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Right now, some Connecticut lawmakers are proposing a ban on non-disclosure agreements in the workplace. The idea is being backed by women’s rights advocates...

The Connecticut House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow early voting beginning next year. Connecticut is currently one of only four states that does not have early voting.

A Connecticut legislative committee has approved a bill that would ban pharmaceutical companies from doing business with the state if they stop selling legal abortion pills in other states. The bill, sponsored by Democrats, is in response to a decision by Walgreens, the nation’s second largest pharmacy chain.

Lawmakers and gun control advocates said she was threatening the president, but others said her tweets were blown out of proportion.

Many New England states are working to protect and expand abortion access after the Supreme Court ruled against the constitutional right to abortion

Connecticut is the latest state to pay for non-residents' abortions. ​

Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly and civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based organizations joined together in calling for the passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA)

The state is among several acting to strengthen abortion rights protections as a Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade looms.