Gov. Lamont’s new executive order — imposing stiff fines on struggling state residents for non-compliance with his onerous restrictions on social gatherings — is tantamount to punishing Connecticut’s people for success. It’s unfortunate that, rather than encouraging and supporting people during one of the hardest years they have faced perhaps ...
A lawsuit filed in state superior court Monday on behalf of two restaurant owners, a skin care business, a woman who was fined for violating quarantine after travel and Rep. Mike France, R-Ledyard, is asking the court to declare the governor’s emergency powers invalid. Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers were ...
Gov. Ned Lamont may be running the state via executive order, but lawmakers have also been holding virtual informational hearings, listening sessions and committee votes. However, Republican Senate Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, says that virtual informational hearings are not transparent enough and that it’s time for the Capitol to ...
The University of Connecticut and UConn Health Center is asking the state of Connecticut for a combined $102.7 million to help mitigate their losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures presented to the state Appropriations Committee on August 28. The requests are due to losses from fiscal year ...
On the day of Connecticut’s primary elections, Old Lyme received roughly 900 absentee ballots as the state of Connecticut moved toward absentee voting as a way to protect voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem, however, was that 700 of them were either not signed or dated properly or were ...
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday that he is extending the public health emergency declaration until February 9, which also allows his executive orders to remain in effect. The governor’s emergency powers were set to expire on September 9, but the governor said the emergency declaration must continue so the state ...