Cafero wants a public hearing on Gadsden flag flap
In a letter to legislative leaders, House Republican Leader Larry Cafero issues a formal request for a public hearing on the Capitol's flag-flying policy. State Capitol police have denied requests to...
View ArticleDenise Merrill reaches public financing threshold
Secretary of the State candidate Denise Merrill announced today that she has met the qualifications for public financing. Candidates for constitutional offices such as Secretary of the State qualify...
View ArticleFoley Reacts To Courant Reports On Arrests And Statement He Got From Ex-Wife...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley issued a statement shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday to react further to a Courant story, which can be read by clicking here, that said he had obtained a signed...
View ArticleFedele-Boughton qualify for public campaign financing
Lt. Gov. Micheal Fedele says his gubernatorial bid has met the threshold for public campaign finanacing, as has his running mate, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton. Fedele becomes the first GOP candidate for...
View ArticleRNC Chief Steele Defends McMahon, Jousts With Reporters
A dispatch from New Britain by Associated Press Writer Susan Haigh, who asked the question that got things rolling: Republican Party leaders are defending U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's record...
View ArticleChatigny Critics Dial Up The Opposition
Critics of District Judge Robert N. Chatigny's nomination to the federal appeals court dialed up their opposition this week with television ads in Nevada and Vermont targeting two, influential U.S....
View ArticleRNC Chief In Political Trouble Over Connecticut Comments
It turns out that Republican National Chairman Michael Steele -- who jousted verbally with reporters about GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon during a lunchtime appearance in New Britain Thursday --...
View ArticleMichael Steele walks back his Afghanistan remarks
In the wake of criticism and a call for his resignation, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele today issued a statement clarifying the comments he made last night at a GOP fundraiser in...
View ArticleRowland Resurfaces On Radio As Talk Show Guest Host
This is an Associated Press report by AP Writer Susan Haigh: Former Gov. John G. Rowland kicked off a three-day stint behind the microphone Friday by making a pitch to bring an NHL team back to...
View ArticleAs AG, Garber Would Cut State Lawsuit Pay-Outs
Republican state Attorney General candidate Ross Garber on Friday proposed a three-part plan to reduce the nearly $100 million that The Courant reported this week the state has paid to settle...
View ArticleState Democratic party tracker scores big with Michael Steele video
That now infamous snippet of video that's causing RNC Chairman Michael Steele so much grief was shot by a tracker for the state Democratic party.Just how did a Democratic operative with a video camera...
View ArticleThe Center of the Universe
Good story in The Hour today about all the campaigns that have opened up headquarters in Norwalk. Sacred Heart University professor Gary Rose is quoted as saying the city has become "quite relevant"...
View ArticleICYMI: Weicker faces the state
Lowell Weicker's Summer of '10 tour stopped off in Rocky Hill last week, where the former guv sat down with Chanel 3's Dennis House for a taping of "Face the State." Weicker tackled all the big topics,...
View ArticleEx-Gov. Rowland Hammers Corporate Relocation Deal By Gov. Jodi Rell On...
Former Gov. John G. Rowland was back on the radio on Tuesday morning, interviewing former Stamford mayor Dannel Malloy and longtime Simsbury business executive Oz Griebel - two contenders in the...
View ArticleNed Lamont Refusing To Debate Dannel Malloy On Live Television In New London;...
Democratic gubernatorial front runner Ned Lamont is refusing to debate former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy in a live forum in late July. Three Republicans, however, will be debating on July 28 at 7...
View ArticleCapitol Watch Reaches Its Third Birthday
We didn't want to pass a birthday without mentioning it. Capitol Watch is now three years old - having started at the end of the legislative session in June 2007. We started this blog on literally less...
View ArticleDemocrat Emilio Daddario, Former U.S. Rep. For 12 Years, Dies At 91; Defeated...
Former U.S. Rep. Emilio Daddario, who served in the U.S. Congress in the 1st District that covers Hartford and many surrounding towns, has died at 91. Daddario, a Democrat, won a key election in 1958...
View ArticleCSEA/SEIU Local 2001 Weighs In On Political Candidates; State Employee Unions...
The Republican candidates for governor have gotten the attention of the state employees unions for various statements about cutting state government. The candidates are looking at their options as the...
View ArticleWhere do the U.S. Senate candidates stand on financial reform?
It's the biggest, most far-reaching piece of legislation that the Senate will tackle this summer and its the capstone of Chris Dodd's long career. So what do the candidates vying to replace Dodd think...
View Article'Inappropriate Behavior' Claim Preceded DOT Chief Quitting
Gov. M. Jodi Rell issued a statement late Wednesday afternoon adding a controversial new dimension to the abrupt resignation last week of state Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph F....
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