The Constitution State would remain CT's official nickname. Here's part of the story, from reporter Daniel Figueroa IV:

The bill would cast pizza into the ranks of other state symbols like the sperm whale, the state animal; the praying mantis, the state insect; the charter oak, the state tree; and the mountain laurel, the state flower.

There’s also a state mineral, almandine garnet, and state fossil, a three-toed footprint that likely belonged to a relative of the dilophosaurus.

The bill, SB 390, was introduced jointly by nearly all of the legislature’s New Haven delegation — all Democrats.

A version of the bill introduced during the 2021 session passed the State House nearly unanimously, only receiving nine “no” votes, but didn’t get a read on the Senate floor. Colin Caplan, an architect and historian who operates Taste of New Haven authored the bill.

- Casey