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There are so many good reasons to drive an electric vehicle, even Trump can’t stop them.

Connecticut Republicans called Wednesday for suspension of the state’s retail taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel through Dec. 31, a break that would save motorists a collective $54 million per month.

Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a fugitive waging a relentless publicity campaign for a presidential pardon from overseas, was sentenced in absentia Wednesday to 84 months in prison for extorting bribes from contractors as a high-ranking state official ov…

Bridgeport’s Sit & Speak is a listening session hosted by Reginald David, The Connecticut Mirror’s Bridgeport-focused community engagement reporter.

Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take a dent out of residents’ utility bills.

The noise was so loud, ShawnaLee Kwashnak thought a jet engine had landed in her driveway.

In the 1970s, Stratford Avenue, one of the main arteries running through Bridgeport’s East End, was designated as Dr.

As school districts across Connecticut confront rising costs, increasingly complex operational demands, and continued pressure to use public resources responsibly, the conversation often turns to what districts can cut, consolidate, or simply do without.

Our governor will be joining other New England governors in a “summit” today to push for more nuclear power.

It’s election season, and therefore time for certain candidates for state office to trot out the well-worn campaign promise to “cut regulations.”

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Federal prosecutors could move this week to seize the Farmington home of Kosta Diamantis, the former high-ranking state budget official who fled to Greece to avoid sentencing on corruption charges.

WASHINGTON — Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy on import taxes.

In the fall of 2015, in the limestone caves of Bama, China, I stood beneath stalactites that took ten thousand years to form.

Councilman Alfredo Castillo’s case is heading to trial.

Legislators and advocates gathered Monday afternoon to cheer a new partnership with the University of Connecticut: distributing air purifiers students can build to science classrooms throughout the state.

DETROIT (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday released new fuel economy standards that relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.

Readjusting to life after incarceration is challenging.

Elected officials decried recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at New Haven’s Tweed Airport during a press conference on Monday, drawing attention to the latest example of public spaces like courthouses, city streets and school bus stops that

After previous failed attempts, lawmakers in Connecticut made progress on artificial intelligence legislation this year, passing a massive 39-section bill that seeks to do everything from outline AI workforce development programs to regulate the social me…

I’ve been thinking about the film I, Robot recently.

Patients across New England are struggling to afford care because of rising healthcare costs.

When Tracy DeSenti’s husband died in 2023, she was so distraught, she barely got off the couch for weeks.

Why would anyone oppose road safety?

ConnCORP CEO Erik Clemons, a longtime community leader focused on economic empowerment and neighborhood revitalization in New Haven’s historically Black communities, will be stepping down from his position with the economic development organization early…

These news briefs are part of The Connecticut Mirror’s 2026 political coverage.

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Community leaders in the Hartford suburb of Windsor are speaking out against recent acts of potentially hate-motivated vandalism.

In less that two weeks, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will host a public hearing about a methane gas compressor station in Oxford, Connecticut.

Connecticut’s economic condition is easy to misread.

In Connecticut, the number of people enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, fell by 15% from June 2025 to June 2026 — including nearly 18,000 fewer residents under 18 receiving benefits.

Three dozen Yale students, professors, and New Haven community members testified before the aldermanic Health & Human Services Committee Thursday evening — and called on Yale to uphold its institutional independence, contribute more to its host city, and…

Despite diesel prices hitting a record high this week and home heating oil up 50% in just three months, the state’s fuel distributors warn the problems are far from over.

As someone who fears what ICE is currently doing to the people of this country, I feel that what the community of Danbury is doing is a beautiful and powerful movement.

A law enforcement group that sets police standards in Connecticut recommended stringent new rules Thursday for the deployment and use of a wide range of surveillance technology, including automated license plate readers that have become hugely controversi…

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The Connecticut WNBA franchise will play its final game in the state before it moves to Houston next year after an impressive run for the first independently owned team in the league.

The state of Connecticut has agreed to share an internal Department of Children and Families report with the lawyers representing a Waterbury man allegedly held captive by his stepmother as the victim seeks permission to sue the agency.

A recent CT Mirror article highlighted that Connecticut is tied for the highest unemployment rate in the nation at 5.2%.

Every week, Patty, 78, walks through the doors of Neighbor to Neighbor for groceries.

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State officials on Tuesday unveiled the final recommendations of a working group convened by Gov.

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Nearly 100 Connecticut laws on a range of issues from immigration enforcement to distracted driving will fully or partially take effect on Oct. 1, 2026.

More than 450 affordable homes and apartments will be constructed using about $10.4 million in state tax credits.

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On a Monday evening in August, 25 adults sat down at folding tables in a community center in East Hartford, opened laptops, and began preparing for the exam that would qualify them to work as paraeducators in Connecticut’s public schools.

Billions of dollars spent on wastewater treatment and other infrastructure upgrades in Connecticut and New York have resulted in apparent improvements in Long Island Sound’s water quality, according to a report from the ecological nonprofit Save the Sound.

Despite his recent public statements in support of Police Chief Roderick Porter, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim had also agreed to hire a legal firm to conduct an independent investigation into internal allegations of misconduct against the city’s top cop.