Connecticut faces a mix of holiday weather challenges and policy shifts as 2025 draws to a close. FOX61 reports light snow arrived on December 22, prompting road chaos for travelers and early winter breaks for several schools, with more flurries possible before Christmas[1][5]. State leaders, including Governor Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong, clashed with the Trump administration over halted permits for offshore wind projects like Revolution Wind, following a federal judge's earlier block on freezes[1][5].
In government and politics, Lamont submitted a plan on December 18 to tap $167.9 million from the Emergency State Response Reserve, addressing federal cuts to SNAP, ACA credits, and services like those at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. According to the Governor's office, this will aid over 150,000 with health insurance, 35,000 with food, and 3,500 with housing stability through June 2027[6]. Nonprofits Dare to Struggle and Homeless Liberation Connecticut rallied outside the Department of Social Services, urging expanded welfare amid cuts[1]. Nearly two dozen new laws take effect January 1, led by H.B. 8002, a housing bill requiring towns to plan more units, reduce parking mandates, expand fair rent commissions, and ban hostile architecture, as detailed by CT Mirror[2].
Business developments include Twin Hospitality Group's deal for three Twin Peaks sports lodges in markets like New Haven, Hartford, and Stamford, per Hartford Business Journal[7]. Clean energy advanced with DEEP selecting 67 MW of grid-scale solar projects through regional collaboration, leveraging federal tax credits for affordability and reliability, Governor Lamont noted[11].
Community efforts shone as firefighters delivered over 20,000 toys to 500 Meriden kids[5], while a teen detained by ICE nears homecoming, celebrated by Connecticut Students for a Dream[1]. Education sees pushes like North Haven's potential four new elementary schools by 2033 and Stamford's Roxbury School rebuild starting July 2026[12][16].
Looking Ahead: The General Assembly convenes February 4, 2026, for debates on budgets and elections' impacts[14][20]. Solar projects aim online by 2030, and watch federal funding battles.
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