Yale Daily News

In response to Harp's budget proposal, nearly 70 city residents appeared at a public hearing to send a unanimous message: do not raise our taxes.

March 7, 2014

Barack Obama told 3,000 audience members at Central Connecticut State University that “it is time to give America a raise.”

March 6, 2014

The Connecticut General Assembly's Labor Committee on Tuesday approved legislation to increase the state's minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017.

March 4, 2014

Mayor Toni Harp has wooed a city manager from Washington, D.C. to the upper echelons of her administration, tapping Michael A. Carter for the role of chief administrative officer.

March 4, 2014

Harp said the personnel committee of her mayoral transition team recommended Carter unanimously.

March 3, 2014

Mayor Toni Harp pitched a $510.8 million budget on Friday, asking taxpayers to chip in an additional 3.8 percent for a spending plan.

March 3, 2014

Harp's proposed budget has come under criticism as upping taxes while failing to cut unnecessary programs and offices within City Hall.

March 1, 2014

Mayor Toni Harp on Friday pitched a $510.8 million budget — asking taxpayers to chip in an additional 3.8 percent for a spending plan she said will stabilize the city's fiscal future while protecting core services.

February 28, 2014

Martin Looney, an unassuming but powerful lawmaker and influential New Haven politico, is in line for the top leadership role in the Connecticut State Senate.

February 28, 2014

Sundiata Keitazulu — the storied New Haven plumber who briefly joined the mayoral race last year — resigned Wednesday from his post as the city's prison re-entry coordinator.

February 28, 2014

Alex Peterson is crossing her fingers that, by Thursday, she will have health insurance.

February 24, 2014