Politics

Sales tax changes, new safe gun storage rules, and a new minimum age to purchase tobacco and vaping products are among a host of new laws set to take effect in Connecticut.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says he's helped secure investments for the Long Island Sound in Senate appropriations bills.

Politically conservative state lawmakers and college students are calling on more Connecticut colleges and universities to include political free speech in their school's anti-discrimination policies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than once, President Donald Trump brought up how much the U.S. has done for Ukraine. Time and again, he asked Ukraine's president for help. There was no explicit quid pro quo in Trump's half-hour phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskiy last July. But it wouldn't have been a...

Several Connecticut voters have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the recent Democratic primary election for Bridgeport mayor and schedule a new one

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says he now supports impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

BOSTON (AP) - It's official: U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III is running for the U.S. Senate. The Massachusetts Democrat formally announced his campaign today in an email before a kickoff event in East Boston. That's where the Kennedy clan first settled after arriving from Ireland well over a century ago...

Gun-maker Colt is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15, the company said Thursday in a shift it attributed to changes in consumer demand and a market already saturated with similar weapons.

Connecticut's top Republican legislative leaders are urging their Democratic colleagues to call the General Assembly into a special session to stop a planned surcharge on prepared meals.

Gov. Ned Lamont is recommending Connecticut join a growing number of states in eliminating the religious exemption to childhood vaccinations.