A round-up of news briefs from CT Mirror reporters about this week's happenings at the Connecticut General Assembly.

Democrats stress need for thousands of housing units to meet economic goals while Republicans say their support of regional ...

City leaders’ ongoing plans to improve downtown’s walkability, appearance and economic viability received a recent boost with a $4 million state grant. The new funds will support the $17 million ...

It was a long day for lawmakers at the Connecticut State Capital, as a public hearing lasted hours. The conversation focused ...

Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont is trolling his neighbors to the south with a social media post proposing renaming the Long Island ...

There is an online petition calling for Long Island Sound to be renamed. “America has long ignored the greatness of CONNECTICUT! Such as being the pizza capital of the WORLD!!!,” the change.org ...

Electric rates are a big topic at the state capitol, and there’s much debate around the board that regulates utilities in the state and the person who leads ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont presented his budget proposals last week, including $157 million for nonprofits over the next two ...

With Republicans and staff members calling for his resignation, a Connecticut college leader apologized Tuesday for lavish ...

The budget did not include as much for K-12 schools as educators wanted and left UConn and CSCU bracing for the loss of ...

It is unacceptable that a company in our state would violate the wishes of its neighbors and help carry out executions for ...