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. ...