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MURPHY criticizes WNBA for 'low-ball' offer to buy Connecticut Sun: 'It's wrong;' rips 'TRUMP backed buyer'...

Better rookie season: Paige Bueckers or Caitlin Clark?...

Public pressure mounts behind efforts to keep Connecticut Sun as state reportedly submits new proposal...

News 8 receives 10 nominations for Connecticut Broadcasters Association awards; CAPITOL REPORT nominated for 2nd year in a row for 'Best Local TV Show;' named 'Best Local TV Show' in inaugural 2024 awards...

PAZ: A CT special session? Lawmakers agree on issue, just not solutions...

CANDELORA, HARDING endorse Ryan Fazio in his campaign for governor...

PHANEUF: Report: More CT families slipping toward poverty...

COLIN MCENROE: RFK Jr. has a bad day...

LARSON, Democrats' oldest lawmakers aren't going away without a fight; LARSON: 'Generational change is fine, but you've got to earn it'...

SAM GEJDENSON: Political Pendulum Will Swing Back; 'You got to stay and fight'...

KILLINGLY man seen with gun says he's 'using every inch' of his rights with anti-Trump signs...

PeoplesBank, with naming rights to Hartford arena to expand operations near venue. Here's what's next...

Big Tobacco Exec's Historic DARIEN Estate Lists After Full-Scale Restoration for $9.35M...

'There's a crisis here:' 40% of CT households struggle to afford basics, report finds...

Over 100K CT residents could lose Medicaid coverage. What towns may be hit hardest?...

SIKORSKY, Cal Fire Initiative Could Lead to Autonomous Firehawk...

Democrat lawmakers ask CT judicial branch to ban ICE arrests at courthouses...

Middletown to ask residents for $42.5 million to fix the city's neglected roads and buildings...

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PAID BY CT, LIVING ELSEWHERE: HUNDREDS OF STATE EMPLOYEES WORK REMOTELY FROM OTHER STATES...

FOIAs by homeschool advocate reveal proposed regulations...

'Catastrophic:' CT's social services chief warns of impact of Trump's cuts to Medicaid, SNAP...

Fairfield RTC: HWANG has enough signatures to force first selectman special election...

CT endowment adds 500 to 600 child care slots; 1,000 more set for January..

CT Siting Council switches ruling in 'straw vote' and backs UI's monopoles in Fairfield, Bridgeport...

Fairfield First Selectman VITALE blasts Siting Council vote to OK monopoles...

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Looking Left, ELLIOTT Pokes At LAMONT'S Popularity...

State Gives NEW HAVEN 85 Voting Machines To Replace 'Really Old' Tabulators...

UConn now using SmartBoots to enforce parking tickets...

Jump in CT unemployment insurance claims at end of August...

GRIMALDI: TOM GAUDETT For Judge Of Probate? Some Pols Want Popular CAO To Challenge Mayor GANIM's Brother...

NANTUCKET sewage reveals cocaine levels 50 percent above US average, according to data from health officials...

New Haven attempts to break world record for largest pizza party with 625 pizzas and 5,000 people...

Boys and Girls Club Of Newark, NJ Sets September 22 To Break Pizza Party Record...

Unions vow to fight for-profit firms eyeing CT hospitals owned by bankrupt Prospect...

Funding anxiety hits Connecticut transportation projects like a train...

Connecticut homeownership dips to 67.8% as prices stay high...

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