Latest Connecticut state government News

State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall

Jan. 27, 2025 14:40 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots. ...

Family outraged after man convicted in Connecticut killings gets clemency from Biden in drug case

Jan. 22, 2025 17:50 PM EST

Relatives of an 8-year-old boy and his mother who were murdered by a Connecticut drug gang are outraged that a man convicted in the killings was one of nearly 2,500 people whose drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden in his last days in office. ...

Auctioneer defends The Onion's bid for Infowars as Alex Jones tries stopping sale

Dec. 09, 2024 21:48 PM EST

An auction company executive involved in the liquidation of Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory platform Infowars testified for nearly five hours Monday, as a bankruptcy judge in Texas began a hearing into whether The Onion satirical news outlet was properly named the winning bidder over a company...

First popularly elected Black mayor in New England, Thirman Milner, has died at 91

Nov. 29, 2024 17:12 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, has died, the Connecticut NAACP said on Friday. He was 91. Milner's death was announced Friday afternoon in a statement on the Instagram page for the Connecticut...

M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut governor after her predecessor resigned, dies at 78

Nov. 21, 2024 16:35 PM EST

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who took over the office to become the second female governor in state history after her predecessor resigned amid a corruption scandal, has died. She was 78. Rell died Wednesday at a Florida hospital following a brief illness, her family said in...

Connecticut man comes forward with story of clergy sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims

Nov. 19, 2024 16:26 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Duane Gray says the priest at his Connecticut parish began sexually abusing him around 1974, when he was 12 years old. He told his parents, but they didn't believe it and beat him repeatedly. Then they kicked him out of the house when he was about 16, and he found himself...