Connecticut GOP

Democrats are concerned about the White House’s freeze of federal grants and loans. But Republicans are pushing back on their worries.

House Republicans pitched a budget that boosts education, ends health care for undocumented women and children and trims the state workforce.

Former Republican lawmaker Craig Miner has won the approval of a key legislative committee to serve as one of Connecticut's two state auditors.

Connecticut Republicans continue to push for election reforms despite the rejection of their proposal in the General Administration and Elections Committee.

GOP leaders said recent police accountability and clean slate laws, as well as the legalization of marijuana, have hurt police recruitment and retention in Connecticut.

The GOP also wants a deduction for households with children and a cut in the tax that supports the Paid Family and Medical Leave program.

Alleged voter fraud in Bridgeport has raised questions from some members of the Connecticut Legislature about the safety of absentee ballots, to the dismay of some Democratic leaders and voting rights activists.

The Connecticut senator has been pleased by bipartisan support for aid to Ukraine. But some GOP presidential candidates are skeptical of giving more.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with Gary Rose, a professor of politics and scholar-in-residence at Sacred Heart University, about his new book titled “Connecticut Republicans: Past, Present and Future.”

Lowell P. Weicker Jr. served three terms as Connecticut's last Republican senator, then passed the income tax as a third-party governor.