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Gov. Ned Lamont and his top public safety official acknowledged Friday the presence of federal ICE agents at Bradley International Airport without being able to say if it signaled a new emphasis on immigration enforcement by the Trump administration in Connecticut.

“We were made aware that they are at the airport, and...

More than a year and a half after Congress created a federal grant for smaller farming states, Connecticut finalized its $53 million allotment — and eligible farmers will soon get to apply for a portion of that disaster relief.

The state and federal agriculture agencies worked through the final steps in early July of approving the program design and executing a con...

Connecticut crime levels have reached their lowest point in five years, according to a recent report by the state’s Department of Emergency Services and Pu...

Championed as one of the most consequential and bipartisan federal housing laws in decades, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act enacted this month makes significant changes across federal housing policy.

Included in the 139-page law are a host of provisions that will restrict some institutional investors from buying homes, ease rules for manufactured housing and expa...