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'Meaningless' Regular Season; With NCAA Tournament expansion imminent, DAN HURLEY, some of the game's biggest coaches still aren't sold on the idea...

DAN HURLEY says $14 million is minimum NIL budget to be 'in contention' in college basketball...

New CT budget sets Lamont's legacy as he seeks 3rd term; Surpluses since 2020 have canceled $11 billion in pension debt...

Q&A: Michigan AD WARDE MANUEL on Sherrone Moore saga, job security...

KEATING: With session over, Lamont pivots toward campaign mode as convention, primary approach...

PAZ: LAMONT crows legislative, fiscal successes as he pivots to campaign...

DIXON-HUGHES: Lamont touts legislative wins in CT, brushes off early campaign talk after session ends...

GOP candidates Fazio, McCaughey debate; Stewart takes a pass...

Endorsements pile up in CT's 1st District ahead of convention...

HAAR: How a $173 million school funding boost in CT turned into a Capitol standoff...

IMPACTCT: Don't Kill Trump Accounts. Fix Them...

RENNIE: Fantasy plays ominous role in creation of new UConn hospital network...

Eversource CEO: 'We are resisting data centers'...

Connecticut hospitals get funding boost as federal Medicaid cuts loom...

POWELL: 'Affordability' in Connecticut this year will be just for government employees...

Connecticut FLOCK Camera Network Raises Surveillance Concerns...

How much CT's U.S. House candidates have raised ahead of conventions...

Mansfield Town Manager Aylesworth put on leave for 'undisclosed' reasons...

Tax relief, phones in school, renter protections and other bills that failed to pass CT legislature...

Wilton is adding housing faster than any other Connecticut town by population...

Why Connecticut schools got more money after a passionate fight for funding...

How Connecticut's pre-K endowment raises pension costs...

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Names Theatre for alum LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA...

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CT community college employees got $220,000 too much in retroactive pay, audit finds...

Connecticut voters are rejecting local budgets amid rising costs...

Police called 9 times since 2024 to ex-Yankee Carl Pavano's Fairfield home amid prenup fight...

After failed Bridgeport bid, Norwich stadium deal could be boon for Eastern CT...

Teamsters Endorse LAMONT...

CT's legislative session in numbers: How many bills passed?...

PORTFOLIO: Connecticut's Warehouse Mandate Is Getting National Attention, for the Wrong Reasons...

After much debate, Connecticut legislature blocks striking workers from unemployment benefits...

Gunmaker Ruger says corporate HQ moved from CT to North Carolina; about 100 jobs cut in restructuring...

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CCDL sounds alarm on Glock-style ban, fear Democrats will go even further...

The Deadest Day: Why Avelo Airlines Now Has 0 Flights On Tuesdays...

'A Free Week's Vacation:' Bridgeport supervisors win extra days off in holiday labor dispute...

BASS: MARTY LOONEY's Pot Holders 'A Recipe For Productive Government...

Former NEW HAVEN Ward 9 ALDER SMITH Rips DILLON Challenger SABIN's 'Political Entitlement'...

BLUMENTHAL Tells CNN 'Iran Has a Lot of Cards' in Showdown With Trump...

HIMES: Cultist TRUMP 'Would Be At Home in North Korea'...

MURPHY: Leaked CIA Analysis Shows TRUMP, HEGSETH 'Lied Through Their Teeth' About Iran War...

House, Senate pass law amending probate court procedures...

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