1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (938+ words) The Connecticut Restaurant Association, a once-anemic trade group that found its voice during the COVID-19 pandemic by negotiating aid and creative public-health rules as it flexed newfound influence, is rebranding itself as an advocate for the broader $21 billion hospitality industry....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (552+ words) by Sara Bedigian and Mikayla Bunnell, CT Mirror February 4, 2026 As lawmakers representing the University of Connecticut's campus in Storrs returned to Hartford Wednesday for the beginning of the 2026 legislative session, higher education was top of mind. Sen. Mae Flexer, D-Windham,…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1579+ words) by CT Mirror Staff, CT Mirror February 4, 2026 Last day of session New fiscal/budget year begins The 2026 session of the General Assembly begins Feb. 4, which also is the second half of the'two-year terms of lawmakers elected in 2024. Every one of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (497+ words) Join 11,000 readers who get The Issue, a free weekly newsletter with political analysis and insight. by CT Mirror Staff, CT Mirror January 30, 2026 Comptroller Sean Scanlon opened his reelection campaign Tuesday with an assertion that might seem out of fashion: Government…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (475+ words) Join 11,000 readers who get The Issue, a free weekly newsletter with political analysis and insight. by Maya McFadden | New Haven Independent, CT Mirror January 23, 2026 North Haven's Board of Education has sued New Haven's Board of Education for allegedly failing over…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (150+ words) Join 11,000 readers who get The Issue, a free weekly newsletter with political analysis and insight. by Maya Singh, CT Mirror January 23, 2026 I spent the summer of 2025 working as a teacher's aide in the Horizons Summer Program at CT State Norwalk,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1810+ words) by Andrew Brown and Dave Altimari, CT Mirror January 4, 2026 In October 2024, a group of elected officials gathered in Hartford to celebrate a new $1.7 million program that would provide assistance to small businesses along Albany Avenue, one of the city's poorest…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (833+ words) by CT Mirror Staff, CT Mirror January 1, 2026 Many poke fun at Connecticut as the "land of steady habits." And it's true: change can be hard for us. But prominent leaders in this state see change as an inherent part of…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (349+ words) by Sasha Allen, CT Mirror December 12, 2025 National trust in the federal government is at some of its lowest levels in nearly seven decades, and many Connecticut residents fall in line with that belief, a survey found. New data from the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1530+ words) by Andrew Brown and Dave Altimari, CT Mirror November 21, 2025 When the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development was alerted in 2023 that Sen. Douglas McCrory allegedly had a conflict of interest with a woman whose businesses received state grant funding,…...