A smaller state government, fewer employees and a renewed focus on attracting jobs to Connecticut are among the top issues for the eight men seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

A Connecticut school superintendent facing sexual assault charges and local school board members have agreed to a tentative deal for him to resign.

A Connecticut judge has overturned the convictions of two men serving 80 years for a 1993 murder and ordered their immediate release from prison, saying they are the victims of a "manifest injustice." Superior Court Judge Stanley Fuger ruled Thursday that Ronald Taylor and George Gould are "actually innocent" of the crime and even threw out their ...

The six candidates vying for the seat vacated by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal have come clean about their feelings regarding DOMA.

To Colin Carlson, it's clearly a case of discrimination. As a double-degree honors student with a 3.9 grade-point average at the University of Connecticut, he was a natural candidate for an African ecology course offered this semester that involved a summer field study in South Africa .

Connecticut lawmakers are pushing legislation that would subsidize higher education to help reduce unemployment.

Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN CRISANTI, 48, of Venice Place, East Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for selling cocaine.

Utility crews are still on the job in Connecticut trying to restore electricity to nearly 41,000 homes and businesses that remain in the dark after a strong storm brought down trees and power lines.

When Connecticut Gardener's devoted readers pick up the March/April issue, they'll discover the local, information-packed magazine they've always loved.

Cleanup is continuing in the wake of a weekend storm that killed three people in Connecticut.

Specifically, RESA and its member companies will speak in opposition to House Bills 5505, 5507 and 5508.

Authorities say prescription drugs worth tens of millions of dollars have been stolen in a brazen, well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company warehouse in Connecticut.

A bill requiring Connecticut school buses to have seat belts has cleared its first legislative hurdle, but lawmakers say the details of the proposal will likely change in the coming weeks.

A proposed $352 million health partnership network would transform health-care delivery in Connecticut and create 5,000 new health-care jobs, according to Gov.

Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, posed in his Greenwich home, Monday, March 8th, 2010.

Tens of thousands of Connecticut residents remained without power Sunday after heavy rain and high winds whipped the state over the weekend, toppling trees, dropping power lines, flooding roads and delaying trains.

Traffic slows to drive through a flooded portion of Main Street in Stratford, Sunday, March 14, 2010.

Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant.

By the end of the month, Connecticut's 18 Shaw's supermarkets will close, and even though all but two eventually will reopen under the banners of Stop & Shop, ShopRite or PriceRite, the renovations could take weeks or even months.

Heavy rains and high winds battered southeastern Connecticut throughout the day and night Saturday, toppling trees and bringing rivers and streams near flood-level in low-lying spots.