Category Archives: Local News

BUDGET COLLAPSE HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - State legislators have gone home after failing to approve a two-year, $41 billion budget that would have created new taxes and fees but wouldn't have included in...

BUDGET VOTE EXPECTED HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a new state budget being finalized by lawmakers would cut hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, not increase the sales or ...

BIG DRUG SEIZURE OLD LYME, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut State Police say they seized one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of the powerful opioid fentanyl with a street value of $1 million during a traffic stop. Poli...

BUDGET DEAL MAY BE NEAR TOMORROW, ON WHAT WILL BE CONNECTICUT'S 76th DAY WITHOUT A STATE BUDGET, GOVERNOR DANNEL MALLOY SAYS HE'S HOPEFUL THAT LAWMAKERS WILL VOTE ON A TAX AND SPENDING PACKAGE. HE TOL...

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? There is the possibility that Norwich education officials may soon approach the City Council for funding to completely revamp the schools two-year old phone system. Business admin...

RI MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING RELATIVE IN NH HOSPITAL New Hampshire's attorney general says a patient was killed at the state's largest hospital by a family member. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald gave ...

UTILITY OFFICIALS IN VIOLATION The Groton Board of Ethics has found three Groton Utilities officials violated the city ethics code when they attended a 2016 trip to the Kentucky Derby. The Board of Et...

SALES TAX HIKE APPEARS DEAD TALKS CONTINUE ON THE OVERDUE STATE BUDGET- BUT APPARENTLY NOT BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE. AFTER GOVERNOR MALLOY ENDORSED INCREASING THE SALES TAX...

DEVELOPER OWES BACK TAXES Norwich officials say the owner of the nearly 50-acre portion of the former Norwich Hospital property owes the city more than $81,000 in back taxes. The property could be sla...

MALLOY'S NEW BUDGET PLAN HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has added a sales tax increase to his budget plan that would raise an extra $220 million over two years. The Democrati...