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While New York and New Jersey saw slight increases in the percentage of homes where...

The state plans to seize the properties of five businesses for the first phase of a roundabout project designed to make Route 82 safer.

While Blumenthal and advocates praised gun legislation passed last week, they bemoaned the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and

While CT has long benefited from tourist magnets that are the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casino resorts.

While CT has long benefited from tourist magnets that are the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casino resorts.

During a summer that many hoped would be COVID-free, two new Omicron strains threaten new surges and increased cases.

A new report from the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis found General Fund overtime spending of most state agencies went up $20.4 million, or about 11%, during the first three-quarters of this fiscal year, which began last July 1. Total overtime spending approached $207 million.

While Connecticut’s government overtime costs rose considerably this fiscal year as state employees retired in large numbers, overall payroll is way down from one decade ago. A new report from the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis found General Fund overtime spending of most state agencies went up $20.4 million, or about 11%, during the first three-quarters of this fiscal year, which began last July 1. Total overtime spending approached $207 million.

The 17% vacancy rate is almost double where it stood two years ago, when 9.4% of jobs were empty.

The Connecticut native heads to Maryland.