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CT Joins 23 Other States In Lawsuit Against New Trump Tariffs In the lawsuit, the states contend that these new tariffs violate the law, upend constitutional separation of powers, and violate the Administrative Procedure Act. The suit asks the court to block the new tariffs and refund to the states any tariffs collected under Section 122 of the 1974 trade act.

CT Joins 23 Other States In Lawsuit Against New Trump Tariffs #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Opinion | Without Immediate State Investment, Workforce Progress Will Reverse A group of business leaders and advocates say Connecticut is weeks away from a workforce funding cliff that will be felt throughout the state.

Opinion | Without Immediate State Investment, Workforce Progress Will Reverse #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

State Officials Hail $154M Federal Grant To Improve Health In Rural Areas The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) will serve as the lead agency on behalf of the state, partnering with other state agencies to implement dozens of projects organized across four core initiatives.

State Officials Hail $154M Federal Grant To Improve Health In Rural Areas #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Flock Safety Official Testifies In Favor Of CT’s Privacy Bill A Flock Safety official testified to the General Law Committee in support of a proposed privacy bill that would also put guard rails around use of automated license plate readers. 

Flock Safety Official Testifies In Favor Of CT’s Privacy Bill #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Judge Dismisses Challenge To CT’s Open Carry Ban, Handgun Purchase Limit Judge Janet C. Hall granted the state’s motion for summary judgment, as she ruled that We the Patriots USA, an Idaho-based conservative advocacy and legal organization, and the two individual plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the laws as they are constitutional.

Judge Dismisses Challenge To CT’s Open Carry Ban, Handgun Purchase Limit #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Judge Dismisses Challenge To CT’s Open Carry Ban, Handgun Purchase Limit Judge Janet C. Hall granted the state’s motion for summary judgment, as she ruled that We the Patriots USA, an Idaho-based conservative advocacy and legal organization, and the two individual plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the laws as they are constitutional.

Judge Dismisses Challenge To CT’s Open Carry Ban, Handgun Purchase Limit #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Lamont, UConn Officials Celebrate New Affiliation For Waterbury Hospital “UConn Health Waterbury Hospital is open,” said Andrew Agwunobi, CEO of the UConn Health Community Network.

Lamont, UConn Officials Celebrate New Affiliation For Waterbury Hospital #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Senate Democrats And City Leaders Push For Increase In CT’s School Aid Formula Senate Bill 7 would raise the “foundation grant” in the state’s Education Cost Sharing formula — the per-student baseline used to calculate how much aid flows to every school district — from $11,525 today to $15,500 by 2030, a 35% increase.

Senate Democrats And City Leaders Push For Increase In CT’s School Aid Formula #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Regulators Allow UI $68M Added Revenue The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ruling sets UI’s electric distribution revenue requirement at about $452.8 million and authorizes a 9.45% return on equity.

CT Regulators Allow UI $68M Added Revenue #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Federal Aid For Lead Cleanup Is Receding. That’s A Problem For Cash-Strapped Cities. Congress and the Trump administration have partially rolled back the federal rules and resources for lead cleanups, potentially making it more challenging for cash-strapped cities and towns to undertake sweeping lead remediation programs.

Federal Aid For Lead Cleanup Is Receding. That’s A Problem For Cash-Strapped Cities. #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Lamont Vetoes Earmarks From Controversial Bill Passed Under Emergency Certification Senate Bill 298 is a wide-ranging omnibus bill that addresses education, warehouse working conditions, police training, firefighter cancer funds, and more.

Lamont Vetoes Earmarks From Controversial Bill Passed Under Emergency Certification #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Unions Back Bill To Protect Workers’ Jobs At Labor Committee Hearing Worker retention is part of House Bill 5003, an omnibus bill that also includes provisions on protecting healthcare workers assaulted on the job, free tuition at CT State for children of service members, and municipal labor union provisions, among other things in the bill’s 40 sections and 68 pages.

Unions Back Bill To Protect Workers’ Jobs At Labor Committee Hearing #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Comptroller Projects $77.3M Budget Surplus, Touts Quantum Tech As Key To State’s Future Economy Connecticut has become a budding center of quantum technology, according to Michelle Parlos, an economist in Scanlon’s office, 

CT Comptroller Projects $77.3M Budget Surplus, Touts Quantum Tech As Key To State’s Future Economy #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Proposed Privacy Bill Would Limit Data Sharing From Plate Readers, Flock Cameras The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has raised concerns about the cameras, saying they can put residents at risk, especially immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, and those seeking reproductive or gender-affirming care out of state.

