Government & Politics

Pay raises for 80,000 state government employees in New York have been deferred a third time, according to the Civil Service Employees Association.The pay…

Democratic legislative leaders in Connecticut have pledged to expand the agenda for the upcoming special session with a number of COVID-related social…

While Governor Andrew Cuomo has held daily briefings on the coronavirus and issued over 250 executive orders, the state legislature has been absent from…

Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation say the House of Representatives cannot wait until it reaches a consensus with Senate Republicans before…

The Republican minority leaders in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly announced recently that they would not run for reelection. Political…

Connecticut House Minority Leader Themis Klarides says she will not seek a 12th term in office. Klarides was first elected in 1998 to represent Derby,…

The New York Senate and Assembly were scheduled to return to the state Capitol on Monday to finish up the rest of the legislative session. But that…

Democratic lawmakers on both sides of the Sound want President Donald Trump to enact the nation’s first paid medical and family leave policy.The proposed…

Earlier this week Connecticut Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano informed supporters and members of his caucus that he would not seek re-election. It…

The legislative session in New York begins this week. Republicans hold a minority in both the State Senate and Assembly, but they have made it clear they…