Two special elections are going to be held at the end of next month to replace two lawmakers who recently resigned. Governor Lamont sets Tuesday, February 25, 2025, as the day two special elections will be held to fill two empty general assembly seats.
With two resignations in the Connecticut General Assembly, Gov. Ned Lamont on Friday set February 25 for special House, Senate elections.
Bridgeport city councilman Alfredo Castillo was referred to state prosecutors on Tuesday for potential criminal charges related to allegedly registering a non U.S. citizen to vote in the city’s 2023 Democratic primary and filling out an absentee ballot in that person’s name.
Jason Paul, an attorney and political strategist now residing in Newton, Massachusetts, has secured a spot on the ballot for the upcoming Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair election.
As Republican voters embraced a practice that Donald J. Trump railed against for years, softening his tone only slightly in 2024, the party eroded a key Democratic advantage across the country.
The top Democratic state Senators accused the state’s two biggest electric utilities of trying to ”silence and intimate” one of their loudest political critics.
Several new laws in Connecticut are taking effect in 2025. Here's a look at some of them that could impact your life.
The second bedrock rule of legislative procedure violated by the statutory Budget Guardrails is the “black letter law” that one legislature cannot bind a succeeding legislature. The Connecticut Supreme Court has characterized this rule as “a fundamental principle of majoritarian democracy and legislative sovereignty.”
The Connecticut legislature will see a Democratic majority, debates over the state's 'fiscal guardrails,' a new committee and more in 2025.
President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election against Vice President Kamala Harris, who will preside over Congress as it certifies the results.
For years, veteran Democratic Party chief Mario Testa has brushed off allegations he does not live here. And now a recent investigation by state elections watchdogs in Hartford has confirmed the veteran political operative is a Bridgeporter.
The session begins Wednesday, Jan. 8, with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s State of the State address at the Capitol in Hartford.