Conn. legislature

State and city officials were in New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday, advocating for stricter penalties for people who engage in reckless road behavior.

State Representative Jason Perillo (R) was elected to the State Senate and Groton City Councilman Dan Gaiewski (D) won a seat in the Connecticut State House of Representatives on Tuesday night.

On Monday, a press conference from the affordable housing advocacy consortium Growing Together Connecticut was held at the same time as a public hearing on this year’s transit-oriented development bill.

Connecticut Democrats have picked up seats in both chambers of the Connecticut legislature, despite a disappointing election for the party at the national level. State Democrats gained four seats in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate.

Ahead of an Appropriations Committee hearing, Connecticut lawmakers and advocates are calling on the legislature to pass a bill to keep meals free for K-12 students in need.

For CT wheelchair users, wait times have increased in recent years. A bill would establish the nation's first law to directly regulate them.

An extensive affordable housing bill made it out of committee in the Connecticut Legislature this week. If passed, it would expand the jurisdiction of local housing authorities to build in other towns and allocate funding to support municipalities as they build affordable, mixed-use and transit-oriented developments.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require state health insurance plans to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) for single people and same-sex couples.

Members of Connecticut’s legislative transportation committee entered a heated debate recently over whether undocumented immigrants in the state should have special marking on their driver’s licenses that could be used to indicate their immigration status.

Connecticut’s top Democratic lawmakers are in favor of amending the state’s constitution to codify the right to an abortion. But members of the Reproductive Rights Caucus say the amendment is not necessary because it's enshrined in state law.