Latest Connecticut state government News

Connecticut to decide on constitution change to make mail-in voting easier

Nov. 05, 2024 04:16 AM EST

Connecticut voters will decide Tuesday whether to get rid of rules preventing the state from joining the 36 others that allow people to cast ballots by mail or through drop boxes without needing an excuse for not going to a polling place in person. An amendment to the state...

GOP tries to break Connecticut Democrats' winning streak in US House races

Nov. 05, 2024 04:04 AM EST

It has been 18 years since Connecticut voted to send a Republican to Washington. Republican George Logan will try to end the party's long losing streak Tuesday in a rematch with U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, the three-term Democrat who defeated him two years ago by a margin of less than 1% of the vote. ...

AP Decision Note: What to expect in Connecticut on Election Day

Oct. 25, 2024 13:53 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut voters will decide races for president, Congress and the state Legislature in the Nov. 5 general election, as well as a statewide ballot measure to expand voting options. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump...

Lamont nominates Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become next chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court

Aug. 29, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday nominated state Supreme Court Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become the next chief justice, calling him a fair, sensible and empathetic jurist with experience serving in all three levels of the state court system. If confirmed by the General...

Expelled Yale student sues women's groups for calling him a rapist despite his acquittal in court

Aug. 20, 2024 17:09 PM EDT

An expelled Yale University student who was acquitted of sex assault charges in 2018 is now suing 15 women's advocacy groups and an attorney for defamation after being called a “rapist” in a court brief that they filed in a 2022 proceeding. Saifullah Khan, a 31-year-old...