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Lowell P. Weicker Jr. served three terms as Connecticut's last Republican senator, then passed the income tax as a third-party governor.

Among the last of New England’s moderate Republican senators, he was elected governor as an independent.

As Gov. Ned Lamont tries to give a break to CTs middle class, we look back at the drama that led the state to introduce the personal income tax.

As Gov. Ned Lamont tries to give a break to CTs middle class, we look back at the drama that led the state to introduce the personal income tax.

Attorney General William Tong has appointed Eileen Meskill to serve as deputy attorney general.

Judge Jeffrey Sutton argues that state constitutions can serve an important role in carrying out the vision for "laboratories of democracy" and providing nuance that the federal constitution cannot.

Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated a second wave of new judges this year including Judge Joan K. Alexander to the state Supreme Court, Judge Hope Seeley to the Appellate Court and 11 state lawyers to serve as new judges of the Superior Court.

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating Judge Joan K. Alexander of Cromwell to serve as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court; Judge Hope Seeley of Coventry to serve as a judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court; and 11 other jurists to serve as judges of the Connecticut Superior Court.

By Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror A study of Connecticut’s state government in advance of an expected wave of retirements next year has identified as much as $900 million in potential savings in executive agencies with total budgets of $14 billion, while acknowledging the significant obstacles to making changes in one of the most heavily unionized public-sector workforces in the United States. The report released Wednesday by the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont says 8,000 of the 30...