A new guns-in-bars bill began moving in the legislature Wednesday in an attempt to override a court ruling last fall that nullified a similar law approved last year. The court decision blocked handgun-carry permit holders from going armed into places serving alcohol.

Criminals convicted of armed robbery could soon serve tougher prison sentences under a bill that advanced through a House subcommittee on Wednesday.

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbons suggested reducing the amount of money that retailers get from the state lottery to pay for an expansion of pre-kindergarten education, pointing directly to companies like the truck stop chain owned by the family of one of his Republican rivals.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sued two of the nation's most prominent credit rating agencies Wednesday, alleging they misled investors about the soundness of certain types of investments and unfairly reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues.