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Voters throughout the district, which includes Greenwich and parts of Stamford and New...

State Rep. Tom O’Dea (R-125th) served as chair of the Republican caucus, held July 20, 2021 in the auditorium at New Canaan High School. Credit: Michael Dinan In a dramatic vote Tuesday night, New Canaan Republicans endorsed a new slate of Board of Education candidates who are seeking to reset the priorities of the influential elected body and how it interacts with district administrators. The incumbent chair and secretary of the Board of Ed both fell short of securing party backing at the GOP caucus, held at New Canaan High School. The high vote-getter among school board candidates, Dan B...

Valerie Baeriswyl / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on July 16, 2021 5:23 pm CTU Security billed itself as a kind of one-stop shop for providing security to VIPs, training in using handguns and rifles, and access to military-style equipment, including armored vehicles and bomb disposal suits. Its name — an acronym for Counter Terrorist Unit — suggested the company, which is based in the Miami suburb of Doral, Fla., could bring elite-level competence to any situation. Now, the company has been linked to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The head of Hai...

Surprised by state Sen. Kasser's resignation, GOP and Democrats gear up for special election FacebookTwitterEmail 1of12 State Senator Alex Kasser addresses women from across the region gathered for the Women's March to Save Democracy to protest President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Stamford Superior Court in Stamford, Conn.File / Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of12 State Senator Alex Kasser addresses women from across the region gathered for the Women's March to Save Democracy to protest President Trump's Supr...

A bill legalizing marijuana cleared the Connecticut House of Representatives on Wednesday; the measure could receive final approval in the Senate on Thursday Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Mark Mirko/The Hartford Courant Hartford, Ct. - 06/16/2021 - Steven Stafstrom, Chair of the Judiciary Committee, speaks during debate in the house on a bill to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com Following more than seven hours of debate, the Connecticut House of Representatives avoided a threatened gubernatorial veto and approved a revised bi...