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The Trump administration is once again seeking to interrupt the development of Connecticut’s first offshore wind project, Revolution Wind.

In recent years, the nation has seen two opposing shifts: a vast expansion of anti-poverty measures and public benefits during the height of the pandemic, followed by a drastic cutting of public benefits in the wake of sweeping federal legislation passed…

When people think about Connecticut, bustling city life might not be the first thing that comes to mind.

Emily (not her real name) was 16 when I went to see her in the psychiatric wing of the ER at a Connecticut hospital.

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Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, Connecticut’s former deputy budget director, fled the country instead of accepting his sentencing in a federal corruption case.

Ginny Monk, an investigative reporter at The Connecticut Mirror, has received a freedom of information award from the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government.

Many people got ever so slightly worried when Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told them that they, and everyone else, could be dead in 10 years at the hands of AI.

Connecticut regulators on Wednesday approved several changes to the process through which utility companies purchase electricity, with hopes of saving customers money by giving them access to better deals on the day-to-day energy markets.

More politicians are using Artificial Intelligence in campaign ads leading up to this year’s midterm elections.

A perfect storm of harsh immigration enforcement, aging journeymen and a building boom for data centers is wreaking havoc on the nation’s supply of skilled trade workers.

Connecticut education leaders still aren’t happy with the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit.

When structural shifts happen in Washington, the shockwaves are rarely felt in boardroom suites first.

On a stage in Fairfield — with four stops behind him and two more ahead at opposite ends of Connecticut — it was as good a time as any for U.S.

WASHINGTON — Every child in the United States with a valid Social Security number is now enrolled in a tax-advantaged investment account, titled a “Trump Account,” President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.

Congressman Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, warned Wednesday of efforts to undermine faith in U.S. elections by foreign powers and one domestic one: President Donald J.

Officials gathered in one of New Haven’s new bioscience towers to cut the ribbon on a tech innovation hub — and on a dream for our state’s future as a quantum version of Silicon Valley.

NEW YORK — Facing a surge of measles cases in New York state’s rural counties, Democratic Gov.

They first need to win their own reelection races — and their party needs to gain control nationwide — but members of Connecticut’s delegation are starting to sketch out what Democrats’ possible return to power could look like from some of the highest ech…

Every ten years, the federal decennial census data informs two things that shape Connecticut’s future: how many seats we get in Congress and how many dollars go to our schools, roads and transit systems, and healthcare programs.

Life is hard for a lot of people right now.

Charles Walters was initially skeptical about enrolling his daughter in a Head Start early education program.

Connecticut is among 10 states in the nation with the highest average housing costs, and it’s been proven to exacerbate the state’s poverty rate.

A video posted to social media shows about a dozen masked people on a street corner holding a sign that says “Keep New England White.”

I’ve been teaching self-defense for 25 years.

In 2004, as a social worker serving families in deep poverty, I started a diaper bank because many of my clients were unable to afford enough diapers to keep their babies dry and healthy.

As members of the Bridgeport police union continue to call for Police Chief Roderick Porter’s removal, residents, faith leaders, elected officials and retired officers gathered Saturday to make their own position clear: They support him.

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More than 60,000 Connecticut residents have lost federal food assistance since H.R.1, or the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed in July 2025.

For years, the psychoactive compound kratom has been sold across much of the United States as an herbal supplement, available in powders, capsules and extracts with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances.

Hartford’s independent police oversight board received a unanimous show of support this week from city leaders, who voted to strengthen its authority to investigate allegations of police misconduct.

The Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Transportation launched a free bus pass program for veterans on July 31.

In June of 2025 we co-authored A plea to safeguard SNAP urging lawmakers to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as federal reconciliation debates threatened eligibility rules and state funding.

An occasional look at Connecticut’s remarkable people, places and things A man walks into Canaan’s town hall to meet with his probation officer — but the probation officer isn’t there.

It’s been a busy week on the transportation beat.

This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th.

A federal judge temporarily blocked an effort by Connecticut to ban the sale of handguns that can be turned into virtual machine guns.

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

The long-anticipated renaissance of American nuclear power is unlikely to get its start in New England.

Advocates and legislators condemned the proposed overhaul of a federal early childhood program — changes they said would endanger programming that serves thousands of Connecticut children.

Connecticut is receiving an estimated $2 billion less in federal funding under the Trump administration, according to a new tracking tool released by two nonpartisan pro-democracy organizations.

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The members of Connecticut’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Education Funding deserve credit for their hard work.

More than 100 people gathered across the street from the Meriden courthouse Thursday evening with a list of demands for state officials, including strengthening the Trust Act and its enforcement and $50 million in legal support for those affected by immig…

Tammy Rodriguez was taking a step back from her front-facing role of advocating for federal online protections for children when she got a call from the Connecticut attorney general’s office in late August.

Following the publication of a Connecticut Mirror investigation into a Connecticut law that allows the state to assess a daily charge to incarcerated people and collect on that debt for up to 20 years after the person is released, Gov.

We gather today —not in sorrow, but with cautious relief— to mark the passing of the CCSU Polytechnic Vanity Project, a costly administrative hallucination that briefly mistook itself for the future of public higher education.