More than a decade after his opponent accused then state Senate candidate Edward M. Kennedy Jr. of using a politically engineered loophole to bypass campaign spending limits, the State Elections Enforcement Commission has reached a not unexpected decision: Complaint dismissed.

The measure put to rest for now a map-redrawing process that began in 2022 and was marked by partisan disagreement, with Democrats at one point threatening legal action against the city.

Among the major pieces of legislation is the expansion of special education programming; and a new endowment fund that in a few years is expected to provide free day care and pre-school for families earning less than $100,000.

Thomas Banisch announced his candidacy for Madison first selectman on July 2, 2015. A complaint that Banisch filed in 2014, alleging campaign finance irregularities by state Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr. and the Democratic State Central Committee, was finally dismissed on Wednesday by the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

From traffic laws to electricity bills and child care, Connecticut residents will see a slew of changes to state law kick into effect on July 1, 2025. Some of the new laws were passed in this year’s legislative session,