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Police have launched an internal investigation into officers’ conduct after a complaint about a recent arrest.

A year into the COVID-19 crisis, Ned Lamont is the face of the pandemic in Connecticut.

For the first time, aid in dying legislation clears a key legislative committee.

Connecticut Politics Week in Review: Gov. Ned Lamont eases more COVID-19 restrictions, but mask rule remains Russell Blair, Hartford Courant © Mark Mirko / Hartford Courant/Hartford Courant/TNS Rep. Patricia Billie Miller, D-Stamford, is seen in a 2018 file photo. With Connecticut’s coronavirus numbers continuing to decline and the number of vaccines distributed climbing, Gov. Ned Lamont Thursday made his biggest announcement yet about loosening restrictions on businesses a...

A third COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Connecticut.

In midst of COVID-19 pandemic, UConn attracts record 38,000 applications for the fall of 2021

Gov. Ned Lamont announced a significant shift in his vaccine rollout plan Monday, moving forward with vaccinations by age group rather than prioritizing people based on underlying health conditions or frontline occupations. “I’m going to focus on the old business motto, KISS: Keep it simple, stupid,” he said of the new plan, which he and his administration argued would mean a faster rate of vaccination statewide.

In announcing a surprising new vaccine distribution plan Monday, Gov. Ned Lamont said Connecticut’s new approach was designed with two factors in mind: speed and equity.

Hartford HealthCare, which has held naming sponsorship rights at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford and the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford since 2017, has added the soon-to-open, formerly named Harbor Yard Amphitheater to its sponsorships. Going forward the concert venue will named the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, the company announced Tuesday.

Local runners ‘finish the run’ for Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot and killed a year ago Lori Riley, Hartford Courant © Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com/Hartford Courant/TNS Adam Osmond of Farmington finishes a 2.23-mile run one year to the day after Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed after being chased by two armed men in a Georgia neighborhood. Tonight, runners gathered outside Fleet Feet In his honor before a 2.23-mile \"Finish the Run\" event in his memory and...