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With gas prices on Connecticut residents’ minds, Republicans on Wednesday called on Gov. Ned Lamont and General Assembly Democrats to suspend the state’s gasoline and diesel fuel taxes through the end of the year.

Democrats targeted Republican candidate for governor Ryan Fazio for his vote against a comprehensive online safety bill during the last session, calling the Greenwich state senator an impediment to AI regulation.

Connecticut residents will be offered a series of free virtual webinars to help them better understand student loan repayment and forgiveness options amid continuing changes to federal student loan programs.

As Connecticut businesses brace for another round of double-digit health insurance increases, the state’s two candidates for governor agree healthcare has become an affordability problem — but offer significantly different ways to address it.

Plan to save families $2,000-plus hinges on fiscal good fortune, healthcare cuts

Republican gubernatorial candidate Sen. Ryan Fazio, R-Greenwich, and Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont laid out their competing priorities for improving affordability and opportunity in Connecticut, if elected.

Gov. Ned Lamont put down a marker with more than 40,000 unionized state employees this week, reaching an “understanding” to extend valuable retirement benefits for at least one year in the next gubernatorial term.

With a pair of new laws intended to protect residents’ privacy and information from the use of artificial intelligence, Attorney General William Tong addressed the major provisions of two related bills going into effect Oct. 1.

The state is offering small businesses a new tax incentive worth up to $1,000 per employee annually to encourage more employers to provide health coverage as insurance costs continue to rise.

The returns mark the fourth consecutive year pension investments have eclipsed the state’s 6.9% target.

Legislative Republicans made their plea for voters to elect more members of their party in November, offering reductions or outright elimination of about a half-dozen taxes or fees in return.

Nancy S. Wyman, a prescient voice of caution about Connecticut’s unfunded pension liability as state comptroller, then the lieutenant governor who gave Democrats a crucial tie-breaking vote as the presiding officer in an evenly divided state Senate, died Wednesday. She was 80.

Accolades are pouring in for Connecticut’s first elected female comptroller and 108th lieutenant governor, Nancy Wyman. Wyman died early Wednesday, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. She was 80.

Gov. Ned Lamont defeated liberal challenger Josh Elliott in a primary Tuesday that tested Democrats’ allegiance to a more moderate incumbent, who guided Connecticut through a pandemic and presided over an unprecedented string of budget surpluses and a major tax cut.

Sen. Doug McCrory, a veteran Democratic lawmaker of more than two decades, lost a bid to hold onto his state Senate seat representing Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor in one of the state’s most closely watched legislative primaries on Tuesday night.

Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford who campaigned on the need for new voices in Congress, soundly defeated long-time incumbent U.S. Rep. John Larson in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, all but guaranteeing Bronin the seat.

Connecticut’s minimum wage is set to increase by more than 50 cents next year as state residents contend with rising costs for life’s necessities.

With early voting underway in the 2026 Democratic gubernatorial primary, Connecticut voters say affordability is the single most important issue to them, according to a Sacred Heart University/WFSB/CT Insider Poll. The poll also showed two-term incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont leading state Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, his primary challenger.

On the gubernatorial debate stage in New Haven on Wednesday night, Hamden State Rep. Josh Elliott accused two-term incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont of being “too afraid of the federal government” and of not doing enough to keep immigration enforcement agents out of Connecticut.

Connecticut has enacted significant amendments to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), expanding its scope and introducing new compliance obligations for businesses that collect, use, share, or sell personal information. Now, many businesses, including employers that may not think of themselves as “data companies,” could have new compliance obligations.