DALLAS (AP) — State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November. Crockett on Wednesday conceded the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race to Talarico. She called on the party to unify behind the state representative, who...

by Laura Glesby It’s official: over the next three years, teachers will get a 13.57 percent average raise and unionized school administrators will get a 9.6 percent average raise. The Board...

by Dereen Shirnekhi Albakkour and other NHPS students testify before the Education Committee. HARTFORD — Metropolitan Business Academy senior Bayan Albakkour took the bus Wednesday morning not to school, but to the state’s...

by Mona Mahadevan Faith Martin, shopping on Temu while sitting in the La Quinta Inn lobby with Penn and Grice. Faith Martin has spent the last four weeks and five days...

By Thomas Breen U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro welcomed the end of “perhaps the most corrupt chapter in the short history of the Department of Homeland Security” Thursday in a statement...

by Laura Glesby The Office of Climate and Sustainability may live on after the expiration of its Covid-era funding source, if alders approve the mayor’s budget proposal to integrate that...

by Karla Ciaglo CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — For more than a decade, the per-pupil funding baseline at the heart of Connecticut’s school aid formula has not budged. Senate Democrats and...

by Kenneth Reed HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut’s restrictions on carrying guns and pistol purchases remain intact after Judge Janet C. Hall dismissed a legal challenge to the state’s open carry...

by Thomas Breen, Laura Glesby and Mona Mahadevan Sandra Pittman and Lisa Velazquez Torres unseated Angel Hubbard and Clarence Cummings as Ward 3 Democratic co-chairs Tuesday after racking up enough...

by Dereen Shirnekhi The New Haven independent Ronald Douglas outside of Career: Voting for Pittman. Credit: Dereen Shirnekhi photos Tonya White, voting for Hubbard because of her community presence. Lee Moore stopped...

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent One of the lots slated to be built up on Starr St. The Elicker administration took another step towards bringing 19 new units of...

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent Moderator Maya Gant: “It’s been a good turnout.” On one side of the curtain in the Beecher School gymnasium, kids practiced teamwork while playing...

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a controversial bill that passed the General Assembly under emergency certification, with a few key line-item vetos. Senate Bill 298...