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Popular chains such as McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts have already phased out single-use foam containers, while others have resisted making the shift.

Bills on workplace standards, energy, gun control, housing, climate change and recycling all made the initial cut. Now the screening begins.

The 2023 session of the Connecticut General Assembly entered a quiet and crucial phase this week. All but the tax and budget committees have reached their deadlines for reporting bills to the floors of the House and Senate. Complicated and contentious bills on wage and workplace standards, energy regulation, gun control, affordable housing, climate change and recycling all made the initial cut, winning favorable committee votes.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration expects state agencies to leave more than $415 million unspent this fiscal year, nearly triple the savings required to balance the budget.

CT would be equipped to tackle fiscal liabilities of unfunded pension debt and under-funding of municipal property tax reduction grants.

CT legislators and labor are asking if the administration is making progress fixing a staffing crisis and responding to health care needs.

Connecticuts truck-only vehicle miles tax, called the Highway Use Fee, just started collecting revenue, and already its causing confusion in among truckers.

By causing the underfunding of property tax relief grants, the 2017-18 guardrails produced an imbalance in CT budget priorities.

On Jan. 10, recreational cannabis sales officially became legal in Connecticut. Already, consumers age 21 and older have shown there is demand for adult-use pot products. Through the end of February, recreational cannabis sales surpassed $12 million. As the marijuana industry gears up to meet that growing demand, the state’s Social Equity Council has helped create a new accelerator program, which is offering technical business assistance and entrepreneurial support to qualified social equity c...

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors isn’t holding a public hearing on its proposed salary increases until Tuesday (March 21), but some county workers have already made their opposition known. A union representing over 2,000 county government employees criticized the proposal as a blow to workers, whose projected pay raises aren’t expected to be fully