connecticut state legislature

A report just released found that Connecticut spent $206 million on state employee overtime through the third quarter of this fiscal year. That’s 11% more than it spent over the same period last year.

Connecticut Republican leaders unveiled a package of bills they said will help make Connecticut more affordable for working and middle class families.

Connecticut was the first state to pass a red flag law in 1999, after a shooting at the state lottery headquarters in Newington. This month an expansion of that law goes into effect. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with Connecticut State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, who co-chairs the state Judiciary Committee.

Now that the Martin administration has gotten the necessary approvals to apply for a state funding grant for an interdistrict magnet PreK-5 school, it…