A round-up of news briefs from CT Mirror reporters about this week's happenings at the Connecticut General Assembly.

Following a lengthy hearing Thursday, CT lawmakers voted on party lines to approve top utilities regulator Gillett for second ...

Five people, including three Bridgeport council members, face election-related charges stemming from the city’s 2023 ...

The bill, which among other reforms would ensure municipal programs for children conduct employee background checks, got ...

More refugees arrived in Connecticut in the 2024 fiscal year than in any of the past 10 years. Their countries of origin vary ...

Agreement would confirm Marissa Gillett's reappointment as chair of PURA while moving the regulatory body outside of the ...

State and local officials are broadly in favor, but they've noted concerns about electric and water usage many centers ...

Lawmakers weighed a bill that would create the facilities, where people can use drugs in a monitored setting, in four CT municipalities.

CT paid down pension debt faster than the rest of the nation in 2022 and continues to outpace most states, analysts told lawmakers Tuesday.

Local and state government officials and regulators should embrace the public water authority model and all of its advantages ...

We need to reduce the number of Connecticut families and friends who experience the loss of a loved one with substance-use ...

McMahon, who lives in Greenwich, was advanced out of a U.S. Senate committee along party lines. CT Sen. Chris Murphy voted no ...