Police Investigating Angel Morales, Who Lost Close Race In Democratic Primary...
The Hartford police are investigating a case involving Angel Morales, who lost in a hotly contested Democratic primary against state Rep. Kelvin Roldan in the Fourth District....
View ArticleBlumenthal not the only one looking forward to Obama's upcoming visit to CT
President Obama is coming to the state and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal says he "look[s] forward to welcoming the President of the United States to Connecticut.'' But he's not...
View ArticleThe Debate Over Tax Increases: Rule Them Out Or Consider Raising Them? Tom...
With a huge budget deficit looming on the horizon, the candidates for governor are debating over whether the state needs to raise any taxes to close the projected deficit of more than $3 billion in the...
View ArticleSam Caligiuri's poll shows a tightening race in CT-5
Republican Sam Caligiuri says his newly-released internal poll shows him just one point behind Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy, a signal that national trends may be playing out in Connecticut. The...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Jim Himes' Race Seen As Bellwether; Republicans Shays, McKinney,...
The race for Congress in lower Fairfield County is getting increasing national attention. The National Journal now calls it one of the five bellwether races to watch. The reason is that U.S. Rep. Jim...
View ArticleConnecticut Cigarette Tax Bringing In Millions; Legislature Hiked Levy To $3...
The state's cigarette tax is bringing in more money than expected - even though retailers are selling fewer cigarettes. Analysts had predicted that the hike to $3 per pack would cause some smokers to...
View ArticleRick Green On John B. Larson; East Hartford Democrat Predicting That...
Our colleague, Rick Green, weighs in on one of the biggest questions in politics this fall: can the Democrats hold the U.S. House of Representatives? Rep. John B. Larson, the fourth-highest-ranking...
View ArticleMurphy slams Caligiuri's poll in CT-5
Denocratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy shot back at Republican opponent Sam Caligiuri's new internal poll, which shows the GOP challenger essentially tied with the two-term incumbent. "Surveying a miniscule...
View ArticleDebating Over The Debates: Democrat Dannel Malloy Wants 19; Republican Tom...
The two main candidates for governor - Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley - were locked in their own debate Tuesday over how many debates there should be over the next two months. Malloy...
View ArticleLew Perkins Retires At Kansas; Former UConn Athletic Director Was Well Known...
Former University of Connecticut athletic director Lew Perkins has retired as athletic director at the University of Kansas - earlier than he expected. Perkins was a well known figure at the state...
View ArticleFox News Channel Journalists To Moderate Debates For Governor And U.S....
Two well-known journalists from the Fox News Channel will serve as the moderators of two debates next month at The Bushnell theatre in Hartford. Anchor Bret Baier will be the moderator for the U.S....
View ArticleNew Labriola ad takes viewers through the maze with Rosa DeLauro and her...
Coming soon to a cable channel near you: 3rd District Republican congressional candidate Jerry Labriola's new ad. The 30-second spot uses the metaphor of a maze to tap into fears, documented by recent...
View ArticleNRCC: Caligiuri is on our radar
Yesterday U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy's campaign manager, Kenny Curran, dismissed Republican Sam Caligiuri as someone who hasn't been able to gain any traction with party big wigs in DC. Not true, says Greg...
View ArticleTracking the tracker, again
The state Democratic party tracker looks mighty uncomfortable as he monitors Republican Linda McMahon's coffee talk at a local lunch spot. (Speaking of trackers, Neil Vigdor of Hearst Newspapers...
View ArticleState Dems continue to hit Linda McMahon hard on steroids, wrestler deaths
The state party has put together a parody of sorts of Linda McMahon's recent ad featuring her BFF, Judy Moorberg. Using Moorberg's own words, the video paints a decidedly different picture than...
View ArticleFree Samples At Sept. 26 Kickoff Of 'Farm-To-Chef' Week
About 85 restaurants, farms and other establishments will participate in the state's first-ever "Farm-to-Chef Harvest Celebration Week" Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, offering special home-grown food menus to...
View ArticleFoley, Malloy Clash On Spending; Yankee Institute Reports That All 36 State...
With less than two months until Election Day, the two candidates for governor criticized each other Wednesday over taxes and spending. Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley said that Democrat...
View ArticleMore on Blumenthal and the media: Why single out craigslist?
An addendum to today's story on Blumenthal and the media: Why has Blumenthal gone after this and not this? That's a question conservative blogger and columnist Don Pesci has been asking for a while...
View ArticleAs Many As 8,000 Police Officers Expected At Memorial Service Friday At State...
As many as 8,000 police officers are expected at a memorial service Friday in Hartford for Trooper Kenneth Hall, who was killed recently in a traffic accident in Enfield. The State Capitol police...
View ArticleMatthew Ritter Declared Winner Against 16-Year Incumbent Kenneth Green;...
Hartford city council member Matthew Ritter has been declared the winner of the Democratic primary for the state legislative seat that was held for 16 years by Rep. Kenneth Green. A Superior Court...
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