HARTFORD, CT – Following comments from top Eversource executives this week suggesting that the utility will suspend plans to invest $500 million over five years in the state's power grid, a key lawmaker has reiterated the state's support for ratepayers. But he also says he is hoping the conflict can be de-escalated.
Brian Scott-Smith speaks exclusively with Congressman Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, about the possibility of Japan joining the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the US.
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut workers shouldn’t have to choose between better working conditions or putting food on the table, union advocates and legislators said at a news conference Thursday. Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, and Senate President Martin Looney were joined by Connecticut AFL-CIO President Ed Hawthorne, as well as workers and fellow legislators, in advocating for a new bill that would provide unemployment benefits for striking workers.
Advocates who hope to help the homeless are running up against the Lamont administration’s adherence to the state spending cap, even as the number of unhoused people continues to increase.
Gov. Ned Lamont unveils his adjustments to the two-year budget today and while the state of Connecticut is in the black by hundreds of millions of dollars, there is not much spending they will be able to do beyond what was already allocated.