Connecticut

House Republicans unveiled their “reality-check” budget proposal Thursday, a $55.4-billion two-year spending plan. The proposal is roughly $700 million less than the one Gov. Ned Lamont presented in February and nearly $1.3 billion less than the one the Appropriations Committee approved last week. “A budget is about priorities and House Republicans are prioritizing taxpayers and small businesses,” said Rep. Joe…

The Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Team in Connecticut says it has seen an “alarming” spike in the number of animals tangled up in fishing gear and garbage.

Rallies and protests happened around the state Thursday on a slew of policies and plans coming out of both Washington and Hartford.

House Republicans Thursday unveiled their $55.4 million budget proposal in response to budget plans from both Gov. Lamont and another from Democratic legislators.

Rallies and protests happened around the state Thursday on a slew of policies and plans coming out of both Washington and Hartford. Crowds flocked to the capitol city early Thursday to send a message to state leaders.  “We are going to let the powers at be in the capital be know that the workers are fed up,” Ed Hawthorne,...

A week from today, you’ll need that little gold star in the corner of your identification to fly domestic without any issues.

A week from today, you’ll need that little gold star in the corner of your identification to fly domestic without any issues. Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) appointments for getting your Real ID could vary every time you check the website. We checked multiple times. Sometimes, appointments for some locations would pop up for Wednesday, and then would get...

Three Joann locations in Connecticut have already closed, and the remaining seven in the state will be officially out of business by the end of May. A spokesperson said Joann locations in Brookfield and Clinton closed on Saturday, April 26, and the Hamden location closed on Monday. Connecticut Joann locations The fabric and craft store is closing all of its…

Police said a group of kids using fart spray at a carnival in Fairfield, Connecticut, caused groups of people to “scream and run” on Friday night.

Lawmakers are once again considering a bill meant to toughen Connecticut’s gun laws. It wouldn’t change our existing laws, but it would make it easier to sue companies accused of breaking or ignoring current rules.

Warren Elementary School in Warren is closed on Monday because of an electrical fire. School officials said there was an electrical fire in one of the light panels in the gym around 8:30 a.m. The few staff members who were in the building were safely evacuated. No students were in the building. The school is closed on Monday because of…

A family in Simsbury, Connecticut, was delighted to see an unexpected visitor on their playhouse.

Historically, Connecticut has recycled just a third of the four million total tons of waste we generate every year. We wanted to see how well the metals, plastic and glass that we work so hard to clean end up in the recycling stream.

Six correctional facilities in Connecticut will now operate solely using solar energy, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. The governor made the announcement Thursday, saying seven solar energy systems have been installed and are now being used at six Connecticut prisons. The move to solar energy is expected to save the state millions of dollars while delivering clean, renewable...

Historically, Connecticut has recycled just a third of the four million total tons of waste we generate every year. We wanted to see how well the metals, plastic and glass that we work so hard to clean end up in the recycling stream. We put AirTags in a few of them to try to find out. Several recycling administrators told...

The car crashed into Hernandez Market on Cherry Street near Maple Avenue around 12:47 a.m., causing part of the building to collapse.

Four people have died after a car crashed into market in Waterbury and part of it collapsed on the vehicle. 

The Great Wolf Lodge in Connecticut has opened. The new resort and indoor waterpark, which is next to Foxwoods Resort Casino, has 13 slides, a wave pool, a lazy river and water play areas. There is also a Pequot Plunge, a family raft adventure and Rapid Racer, a tube slide where riders race each other side-by-side with a low wall…

Four people have died after a car crashed into a store in Waterbury Thursday morning, causing part of the building to collapse and closing streets in the area.