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The Connecticut State Capitol was one of many state buildings impacted by a widespread internet outage Tuesday. The Department of Administrative Services got...

Buckbee is a friend of the I-95 Morning Show so we asked him to join us and talk about the recent activity in Hartford. We were curious to find out if there are any strange bills being introduced at the Capitol and it turns out there are some doozies.

BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN HARTFORD — With the cost of electricity, heating oil and natural gas all up, state legislators and Gov. Ned Lamont are exploring short- and long-term approaches to lowering energy costs in Connecticut. House and Senate Republicans on Jan. 17 unveiled GOP i

In any given Connecticut legislative session, the Energy and Technology and Environment Committees wrestle with some of the most intractable, complex and downright hard-to-understand problems on, well, the planet. You know — climate change, energy, environmental justice — things like that. This year, add one more item to that list — bears. The reality is there are a whole lot more black bears in the state than there used to be and, after one attacked a 10-year-old in Morris, figuring out what to do about them has catapulted to a top priority.

Republican lawmakers unveiled a series of policy proposals in Hartford on Tuesday aimed at reducing energy costs, increasing reliability and strengthening oversight of utility companies.