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His approach may be tested Tuesday when he speaks at anti-Trump rally.

The bills create off-budget accounts for the two appropriations, with the money expected to come from the $300 million in interest the state earned while holding federal pandemic aid.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s new crime data chief was introduced Tuesday with a promise of faster analysis, greater transparency — and a report showing crime fell by 14.1% in the first three quarters of 2024, compared to the same time a year ago.

Many bills raised by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø GOP won’t pass, but they make a statement about the party’s identity as it tries to reverse a string of losses.

It was the governor's strongest defense of the spending cap, though he was not as definitive on another guardrail: a mechanism called the volatility cap that diverts certain revenues to budget reserves and paying down debt and pension liabilities.

The shrinking margins for Vice President Kamala Harris in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø cities was a jolt to an otherwise thriving state Democratic Party that now has struggled in successive gubernatorial and presidential elections to engage and turn out urban voters, a worrying sign as the party turns to the 2026 gubernatorial cycle.

A limited recount in Torrington has resolved the 65th House District race in favor of Republican challenger Joe Canino over Democratic incumbent Michelle Cook, while triggering a broader recount in the 8th Senate District, which includes a portion of Torrington.

The General Assembly’s top leaders get new terms in 2025. Democrats claim 25 seats in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Senate and 102 in the House.

Democrats and Republicans fanned out across western ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to campaign for U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes and Republican challenger George Logan.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and his Republican challenger, Matthew Corey, clashed in a live televised debate Wednesday night over immigration, inflation, taxation, transgender rights and, most of all, what the return of Donald J. Trump to the White House would mean for America.