14+ hour, 3+ min ago   (551+ words) An enormous solar array proposed for Plainfield and Sterling has divided public opinion in both towns, with some residents opposed because of environmental concerns while others support the prospect of hundreds of thousands of dollars in new tax revenue. State…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1048+ words) Retired police officer Frank Esposito had three no solicitors signs leading up to his front door and another right near the doorbell, yet they would ring his bell sometimes two or three times a day, then argue they didn’t see…...

10+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1596+ words) But to make that transition, the state needs to overcome a related challenge: a shortage of the counselors, coaches and support staff who help workers with disabilities succeed in the workplace. As efforts to address broader caregiving, special education and…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1076+ words) By MICHELLE L. PRICE and LISA MASCARO Republicans know they are up against history, which traditionally rebuffs the party in power during midterms, but they’re relying on Trump’s personal appeal to voters. Vance, with a primetime speaking slot right before the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (706+ words) By NICK INGRAM, JEFFREY COLLINS and GEOFF MULVIHILL That’s because the districts have changed fast in Missouri after the Republican-controlled legislature, encouraged by President Donald Trump, redrew its congressional map last year to give the GOP a better shot at…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (964+ words) A year on, what’s known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — or, the “Big Ugly Bill,” as Democrats call it — has produced mixed results. Millions of people have received enhanced tax breaks, while millions are also losing access to federal…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1265+ words) President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot in November, but the theme of the GOP’s convention in Texas this week is unmistakable: he’s the face of the midterm elections. Republicans from Connecticut and around the U.S. headed to…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (696+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont linked Republican challenger Ryan Fazio to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented migrants with an ad featuring a Black minister decrying racial profiling by immigration agents and Fazio’s vote against a law intended to make schools and…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (975+ words) Special education programs face a funding crisis this year that cannot be solved unless Connecticut reforms controversial state budget caps that have diverted billions of dollars to pay down pension debt, Comptroller Sean Scanlon said Tuesday. The state’s chief fiscal…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (520+ words) 9/11 is a miserable topic and I wonder sometimes why I’ve chosen it as an area of study. For the past decade I’ve taught a course called “9/11 Generation” at Central Connecticut State University. More than a thousand students have walked through…...