3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1265+ words) President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot in November, but the theme of the GOP’s convention in Texas this week is unmistakable: he’s the face of the midterm elections. Republicans from Connecticut and around the U.S. headed to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (293+ words) A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Trump “has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (830+ words) A fiery U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, was introduced by the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO at a Labor Day kickoff breakfast Friday as “the future chair of the labor and education committee.” The lawmaker did not object to the description....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (853+ words) The Citizens’ Assembly hoping to reform Connecticut’s property tax system teased big ideas and a robust political debate this fall and winter but will keep the details under wraps for a few more weeks. The four assembly members who met…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (234+ words) “As I write this, I’m both older than I ever imagined I would become and happier than I ever imagined I could be,” she wrote in the introduction. “I’ve been rewarded with friends who are my chosen family. I have…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1012+ words) After a week of raids by federal agents, the Danbury city council voted overwhelmingly to allow some immigrants without citizenship to apply for jobs as city police officers. The council members said they wanted to send a message and acted…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (754+ words) By BEN FINLEY and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Driscoll is a friend of Vice President JD Vance and has good relationships with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. But tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported,…...