As the federal government shutdown rolls into its second month, questions mount for people relying on a range ...

The legislation would divert $500 million now slated for CT's pension funds to the state’s budget reserves to confront federal cuts.

Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) announced Monday that he supports legislation to spend state dollars to counteract the impacts of the federal government shutdown and to divert as much as half a billion ...

News broke a short time later that the Trump administration decided to partially fund SNAP. The program costs about $8 ...

Governor Ned Lamont and other top Connecticut leaders held a press conference on these issues, at 10 a.m. on Monday. News 8 livestreamed the remarks in the video player above. VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE ...

Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said she is hopeful that this ruling avoids the catastrophic consequences of leaving our 360,000 (state) residents that rely on SNAP hungry.

Although not unique to the Nutmeg state, Connecticut was one of the first states to announce a systemic, statewide approach ...

A bipartisan consensus is nudging Gov. Ned Lamont toward tapping Connecticut's rainy day fund to replace SNAP benefits.

About 10% of all Connecticut residents – about 360,000 recipients – are expected to lose their food benefits Saturday as the ...

"Anything less than finding a solution is a mistake," said House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford.

Connecticut’s first steps to mitigate the fast-approaching suspension of a federally funded food assistance program will be a ...