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Former Senate Democrat spokesman Pat Scully, a consistently strong supporter of Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, is calling for the governor to dismiss his hand-picked environmental commissioner, Dan Esty.

In the fast-changing world of college football, it looks like the TCU football powerhouse might not be coming to the Big East Conference after all.

Be like North Carolina.

Farmers throughout Connecticut can apply for federal aid because of losses from Tropical Storm Irene, authorities announced Friday.

State employee unions have filed a grievance over the highly controversial "longevity'' bonuses, saying that veteran state managers should not receive the money when union members do not.

Two state senators are among the guests on Sunday on "The Real Story'' on FOX CT.

It only takes a few seconds before the courageous cowboy is thrown off the bucking bull, but the fans absolutely love it.

In Nebraska, Republican Gov. Dave Heineman enacted the biggest tax cut in state history, and the state's unemployment rate of 4.2 percent is now the second lowest in the nation.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Brian K. Hill picked up the endorsement of a national veterans group.

Greenwich politicians are still mourning the recent death of former state Sen. Emil "Bennie'' Benvenuto, who was ostracized from the Republican Party after supporting independent Lowell P. Weicker for governor in 1990.

A trial started in Waterbury this week on sexual assault charges against Robert DeLuca, the son of former Senate Republican leader Louis DeLuca.

Remember those robo-polls asking about school redistricting, crime and a new law extending civil rights protection to transgender citizens?

President Obama hailed the trade agreements approved by Congress this evenning, calling them "a major win for American workers and businesses."

The Hartford Courant's Kevin Rennie is reporting that NBC Sports is thinking about moving 1,000 jobs to the abandoned Clairol site in the south end of Stamford.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy says he brought in $650,000 in the 3rd quarter of 2011, bringing his total cash on hand to more than $2 million.

Gov. Dannel Malloy refused to confirm or deny whether NBC Sports would be bringing 1,000 jobs to his hometown of Stamford.

Joshua Komisarjevsky was found guilty Thursday afternoon of all 17 counts in the triple murders of the Petit family at their home in Cheshire in July 2007.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Susan Bysiewicz brought in $321,812.87 in the third quarter of 2011, about half the amount hauled in by Chris Murphy, her intra-party rival.

Third quarter fundraising reports for congressional candidates are due in to the Federal Election Commission today but a quick check of the FEC website shows most of the filings are not posted yet.

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