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Governor Ned Lamont opposes Democrats in the General Assembly who want to provide an addition $40 Million in special education funding in this year's budget.

The charges are first to emerge from a sprawling investigation of ballot fraud in the 2023 Democratic race between Joe Ganim and John Gomes.

A Greenwich couple donated a $5 million endowment to the Greenwich Library, marking the largest amount of funding the library has received in over 30 years.

The proposal was part of a public hearing before the state Public Health Committee Friday afternoon. Supervised drug usage sites have been around in the U.S. for several years, starting in New York in 2021.

The practice is legal in 10 other states and Washington, D.C.

Connecticut-based toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker is suing Stanley 1913, the Seattle company that makes trendy travel mugs involved in a recent safety recall.

The data, compiled by the nonprofit KFF Health News, found Connecticut received $85 million in opioid settlement funds in 2022 and 2023. It spent less than $5 million.

The new bipartisan "End Homelessness Caucus" is in the works to tackle the rising rate of homelessness across Connecticut. It's comprised of state lawmakers, housing providers and community advocates.

"When he first came in, he was pretty malnourished, and we just wanted to make sure we were giving him all the supportive care he needed," said Allie Cojocaru, an animal rescuer. "So we did tube feed him for the first few days that he was here, kind of a gruel, a fish smoothie."

Now that she advanced out of committee, the full Senate will take up her nomination.