Michayla Savitt

State Sen. Herron Gaston, who represents Bridgeport, was concerned about the potential impact of transportation cuts amidst the district's challenges with truancy and chronic absenteeism.

After two years of sluggish environmental legislative action, state lawmakers in 2025 passed several big initiatives on climate change.

Low pay is a major reason why there aren’t enough early educators to meet demand in Connecticut. The cost of care is difficult for parents, too.

Reducing food waste is a small piece of a large puzzle: slowing down climate change. It's also part of how Connecticut is approaching a looming waste crisis.

Book challenges at libraries across the U.S. skyrocketed after the pandemic shutdown, and efforts to censor books have played out in Connecticut, too. So what are state lawmakers doing to address the issue, but still leave room for debate?

The cuts are expected to terminate grants allocated to the state for disease outbreak surveillance, newborn screenings and childhood immunizations, state officials said.

For food banks and people who go to them, the economic uncertainty represents a small part of the larger anxiety about ongoing moves on the federal level.

The General Assembly is considering a bill that could give Connecticut citizens legal protections to “clean and healthy air, water, soil, ecosystems and environment and a safe and stable climate” that advocates say comes at a crucial time.

Early Childhood Commissioner Beth Bye said there needs to be a systemic approach to solving the state's child care crisis.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year budget proposal maintains funding for a new state partnership to continue research and education into endometriosis, which affects one in ten people born female.

Connecticut Foodshare is slated to get a state funding boost beginning July 2026 to help stock food at its 600 locations, but advocates say they need ten times that amount — and sooner — to meet the growing demand for food.

Gov. Ned Lamont presented his two-year, $55.2 billion-dollar spending recommendations to Connecticut lawmakers Wednesday, kicking off the legislative budget process this session.

President-elect Donald Trump has the backing of a soon-to-be controlled Republican House and Senate to make changes to the Affordable care Act

With a new year beginning, there are a handful of state laws changing things up in Connecticut.

The future of federal student loan forgiveness remains uncertain following the reelection of Donald Trump. But Connecticut recently took its own step to strengthen protections for borrowers, appointing its first student loan ombudsperson to be an independent authority on policies impacting borrowers.

Last year, the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program awarded $300 million to 50 projects across the country, and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture was among them. Now, a $2.5 million-dollar program is rolling out in the state.

President-elect Donald Trump’s win is a loss in the fight against climate change, Connecticut environmentalists say. They're hoping state lawmakers can step up to help.

Connecticut voters have passed a ballot measure that seeks to allow lawmakers to amend Connecticut's constitution to allow for no-excuse absentee voting.

Connecticut’s early voting days for the general election have wrapped up. State officials said Monday 741,895 voters submitted a ballot early and in-person at the polls.

Connecticut is over a week into its first early voting period for a general election, and so far, many eligible voters are taking advantage of the extra days to vote in-person.