The state Senate debated raising the minimum wage Thursday – an issue that has been controversial through the years.

The latest version calls for raising the wage by 75 cents per hour over two years with no index for inflation. As such, the wage would increase from $8.25 per hour to $9 per hour – [...]

For years, Sunday hunting has been a highly controversial topic at the state Capitol.

On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a very narrow version of the measure – allowing the hunting of deer on Sundays with a bow and arrow on private land.

The measure passed by 107 to 19 with 24 members absent as all 19 [...]

A photographic portrait of Andrew Pedersen-Keel, a soldier from Madison who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this spring, will be added to the Wall of Honor at the state capitol today. The annual memorial ceremony honors Connecticut troops who have died since Sept. 11, 2001.

The 4:30 p.m. ceremony in the [...]

Imagine there were a bill under consideration in the legislature that, if approved, would legalize marijuana use in Connecticut. Would the existence of that debate mean we’re all free to spend the next few days firing up joints, without waiting to see if the bill actually becomes law?

State. Rep. Bolinsky’s [...]

Five months after the Newtown shootings, state Sen. Dante Bartolomeo of Meriden offered a comprehensive mental health proposal for early childhood Monday to promote both early detection and treatment. “A person suffering from depression taking antidepressants should feel no more shame than someone suffering from diabetes taking insulin,” she said during a news conference. (Video by [...]