Friday marks the beginning of a slew of new and higher taxes. The General Assembly, under the urging of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, has approved sweeping new tax increases and…

Last week, legislators in Hartford passed a $40.1 billion budget for the next two years that offers painful labor cuts and tax increases but leaves municipalities largely unscathed. “The overriding,…

While Gov. Dannel Malloy and the legislators up in Hartford are wrestling with the state budget, local elected officials are trying to put together their municipal budgets. Malloy’s proposed two-year,…

The opponents of the Connecticut Hackers, the Naugatuck-based adult baseball team, aren’t just having trouble scoring runs—they are having trouble getting hits. The Hackers allowed just one hit in a…