Gov. Ned Lamont took little comfort in the daily rate of positive COVID-19 tests falling to 4.76% from 6.74%.
Today, on Veterans Day, we honor those who risked their lives to defend America and our values. So it's extremely troubling to know that more than 6,000 veterans die by suicide each year, nearly twice the number of soldiers who were killed in action during the entire seven-year long Iraq war.
A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts ranks Connecticut dead last in personal income growth over the past year.
Gov. Ned Lamont will need an extra $200 million in the next biennial budget to bolster the teachers' pension fund.
To those who are surprised that the 2020 presidential election is continuing through recount and evaluations for potential voter fraud, I can tell you that in elections, like in life, you cannot be assured of fairness and you can also receive unexpected breaks.
The panel is analyzing who should receive the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine and devising strategies for public outreach.
Black Lives Matter advocates crossed paths with Trump supporters in two very different protests Saturday in Hartford.
Americans have defied norms of climate migration seen elsewhere in the world, flocking to cities like Phoenix, Houston and Miami.
Dr. Megan Ranney has learned a lot about COVID-19 since she began treating patients with the disease in the emergency department in February. But there’s one question she still can’t answer: What makes some patients so much sicker than others? Advancing age and underlying medical problems explain only part of the phenomenon, said Ranney, who […]
With COVID-19 cases on the rise and thousands unemployed, legislators say having a 'public option' is more pressing than ever.
In this post-election special titled "What Just Happened?" John asks how the "pandemic election" may permanently reshape voting in Connecticut.
As the rate of positive COVID-19 cases increases, the education commissioner is encouraging schools to stay open, if they can.
The autumn surge of COVID-19 cases has reached red-alert status in 100 of Connecticut’s 169 cities and towns.
Connecticut's economy took a hit when the coronavirus pandemic arrived, and there is still a lot of recovery ahead.
Thomas Burke, a top administrator at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, has been named its new president.
Top prison officials were so concerned about the shortcomings they privately assembled a team to improve inmate health care.
The University of Connecticut announced Friday that its entire Storrs campus will be placed under quarantine.
A recount completed Friday gave Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, a 17-vote win over Democrat Jim Jinks.
Voter fraud is real, a potential factor in close local races. But not for president in 2020.
You knew he wouldn’t go honorably or quietly, even though he has been quiet as a church mouse for nearly a week at this writing, with virtually no official business on his White House calendar for days.
My argument is that price of the fuel we use (gasoline) doesn’t cover the real cost to our environment (or each other) when we drive. Gasoline is too cheap.
The adult prison system is not an appropriate place for minors, according to the Office of the Child Advocate.
It hasn't been a good two weeks for tallying votes in the 90th House District of Cheshire and Wallingford.
Samaris Smith's husband has been locked up since December 2019. He still hasn't been convicted of a crime.
It is essential that Connecticut emerges in a better place when the pandemic subsides, and an excellent system of public higher education is essential for that recovery. The Connecticut State Universities – Central, Eastern, Southern and Western – are well positioned to play a leading role in a better future and can emerge even stronger institutions when the crisis is over, but only if they are su...
It is time for Connecticut to enter the modern age and join the ranks of the 44 states that either have early in-person voting, no-excuse absentee voting or both.
According to U.S. News and World Report, Yale University is tied for the fourth largest university endowment in the United States at $30.3 billion. The state of Connecticut has borrowed $4.8 billion and sent it to Yale (excluding hospital funding). If one includes past loans the state has taken out at the behest of Yale, many billions more have been borrowed and refinanced. This is an incredibly u...
Republicans and Democrats in Connecticut have a shared goal to make health care more affordable and accessible to all people. Connecticut Republicans have presented multiple ideas and solutions to reduce health care costs which we will continue to push for this year.
Just as in 2016, the 2020 polls underestimated President Trump’s support. While polling has become more difficult in the age of cell phones and caller-ID, it is mathematically impossible not to conclude that these polls were either deliberately inaccurate or conducted by incompetents.