Paul R Doyle

Tension is mounting at the state Capitol this week as legislators battle over Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposal for a budget that would take effect as he is running in his 2014 re-election campaign. The stakes are high for both Malloy and lawmakers...

The state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to expand the state's racial profiling law to include more police departments. The measure comes one year after another bill had strengthened the law in other ways and was passed by large majorities in both...

The nursing home at 60 West St., the subject of much recent controversy, is now fully licensed and has begun admitting patients. The state-backed facility, which will provide long-term care to chronic and terminally ill qualifying parolees and mental...

The state bond commission on Friday approved $500,000 for various town projects, including reconfiguration of three intersections in Old Wethersfield. "This is big news," said state Rep. Russ Morin, D-Wethersfield. Morin paid tribute to state Sen....

A Superior Court judge has dealt a devastating setback to efforts by Rocky Hill to prevent a state-backed nursing home for inmates and mental patients from opening. By dismissing the town's lawsuit against iCare Management LLC and its subsidiary,...

Few topics have gotten The Bottom Line readers so worked up as a recent look at Stop & Shop's gas rewards program. A response to a complaint about the rewards points' expiration included a suggestion that a credit card promising cash back on all...