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Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) said state funding targeted for the transformation of the former Newhall Community Center in Hamden into a new small business "incubator" hub is expected to be approved when the state Bond Commission meets...

NAMI Connecticut, the state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is pleased to announce that it will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 20, 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., at The Studio at Billings Forge, 563 Broad Street, in...

Connecticut has had some low rankings in various business and economic lists lately, some silly, some serious. But on natural gas policy, energy magnate T. Boone Pickens has declared the state a winner. "Maybe the best in the country," Pickens said on a...

More than five months after the Newtown massacre, the state House gave final legislative approval Friday to a bipartisan bill designed to improve the emotional and mental health of children. In an attempt to head off another similar tragedy, lawmakers...

The General Assembly passed some of the year's biggest bills Saturday: legislation that calls for spending $2 billion to upgrade the University of Connecticut over the next 10 years, for improving pool safety following school drownings, and for placing...

Democrats and Republicans argued Tuesday over whether the legislature is planning to blow through the state's mandated spending cap in order to balance next year's budget. Republicans say it's clear that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and leaders of the...

If you were to come up with a lobbying Dream Team to defend genetically modified organisms (GMOs) against hordes of foodie reformers, it would probably look a lot like the one that's been operating for months at our state Capitol. And apparently...

Is it any wonder that Connecticut is considered a high-cost state? We have a state government, plus 169 local governments, plus hundreds of regional entities that overlap and bear little relation to each other. And to pay for this redundant mishmash, we...

HARTFORD — Activists pressing for a state law requiring labels on food with genetically modified ingredients are disappointed and angry that the House of Representatives weakened a bill approved by the Senate earlier this week. "It's very clear...

A secretly drafted bill to block release of photos, tapes of 911 calls and death certificates related to the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre could be acted on in the General Assembly as early as the end of the week, officials said Wednesday....

A bill that would require food made with genetically modified organisms to carry labels cleared the state Senate late Tuesday night. The Senate's approval, on a 35-1 vote, gives new energy to a measure that had strong grassroots backing but appeared...

A commission created by the House Speaker is calling for elimination of the state law requiring public notices to be printed in daily newspapers. The newspaper issue has become one of the more controversial matters at the state Capitol as the General...