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Ryan Fazio, a third-term Republican state senator from Greenwich, announced that he is running for governor of Connecticut next year.
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The future of the Connecticut Sun, the state’s WNBA and only professional sports team, is still unclear.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill to strengthen the state’s gun violence prevention measures.
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Connecticut has signed a sister-state agreement with a province in eastern Ukraine that’s been the site of heavy fighting since the Russian military invasion in 2022.
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Connecticut will not comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls on states to criminalize homelessness and institutionalize unhoused people with mental health disabilities and substance abuse disorders.
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Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca is leading a group to purchase the Connecticut Sun from the Mohegan Tribe, with plans to relocate the WNBA team to Boston by the 2027 season.
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Connecticut’s State Bond Commission approved borrowing $155 million to provide some relief for electricity customers paying high bills.
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A new Connecticut law allows the state to explore the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
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Connecticut has launched a new specialty license plate to celebrate its designation as “Pizza Capital of the United States." Proceeds from its purchase will benefit Connecticut Foodshare, the state’s largest food bank.
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Connecticut’s $300 million endowment to fund the expansion of early childhood education is being studied as an innovation by other states, according to state officials.