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Monday 12/30/2019
Area consumers urged to return unwanted gifts ASAP Posted: 30 December 2019 [01:38 PM] HARTFORD - Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection is urging consumers to return or exchange unwanted holiday gifts as soon as possible. The…
Friday 07/19/2019
Report shows Connecticut lost 1,400 jobs in June Posted: 19 July 2019 [12:50 PM] WETHERSFIELD - A new report shows Connecticut lost 1,400 jobs in June, nearly all coming from local government. The Department of Labor's…
Tuesday 03/19/2019
Opponents gear up for battle over tolls ahead of vote with 'Toll Trolls' Posted: 19 March 2019 [12:59 PM] HARTFORD - Opponents of tolls on Connecticut highways are making their opinions known before lawmakers cast their first vote on the issue.…
Wednesday 02/20/2019
Posted: 20 February 2019 [12:32 PM] HARTFORD - Connecticut's new governor, Democrat Ned Lamont, offered a budget plan Wednesday that modernizes the state's sales tax base by imposing the 6.35 percent levy on a long list of goods and services, proposes highway tolls as way of…
Monday 01/21/2019
Thousands without power as freeze follows deadly storm Posted: 21 January 2019 [10:34 AM] MIDDLETOWN - More than 12,000 people still don't have electricity in Connecticut, with temperatures in many places at or below zero. Eversource,…
Tuesday 01/08/2019
Police arrest 5 in connection with New Year's Day brawl at Foxwoods, expect more Posted: 08 January 2019 [11:15 AM] MASHANTUCKET - Connecticut tribal police have arrested five people and expect to arrest more in connection with a New Year's Day brawl…
Thursday 12/06/2018
At a Connecticut cemetery, bones tossed like trash, and families in pain Posted: 06 December 2018 [12:28 PM] Since the 1990s, Cheryl Jansen had noticed junk and tree limbs piling up at the once oasis-like Park Cemetery, just north of…
Monday 11/19/2018
Ned Lamont stands by plan to toll only tractor trailer trucks Posted: 19 November 2018 [03:36 PM] HARTFORD - Connecticut Gov.-elect Ned Lamont says he continues to support tolling only big rigs, despite a new study that shows more…
Ned Lamont backs legal pot in Connecticut like neighboring state Posted: 19 November 2018 [03:34 PM] HARTFORD - With recreational marijuana sales beginning in neighboring Massachusetts, Connecticut's new governor-elect says he continues to support legalization in his state.…
Thursday 09/13/2018
Connecticut fentanyl deaths on pace to increase 9 percent Posted: 13 September 2018 [12:09 PM] FARMINGTON - Connecticut's chief medical examiner says fentanyl-related overdose deaths in the state are on pace to increase 9 percent this year,…
Wednesday 08/15/2018
Connecticut Primary Roundup: Southington's Joe Markley beats New Britain mayor Erin Stewart in lieutenant governor race Posted: 15 August 2018 [11:42 AM] HARTFORD - The Latest on Connecticut's primary (all times local): 11:40 p.m. Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller has won the Republican nomination…
Corey wins Connecticut GOP nod for Senate, will face Murphy Posted: 15 August 2018 [11:36 AM] HARTFORD - Matthew Corey, a window washer and Hartford pub owner, won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Connecticut on Tuesday…
Jahana Hayes, onetime teen mom, now a teacher, wins House primary, will face GOP's Manny Santos Posted: 15 August 2018 [11:33 AM] HARTFORD - A onetime teen mother who became a celebrated teacher defeated a veteran politician Tuesday in the Democratic primary for a…
In upset, Stefanowski wins GOP nod for Connecticut governor, will face Democrat winner Lamont Posted: 15 August 2018 [11:27 AM] HARTFORD - Bob Stefanowski, a former GE executive who pitched himself to voters as Bob the Rebuilder, won Tuesday's Republican primary for…
Wednesday 08/08/2018
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Wethersfield Posted: 08 August 2018 [12:39 PM] WETHERSFIELD - Officials say mosquitoes tested at a site in Connecticut have come up positive for West Nile virus. The Central Connecticut…
Monday 08/06/2018
UConn's mascot becomes part of wedding party Posted: 06 August 2018 [04:36 PM] SIMSBURY - The Siberian Husky that serves as the mascot for the University of Connecticut is taking on a new role: assistant…
Wednesday 07/25/2018
Connecticut panel approves $10 million toll study Posted: 25 July 2018 [12:45 PM] HARTFORD - The State Bond Commission has given the go-ahead to a controversial study of tolls on Connecticut highways. Wednesday's approval followed…
Tuesday 07/24/2018
1 dead, child injured in I-91 crash with ejections in Rocky Hill Posted: 24 July 2018 [02:45 PM] ROCKY HILL - One person has died and a child has been seriously injured after a three-vehicle crash on a Connecticut highway…
Tuesday 06/05/2018
Where states, including Connecticut, stand on legal sports gambling Posted: 05 June 2018 [02:20 PM] WASHINGTON - With Delaware expanding legal sports gambling on Tuesday, a look at where states stand three weeks after the U.S. Supreme…
Friday 03/23/2018
Transportation committee approves Connecticut highway toll proposals Posted: 23 March 2018 [12:23 PM] HARTFORD - A committee has approved sending multiple bills to Connecticut's legislature that would install tolls on state highways. The General Assembly's…
Thursday 03/15/2018
Without Toys R Us, 30,000 jobs, a black hole for toy makers Posted: 15 March 2018 [11:07 AM] NEW YORK - The demise of Toys R Us will have a ripple effect on everything from toy makers to consumers to…
Toys R Us' liquidation will send ripples Posted: 15 March 2018 [11:05 AM] NEW YORK - The likely liquidation of Toys R Us, the nation's largest independent toy seller, could add stress for the companies…
From Geoffrey to Kids R Us: Toys R Us through the years Posted: 15 March 2018 [10:56 AM] Toys R Us, which said it would close or sell all its 740 stores in the United States, traces its origins back…
Connecticut lottery under investigation after scandals Posted: 15 March 2018 [10:52 AM] HARTFORD - The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is investigating the state lottery for its handling of a series of scandals and…
Friday 02/09/2018
Parents sue Wethersfield school, say daughter was assaulted in bathroom Posted: 09 February 2018 [11:58 AM] WETHERSFIELD - The parents of a Connecticut elementary school student have filed a lawsuit claiming their daughter was sexually assaulted at school.…