut Government News

A 21-year-old man being transported by ambulance to a hospital for mental health treatment opened a door of the vehicle and ran away and has been missing for days in the Berkshires, police said Thursday.  Gregory Hillman, who grew up in Darien, Conn., was being taken from a hospital in Pittsfield to a more secure facilityin North Adams.

Police say a group of Connecticut teenagers misunderstood a woman's screams during sex and stopped what they thought was an assault by beating the woman's companion.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the state cannot enforce a law that requires the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport to register as a lobbyist to hold rallies and use its Web site to oppose legislation.

Connecticut police say they caught a 26-year-old Stratford woman in bed with a 15-year-old boy at her home, and she admitted having sex with him.

GRISWOLD, Conn. - A 20-year-old Griswold man who family members say has saved his father's life twice in the past year is in critical condition from burns suffered when he pulled his dad out of a burning home.

Connecticut police have arrested a teen, accusing him of selling marijuana and packing it in a Chicken McNugget box.

A former Pennsylvania resident has been convicted of federal charges for his role in a multimillion-dollar cocaine distribution ring making use of fruit shipments in Connecticut and New York.

The National Weather Service says a Connecticut tornado that knocked out power and downed trees lasted three minutes, traveled 1.7 miles and packed winds between 80 and 90 mph.

Police are investigating a murder-suicide at a Connecticut home that involved gunfire following a frantic 911 call from a woman inside.

Rhode Island seems likely to remain the only New England state that does not recognize gay marriage after measures legalizing same-sex unions stalled as the state's General Assembly wrapped up its session.

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and state legislative leaders met for about three hours at the governor's mansion but didn't reach a final deal on a new two-year state budget.

House Speaker Chris Donovan addresses the audience on the need for the governor to sign the health care bills.

From the first time he saw Emmett "Doc" Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the "Back to the Future" movies, Dave Nichols has always wanted to make a vehicle run on garbage.

The budget battle between Connecticut's Republican governor and Democratic legislature might seem like heavy-hitting politics in southern New England, but on the national scale it's still a welterweight match.

Is it possible poison ivy has actually gotten worse? "We're seeing a trend for more - and more extensive - poison ivy that's been going on for several years," says Sharon Douglas at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven .

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The Connecticut Senate has approved a Democratic budget that Gov. Jodi Rell is expected to veto once it reaches her desk.

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is ordering U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff Friday to honor an Army sergeant from Plainville who was killed in the Korean War.

With the deadline for Connecticut's tax amnesty looming, it's likely the program will raise far less cash than lawmakers had hoped.

A Connecticut recycling company owner accused of rigging a truck with bad brakes and then trying to reinstate insurance coverage after a deadly crash has been sentenced to six years in prison.