AI technology, the group said, “has spread throughout Connecticut’s government rapidly and largely unchecked, a development that’s not unique to this state.”

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/08/05/artificial-intelligence-is-gaining-state-lawmakers-attention-and-they-have-a-lot-of-questions/

As state lawmakers continue to hack away at Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act, the response from members of the public and the news media has been confounding passivity.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/04/26/ct-freedom-of-information-act-law-danger/

Connecticut’s bill will potentially return millions of dollars to the rightful owners, benefitting people, businesses, nonprofits, and municipal governments.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/04/11/ct-enact-unclaimed-property-reform/

Connecticut’s gas tax is returning incrementally.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/01/23/ct-gas-tax-holiday-fuel-cost/

Connecticut’s law dramatically changed how consumers dispose of mattresses.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/11/13/ct-recycled-200000-mattresses-in-2022-what-it-cost-what-it-saved-and-its-impact-on-take-out/

Connecticut’s law says African American, Puerto Rican, and Latino studies must be included in the social studies component of all public school curriculums.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/02/13/as-red-states-target-black-history-lessons-blue-states-embrace-them/

“CT’s Elder Care Reckoning” is a four-part series about Connecticut’s aging population and the challenges in finding ways to care for people.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/04/10/ct-home-care-program-for-elders-what-to-know/

During the decade leading up to the pandemic Connecticut’s economy contracted 0.5% even while the U.S. economy expanded by 19%.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/10/04/connecticut-has-a-revenue-problem/

Even if the government should find a way to get more projects off the ground, some state officials have questioned whether Connecticut’s construction industry has the capacity to handle additional work.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/01/17/ct-gas-tax-special-transportation-fund/

Hartford Police Department has spent the last 10 years working to achieve national accreditation by what is considered the “gold standard in public safety” — making it the only one of Connecticut’s five largest cities to achieve such a feat.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/11/14/hartford-police-department-earns-prestigious-national-accreditation-heres-how-they-did-it/

His wife, Liza, is the daughter of Greg Butler, a longtime Republican who briefly ran for governor and serves as general counsel for Eversource, the mammoth utility that delivers much of Connecticut’s electricity.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/08/29/arunan-arulampalam-on-an-unusual-path-from-zimbabwe-to-hartford-dems-endorsed-mayoral-candidate/

On Monday, Gov. Ned Lamont making various changes to Connecticut’s laws around adult-use cannabis, hemp and medical marijuana.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/07/01/ct-growing-at-home-marijuana-recreational-cannabis/

The Third Circuit has an “assault weapons” ban lawsuit taking on Delaware’s gun ban, but oral arguments have not yet been scheduled, while litigation challenging Connecticut’s ban is pending in the Second Circuit.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/15/supreme-court-allows-il-gun-ban-to-stay-in-place-n4924770

Twenty-two years after Connecticut’s permit-to-purchase law passed, their firearm homicide rate had declined 28% and their gun suicide rate declined 33% compared to rates expected without this law.

Source: https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/03/23/cumberland-county-pastor-north-carolina-should-keep-its-pistol-permit-law/

What were the recent reforms to Connecticut’s unclaimed property program?

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/09/18/ct-big-list-unclaimed-property-money/