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Former Connecticut State Sen. George Logan (R-17) is just five points behind his opponent, Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), and nearly within the margin of error, in the race for Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District, according to a poll.

Connecticut’s Department of Revenue Services this week announced a coming tax hike on diesel fuel, resulting in a nine cent increase.

Police in Norwalk, Connecticut, helped save two people from a sinking 48-foot boat on Saturday and another three whose canoe sunk Sunday.

Connecticut officials are looking to hire what has been described as a “misinformation sheriff” ahead of the 2022 midterm elections amid fears of the spread of what the elites consider to be election “misinformation.”

Connecticut is set to become a “place of refuge” for those who get an abortion after the state Senate passed a bill on Friday increasing abortion rights. 

The Connecticut state legislature is working on a pro-abortion counter to states like Texas and Idaho, which leave legal liability for abortions with doctors who perform the procedure.

Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), who is black, played the race card during a virtual town hall to explain that “white liberals” only elected her because they felt bad for her. Her Republican opponent, George Logan, who is also black, released a statement slamming her for exploiting race.

Two Connecticut police officers and a fire chief rescued a 90-year-old woman and her daughter from a burning home Tuesday.

While 14 U.S. states still mandate masks in schools, the UK’s Education Secretary has insisted face coverings “inhibit learning”.

Connecticut is one of the latest blue states to announce plans to eliminate the statewide school mask mandate, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced on Monday.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) unveiled a $64 million package Monday focusing on law enforcement and gun control. 

A Connecticut teacher has been arrested and charged for allegedly pulling a 12-year-old female student’s hair in the classroom

Police say they discovered roughly 100 bags of fentanyl in the bedroom of a 13-year-old Connecticut boy who recently died after overdosing on the drug at school.

An organization called Homes for the Brave held a cornhole tournament Saturday and participants raised approximately $4,500 to go toward homeless veterans.

Connecticut’s Department of Health is now asking nursing homes — homes to some of the most vulnerable — to accept coronavirus-positive patients.

The top five states with the highest amount of outbound migration in 2021 were governed by Democrat politicians, according to United Van Lines’s annual movers study.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) explained Friday he would not have gone to an awards ceremony if he had known it was connected to the Communist Party, the Hartford Courant reported.

A Boston terrier is being hailed as a hero for alerting his owners that their infant daughter was struggling to breathe. 

A CNN staffer has been accused and charged with luring a mom and her young daughter to his home in order to “train” her to be sexually submissive, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.

Young children in kindergarten are being taught about transgender ideology without an opt-out, say concerned parents in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Video captured the moment a group of suspects allegedly stole $1,600 worth of laundry detergent and other goods from a Connecticut grocery store.

An 11-year-old Connecticut boy held a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association on October 23-24 in memory of his late great-grandmother. 

A former physical education teacher of the year may lose his job due to his decision to not be vaccinated against the coronavirus or be tested, according to News Nation Now.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont referred to his state workers seeking a religious exemption from the coronavirus vaccine mandate as “Mother Teresas.”

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has notified his National Guard troops to prepare for a possible scenario in which they replace state workers who defy the state’s impending coronavirus vaccine and testing mandate. 

Connecticut’s vaccine mandate requiring state employees to be vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus goes into effect Monday, and hundreds of bus drivers are expected to not show up to work in protest.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) issued a call Wednesday to the state’s General Assembly to convene in a special session to approve an extension of his emergency pandemic powers through February 15.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the head of Connecticut’s school superintendents are calling on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to action against the “bathroom challenge” trend on the platform in which students post videos of themselves smashing up bathrooms and stealing school property.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) this week celebrated the White House’s request to accept hundreds of Afghan refugees following the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, proclaiming it to be “our obligation and our duty to ensure these Afghan refugees feel welcome” in his state.

A Connecticut school district instructed its teachers to focus on race while performing various daily tasks, such as waking up in the morning, drinking coffee, brushing their teeth, and eating breakfast. The purpose of the exercise is to “enhance” teachers’ journeys to “becoming more racially considerate.”

President Joe Biden’s administration has started its fast-tracking of Afghans into the United States as reports indicate arrivals have begun in Virginia, Missouri, South Carolina, and Connecticut.

The chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party condemned Democrat Sens. Blumenthal and Murphy for failing to condemn President Biden’s Afghanistan failure.

Family Institute of Connecticut is joining in celebrating Republican Ryan Fazio’s victory in flipping his district’s state Senate seat.

In what could be an indicator of things to come in the 2022 mid-term election, the GOP flipped a state senate seat in a Connecticut special election on Tuesday night. 

The board of education in Stonington, Connecticut, voted Thursday to reverse its decision to rename Columbus Day as “Indigenous Peoples Day,” after substantial criticism related to the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the district.

The first meeting of Connecticut’s Social Equity Council took place Thursday and the group will help decide who may take part in its cannabis industry.