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A coalition of groups called Tuesday for allowing all Connecticut adults to grow their own marijuana and helping those who have been arrested on marijuana charges in the past as part of the effort to legalize recreational marijuana. About 100 people gathered for a rally outside the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to push for the controversial bill that top legislators say has about a ...

Connecticut Gov. Lamont lobbies for regional effort to fight climate change; electric school buses could be funded under initiative Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant © Christopher Keating/Hartford Courant/TNS Gov. Ned Lamont and state environmental commissioner Katie Dykes unveiled Connecticut's first electric school bus in Middletown as they touted a controversial bill calling for battling air pollution and climate change. Opponents say the bill will sharply increase gasoline prices. Standing in front of Connecticut’s first electric school bus, Gov. Ned Lamont called...

With $2.7 billion in federal funding expected to come to Connecticut over the next three years, the state House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to ensure that the legislature plays a key role in deciding how the dollars will be spent. Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration initially balked at the idea last week in an earlier version of the bill, but the two sides reached a compromise, ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s poll ratings doubled in COVID year, but extraordinary powers and federal money will eventually run out Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant © Brad Horrigan/The Hartford Courant/Hartford Courant/TNS Gov. Ned Lamont's poll ratings have doubled in the past year as he has ruled Connecticut with extraordinary powers as the legislature has been unable to block his moves like they did on electronic highway tolls. Here, Lamont receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at The First Cathedral church in February at the age of 67 from a regis...

Connecticut bill to ban foam takeout containers in 2023 advances Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant As many restaurants are still struggling and increasingly relying on foam containers to carry takeout food, a key legislative committee voted Friday to ban the containers starting in July 2023. Democrats on the environment committee say the single-use containers are major polluters that should be banned because the products do not break down naturally, pollute the oceans and take up excessive space in landfills. But Republicans expressed concern about the economic impact on r...