Proposed Privacy Bill Would Limit Data Sharing From Plate Readers, Flock Cameras #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Senator Demands Vote On War Powers Resolution Following Iran Strikes Enacted in 1973, a war powers resolution, also known as a war powers act, requires Congressional authorization or an emergency created by an attack on the United States, its territories or armed forces before a president can send troops into action abroad. It also limits military action to 60 days without Congressional approval or a declaration of war.

CT Senator Demands Vote On War Powers Resolution Following Iran Strikes #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Coldest Night Of The Year Raises Funds To Combat Homelessness The volunteers gathered Saturday at the Community Renewal Team’s Windsor Street offices in Hartford as part of the second annual Coldest Night of the Year 2K and 5K walk, an annual fundraiser coordinated by CRT and the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness.

Coldest Night Of The Year Raises Funds To Combat Homelessness #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Officials React To Iran Strikes Iran later retaliated with ballistic missile attacks against targets in Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, according to reports.

CT Officials React To Iran Strikes #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Should CT Tax Tips And Overtime Work? House Republicans Say No As Committee Hears Testimony The bill was scheduled for a public hearing and potential action in the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee Friday afternoon.

Should CT Tax Tips And Overtime Work? House Republicans Say No As Committee Hears Testimony #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Family Weighs Wrongful Death Suit After Hartford 211 Call Ends in Fatal Police Shooting Hartford police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said the officers involved were placed on administrative leave while the Inspector General investigates whether the use of deadly force was justified under state law, though no other comment was provided. 

Family Weighs Wrongful Death Suit After Hartford 211 Call Ends in Fatal Police Shooting #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

ACLU To Host Webinar On License Plate Readers The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut is hosting a webinar next week on automatic license plate readers. 

ACLU To Host Webinar On License Plate Readers #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Motorists Can Honor Puerto Rican ‘Borinqueneers’ With New License Plate Nicknamed the Borinqueneers, the 65th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army earned a reputation for bravery, discipline, and devotion to duty despite facing segregation, discrimination and language barriers.

CT Motorists Can Honor Puerto Rican ‘Borinqueneers’ With New License Plate #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Stanley Black & Decker to Close New Britain Manufacturing Plant, About 300 Jobs Impacted The Stanley Works was founded in New Britain in 1843 and later merged with Maryland-based Black & Decker in 2010.

Stanley Black & Decker to Close New Britain Manufacturing Plant, About 300 Jobs Impacted #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Reaches $5M Settlement Deal Between 544-Unit Apartment Complex And Its Tenants The $5.1 million financial relief plan is one of two such agreements being negotiated between the state and JRK Property Holdings to resolve the investigation into the management and conditions at the 544-unit complex.

CT Reaches $5M Settlement Deal Between 544-Unit Apartment Complex And Its Tenants #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT House Speaker Warns Republicans Of ‘Reactions’ To Filibustering Bills With Broad Bipartisan Support — ‘Don’t Do It’ Some of S.B. 298’s sections included in its 121 pages include a section on municipal pensions that the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities called a costly mandate, and some funding earmarks that House and Senate Republicans have said should be reexamined.

CT House Speaker Warns Republicans Of ‘Reactions’ To Filibustering Bills With Broad Bipartisan Support — ‘Don’t Do It’ #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Honors Tuskegee Airmen, Postal Battalion in Black History Month Ceremony The event at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill blended tribute with reflection on the inequities Black service members faced.

CT Honors Tuskegee Airmen, Postal Battalion in Black History Month Ceremony #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Poll: Lamont Holds ‘Comfortable Lead’ For Dem Nod Gov. Ned Lamont holds a comfortable lead in his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, according to a Nutmeg State Poll released this week.

Poll: Lamont Holds ‘Comfortable Lead’ For Dem Nod #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Senate Republicans Decry Emergency Bills Expected To Pass Senate Senate Democrats defended the action, saying the state would benefit actions such as strengthening election security, empowering workers and ensuring the bottle redemption system was sustainable.

Senate Republicans Decry Emergency Bills Expected To Pass Senate #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

CT Joins Vaccine Lawsuit Against CDC Vaccine Changes The lawsuit challenges a January 5, 2026 CDC "Decision Memo" that stripped seven childhood vaccines — those protecting against rotavirus, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — of their universally recommended status.

CT Joins Vaccine Lawsuit Against CDC Vaccine Changes #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

Camp Safety Bill Advances Out Of Committee The Committee on Children on Tuesday voted to advance a bill meant to improve safety at municipal-run youth camps in Connecticut.

Camp Safety Bill Advances Out Of Committee #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics