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![CT contracting watchdogs asked not to talk without director’s OK: ‘Sounds like a gag order’ CT contracting watchdogs asked not to talk without director’s OK: ‘Sounds like a gag order’](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/03/16/UG6SXB2RA5GJNO354RL5INUXYQ.jpg?w=135)
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CT contracting watchdogs asked not to talk without director’s OK: ‘Sounds like a gag order’
An appointee of Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing that Connecticut’s contracting watchdog panel not publicly...
![Two years post Dobbs, with attacks on reproductive rights continuing across the country, enthusiasm for the abortion-rights movement may have cooled in Connecticut. Two years post Dobbs, with attacks on reproductive rights continuing across the country, enthusiasm for the abortion-rights movement may have cooled in Connecticut.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Election_2024_Purple_Ohio_90382.jpg?w=132)
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As abortion access wanes nationwide, so does sense of urgency, outrage in CT, advocates say
Two years post Dobbs, with attacks on reproductive rights continuing across the country, enthusiasm for...
![While Democrats across the country have called for Biden to drop his reelection bid, Republicans are not calling for Trump to get out of the race. While Democrats across the country have called for Biden to drop his reelection bid, Republicans are not calling for Trump to get out of the race.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/US-NEWS-TV-DEBATE-RATINGS-ABA.jpg?w=132)
Should President Biden drop re-election bid? What CT leaders are hearing from residents
While Democrats across the country have called for Biden to drop his reelection bid, Republicans...
![CT Gov. Lamont picks fourth chief of staff in less than 6 years CT Gov. Lamont picks fourth chief of staff in less than 6 years](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/06/R2H755EINNAIHA4EVOFDTNZZ2I.jpg?w=135)
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CT Gov. Lamont picks fourth chief of staff in less than 6 years
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday introduced his fourth chief of staff in less than...
![Like their anxious colleagues nationwide, Connecticut Democrats are wrestling with whether Joe Biden should drop out of the presidential election race. Like their anxious colleagues nationwide, Connecticut Democrats are wrestling with whether Joe Biden should drop out of the presidential election race.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/US-NEWS-TV-DEBATE-RATINGS-ABA.jpg?w=132)
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CT Democrats, some loyal, some pragmatic, split over whether Biden should drop out
Like their anxious colleagues nationwide, Connecticut Democrats are wrestling with whether Joe Biden should drop...
![Complaint: Absentee ballot abuse in CT city continued into 2024 Complaint: Absentee ballot abuse in CT city continued into 2024](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bridgeport-complaint-jpg.jpg?w=106)
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Complaint: Absentee ballot abuse in CT city continued into 2024
A newly unsealed complaint alleges that political operatives in Bridgeport continued to travel door-to-door illegally collecting voters’...
![CT smog problem gets no relief from U.S. Supreme Court CT smog problem gets no relief from U.S. Supreme Court](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Supreme_Court_Downwind_Pollution_60172.jpg?w=132)
CT smog problem gets no relief from U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted, at least temporarily, a Biden administration rule that would...
![The Governor’s Working Group on Ranked-Choice Voting has begun discussing the merits and logistics of instant runoff voting, a procedure that could radically change how state elections are conducted. The Governor’s Working Group on Ranked-Choice Voting has begun discussing the merits and logistics of instant runoff voting, a procedure that could radically change how state elections are conducted.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/US-NEWS-PRIMARY-ELECTION-ROUNDUP-DP.jpg?w=132)
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CT begins exploring ranked-choice voting merits, logistics
The Governor’s Working Group on Ranked-Choice Voting has begun discussing the merits and logistics of...
![CT predicting another $1 billion-plus surplus amid education, housing, social service needs CT predicting another $1 billion-plus surplus amid education, housing, social service needs](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/01/31/T7J57S2AIZCN3MMUSUGC6XD5KI.jpg?w=135)
CT predicting another $1 billion-plus surplus amid education, housing, social service needs
The controversial program designed to bar legislators from spending “volatile” tax receipts continues to collect...
![“It was not given any public vetting, any major public debate or analysis,” Fazio said. “And so I submit to you that no one knows what the consequences of what we’re voting on will be.” “It was not given any public vetting, any major public debate or analysis,” Fazio said. “And so I submit to you that no one knows what the consequences of what we’re voting on will be.”](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/04/03/TNOYYCTJLJB2NARPWPLBZH5GV4.jpg?w=135)
CT Senate Dems crush GOP effort to slow plan for one water company to buy another
“It was not given any public vetting, any major public debate or analysis,” Fazio said....