Fasano: Democratic co-chairs of Transportation Committee ignoring requests for another port authority hearing

There is an "immediate need for further hearings investigating the allegations of untoward behavior" at the Connecticut Port Authority, including those made by the ousted office manager, Fasano said in a recent letter to the co-chairs.

Lamont, other Northeast governors meet to work together on pot

The governors from several Northeastern states say they want to work together to regulate marijuana and vaping

Connecticut state managers signing up for union-like group

Nearly 200 Connecticut state employee managers have joined forces with a major union, hoping to gain more clout at the Capitol

Lawyer argues Cheshire home invasion killer deserves new trial

A lawyer for convicted home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky has told the Connecticut Supreme Court that his client deserves a new trial because a judge refused to move the proceedings out of New Haven

Study of Cape Cod shark problem finds no definitive solution

A long-awaited report on what to do about the great white sharks prowling Cape Cod waters offered more than two dozen suggestions but concluded there is nothing that can provide 100% safety

Chelsea Clinton quashes rumor of possible run for Congress

Chelsea Clinton is quashing the rumor that she might run for the New York congressional seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Nita Lowey

Wisconsin jury awards $450,000 in Sandy Hook defamation case

A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorists who claimed the massacre never happened

Interim chief state's attorney appointed

John J. Russotto, a 22-year veteran of the Division of Criminal Justice, has served as deputy chief state's attorney for personnel, finance and administration since 2004.

Columbus statues vandalized on U.S. holiday named for him

Several Christopher Columbus statues were vandalized with red paint and messages against the 15th century Italian navigator Monday when the U.S. holiday named for one of the first Europeans to reach the Americas was being celebrated

Former Niantic prison inmate's sexual assault lawsuit to proceed to trial

A judge has ruled that the multimillion dollar lawsuit against Connecticut's prison system and several employees brought by a former inmate who says she was sexually assaulted behind bars can go forward

Parishioners find other sanctuaries after New Hampshire church shooting

Members of New England Pentecostal Ministries are finding comfort and fellowship at other churches while theirs remains closed after a shooting during a wedding

Police investigate racist vandalism in Cape Cod town

Police are investigating two recent incidents of white supremacist vandalism in a Massachusetts town

Commissioner Cook talks about changing times at Connecticut's prisons

Much of the criminal justice system has changed over the three decades that Rollin Cook has worked in prisons. At the beginning of his career, the main job of correction officers was to warehouse inmates.