The Latest Breaking News from Connecticut

Connecticut state tax rates and rules for income, sales, property, fuel, cigarette, and other taxes that impact Connecticut residents.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:J) as the Prime Designer for Penn Station Access, an expansion of Metro-North's regional railroad system. Financial terms not disclosed. Jacobs will design the expansion and support construction, led by the Halmar International/Railworks Joint Venture. Jacobs will develop a digital for visualizing…

The upstart low-fare carrier Avelo will introduce a route from Midway to southern Connecticut this spring.

Witnesses testifying in court have such "judicial immunity"; this is a longstanding principle, animated by a worry that otherwise angry litigants would otherwise routinely sue witnesses who testified against them, and that the threat of such lawsuits would deter witnesses from coming forward. (Prosecutors can of course still prosecute witnesses…