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A new proposal came out of the legislature this week, aimed at lowering electric bills by removing the public benefits charge and shifting the cost of those programs to the state. Sen. John Fonfara (D-Hartford) walks us through how it would work.

Comptroller Sean Scanlon (D) said sweeping cuts to Medicaid would be devastating to the one million people in Connecticut who rely on it, including children, seniors and the disabled. He said it’s a math problem, and shares how the state is preparing.

A man from Bristol was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 72 in Harwinton on Saturday. State police said 40-year-old Jhonatan Jiron, of Bristol, was riding a motorcycle and rear ended a car that had slowed down to make a left turn onto East Church Road around 2 p.m. Jiron died from his injuries. The driver of the car…

One person was flown to the hospital by LifeStar and a second person was taken to the hospital by ambulance following a motorcycle crash in Hampton on Saturday. State police said the crash happened on Providence Turnpike and Bigelow Road. A motorcycle reportedly collided with a guardrail. According to troopers, one person was transported to the hos...

Route 9 South in Cromwell has reopened after a multi-car crash briefly caused some backups on Saturday. There was a two vehicle crash on the highway between exits 27 and 24. At one point, only one lane was open. While the highway was closed, there were backups in the area. The highway has since fully reopened. According to state police,…...

A high school senior is among four people who died after a multi-vehicle crash in Newington on Saturday morning. Firefighters said the crash happened on Willard Avenue at Greenlawn Avenue around 9 a.m. According to police, three vehicles were involved in the crash and four people were pronounced dead. In a statement from the Newington Public School...

A man suffered severe injuries in a motorcycle crash in Torrington on Friday night. Officers were called to the intersection of Main Street and City Hall Avenue around 11 p.m. for a report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a sedan. Once in the area, police said they found the motorcyclist, identified as a 30-year-old man from Torrington, suffer...

A 16-year-old was taken to the hospital after he accidentally shot himself in New Haven Friday afternoon. Police said it happened in the area of John Daniels Place and Webster Street around 2:45 p.m. Officers found a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to one of his fingers. Police said the teen accidentally shot himself inside of a nearby home&#8...

North Haven firefighters were able to put out a fire that quickly spread to a nearby wooded area Friday evening. The fire department said they responded to Spring Road for a reported structure fire around 3 p.m. Crews found a large brush fire with homes exposed. Firefighters attacked the blaze on the south side, and strong winds and hilly terrain&#...

We’ve had some wild weather on Easter Sunday in year’s past. Here’s a look at some of Easter’s extremes. The hottest Easter Sunday in Hartford was 95 degrees, while the coldest was 10 degrees. It has snowed seven inches on the holiday, and we’ve had a soaker of a day with more than 1.5 inches of rainfall. This year......

A man is dead after the tree he was cutting down fell on top of him in Orange, police said. Authorities said they responded to a home on Dogwood Road around 4:40 p.m. on Friday. Responding officers said a 69-year-old homeowner had been cutting down a large tree when it unexpectedly fell on him. The police department said relatives called…...

There are growing questions on the shoreline about a police investigation in Groton. So far, police have not revealed exactly what prompted it or what they found. Neighbors watched Groton City police – along with State Police Major Crimes – arrive on Allen Street on Thursday and work throughout the night. “We noticed the major crime unit just parke...

Several fire agencies have contained a massive brush fire that broke out in Haddam Friday. Firefighters were called to a home on Tinker Road around 3:20 p.m. for a reported vehicle fire. Once there, crews found a fully involved pick up truck on fire. The vehicle fire then spread to a neighboring storage barn and then an open lean-to and…...

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas issued an apology earlier this week after comparing President Donald Trump’s election policies to Nazi Germany. She made the comments while talking about Trump’s election executive order during an annual training event for registrars of voters earlier this month. “Any private citizen can turn you in for makin...