Ebong Udoma

Connecticut’s largest utility company, Eversource, has had its credit rating downgraded by the Standard and Poor’s agency. This means its customers in the state might have to pay higher rates.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Connecticut have pushed back on claims that the state's regulatory environment is harming public utilities.

Gov. Ned Lamont has appointed Mariana Monteiro, a former executive director of global diversity at Lockheed Martin, to head Connecticut's newly created Office of Equity and Opportunity.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said at a press briefing in Hartford on Monday that the state has partnered with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to pay off $30 million in medical debts.

Connecticut has made strides in diversifying its jury pools. Experts say raising juror pay could be the next step.

Connecticut’s record $12.5 billion in budget surpluses since fiscal constraints were implemented in 2018 have come at the cost of critical state investments in children and families, according to a report released by the advocacy group Connecticut Voices for Children on Tuesday.

Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon released an independent audit of CSCU—the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System—on Wednesday. The audit finds widespread misuse of procurement cards by top administrators, including Chancellor Terrence Cheng.

Connecticut's Paid Family and Medical Leave program has paid out a billion dollars in benefits in the three years since it was launched. That's a major milestone, officials said.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Jan Ellen Spiegel to discuss her article, “CT could play outsized role in Trump political battle over raw milk,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) secured funding in the spending bill that Congress passed last week to help some distressed farmers in the state.