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DALIO Education backs New Haven job-training program with $2.5 million grant...

Samantha Miller, Emily Bonzagni: DALIO investment in New Haven strives to lift at-risk youths while boosting workforce...

Protests, vigils planned in CT over fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good in Minnesota...

MURPHY, Senate Democrats ridicule Trump's 'insane' plan to 'steal' Venezuela's oil 'at gunpoint'...

UConn flexes championship pedigree; rallies against Providence in OT...

'Bringer Of Rain:' DAN HURLEY makes 'special' Braylon Mullins admission after beating Providence...

DOM AMORE: The pickle juice UConn didn't know it needed, and the point guard it desperately had to have...

Trump DOJ goes after Connecticut for failing to turn over detailed voter information...

RENNIE: Ouch. Herbst: Tony Hwang is among the worst, most self-absorbed and least trustworthy individuals I have encountered in government, in either party...

HAAR: AQUARION merger a lousy deal for water customers in CT? Don't be so sure...

PORTFOLIO: Connecticut Declared a Housing Emergency. The Clock Started Ticking, and Nothing Happened...

Connecticut named 4th-healthiest state by United Health Foundation...

SAVE THE SOUND, BROOKFIELD move to block natural gas pipeline expansion approval...

A Forrest Gump Life: JACK MCGREGOR, Bridgeport community Icon And Developer, Dead at 91...

Danbury crime dropped 25% in 2025 after spike previous year, state data shows...

New Haven Dems Tap Co-Chair For Alder Special Election seat vacated by Eli Sabin...

Former New York Lt. Governor BETSY MCCAUGHEY Floats CT Governor Run at Norwalk GOP Meeting...

For Venezuelans in Connecticut, Maduro's capture brings relief, disbelief and hope...

Connecticut Democrats decry Venezuela takeover: No oversight, no rule of law, no plan...

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CT partnership insurance plan lost $23 million last fiscal year...

WEGMANS facial recognition policy prompts Senators DUFF, MARONEY to call for ban...

'Full Nelson hold:' CT schools hired ex-officers with track records of misconduct, records reveal...

America is falling out of love with pizza...

Judge tosses 'meritless' lawsuit seeking new Bloomfield budget referendum...

Most CT human trafficking victims are girls, BYSIEWICZ, DCF, cops share what to watch for...

UConn Health and UnitedHealthcare reach agreement for better reimbursement...

Noise-weary residents of BRISTOL invite mayor, council to hear the sounds firsthand...

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YANKEES fans score huge victory as YES Network, Comcast reach deal after year-long dispute...

EVERSOURCE's blade-dangling helicopter slices and dices CT tree limbs to keep power flowing...

ERIN STEWART qualifies early for $806,875 in public campaign financing...

CT officials, lawmakers weigh in on South Windsor election dispute amid candidate lawsuit...

Hartford looks to fuel cell project to hedge against high electricity costs...

Did you feel it? 1.9 magnitude earthquake recorded in Moodus...

TRUMP orders crackdown on defense industry stock buybacks, singles out Pratt & Whitney parent RTX...

West Hartford lost a lawsuit over banning short-term rentals. Now the town plans to regulate them...

ELECTRIC BOAT receives new floating dry dock to support Columbia-class submarines...

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