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 ...
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 ...
A Connecticut State Police contract passed by the legislature in 2019 is being interpreted broadly by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to block freedom of information requests, according to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission. The 2019 contract says a trooper’s personnel file will not be released ...
At a press conference before a public hearing on Gov. Ned Lamont’s bill to toll trucks, Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, presented the fiscal note for the bill, which states that the revenue estimates from tolls are only “preliminary” and “not investment grade.” Senate Republican obtained the fiscal ...
Senate Democrats gave tepid support for Gov. Ned Lamont’s plan to toll trucks following a long caucus meeting, but a special session on the matter remains in limbo as a bill has yet to be drafted and the numbers fully vetted. Senate Democrats remained Lamont’s biggest hurdle after rejecting the ...
Protesters from No Tolls CT and a small group of union leaders gathered at opposite ends of the circular driveway to the governor’s mansion on Tuesday, while inside Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders attempted to settle on a final transportation plan. But no deal was struck with Republican leaders, ...