This story has been updated. Lawmakers voted to reauthorize Connecticut’s rooftop solar incentives until 2035 on Wednesday, avoiding a potential Republican filibuster that threatened to run out the ...

PURA board nominee Thomas Wiehl answers a question from the Executive & Legislative Nominations Committee on March 5, 2026. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Lawmakers gave their final approval to a ...

Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, explains his gun control objections to an empty gallery and nearly empty Senate. Credit: mark pazniokas The Senate stayed overnight at the state Capitol to pass a gun ...

A bill imposing training for employees at homemaker companion agencies passed the legislature, adding oversight to largely ...

Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, speaks with Rep. Jennifer Leeper, D-Fairfield, outside the Senate on May 6, 2026, the final day of session. The Senate killed a major bill on cellphones in ...

When the door to a primary has never once opened, that isn't democracy. That's incumbency disguised as democracy.

When the door to a primary has never once opened, that isn’t democracy. That’s incumbency disguised as democracy.

Rep. Steve Weir, R-Hebron, debates a bill on housing and utility bills on the final day of the legislative session in Hartford on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Credit: Ginny Monk / CT Mirror The Connecticut ...

But the framing — “once a leader” — only holds if “gender-responsive” is read to mean “responsive to one gender.” Read ...