Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell died on Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her family. Rell, the second female governor in state history and the first Republican woman to serve as ...

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who steadied the state after scandals that caused the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland, died suddenly Wednesday in Florida at age 78. Rell died in a hospital after a brief ...

Former Connecticut Governors Lowell P. Weicker, M. Jodi Rell, center, and Dannel P. Malloy sit together during the inauguration of Gov. Ned Lamont, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, inside the William A.

She was lieutenant governor when her boss, Gov. John G. Rowland, resigned in a corruption scandal. The second woman to lead the state, she was later elected in her own right. By Sam Roberts M. Jodi ...