Gov. Ned Lamont announced that he'll add an overhaul of the state’s waste management system to the legislative package he will propose in February. His proposals would tackle the 40% of Connecticut’s waste that is shipped to other states as well as food waste and recycling.

Many school districts ran out of federal pandemic funding that allowed them to offer free school lunches to all students. Some lawmakers now want to change that.

Bronin did not share in his announcement what he plans to do after his current term ends.

Connecticut Mirror co-founder and Capitol bureau chief Mark Pazniokas walks voters through specific candidates and races, including some familiar names who might be sweating the election results.

With so many political polls released in the months leading up to the November midterm election, it can be hard to square the various results. A pollster explains.

New crime data released by the state Monday morning show a small increase in murders last year in Connecticut. At the same time, the number of violent crimes and property crimes declined year over year. Over the last 10 years, the report notes that overall crime in Connecticut has fallen 30%, including a 43% reduction in violent crime and a 29% reduction in property crime.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) was one of several officials calling for a more robust federal response to the monkeypox outbreak at a news conference Monday.

As Connecticut tenants face skyrocketing rent prices and an uptick in no-fault evictions, some renters in large apartment complexes are unionizing in hopes of demanding change. And now tenant unions in New Haven could be some of the first in Connecticut to be recognized by their local government.

Connecticut hardened its legal protections this year to protect abortion access and the right of people seeking reproductive healthcare from out of state.

A former Hamden police officer who shot at an unarmed Black man and woman in 2019 — wounding the woman — won’t serve time in prison.