State Trooper Shoots And Kills Motorist In Danbury
A state trooper shot and killed a motorist Friday night after a routine traffic stop in Danbury. An informed source said that the trooper pulled over a stolen car with three people inside. The driver...
View ArticleRepublicans Call For Common Sense At State Capitol
Sensing that they can capitalize on the national wave of frustration that is rolling through the country, state Republicans held a rally this week to call for returning common sense to Connecticut....
View ArticleRick Green On The Governor's Race; Dead Heat Between Democrat Dannel Malloy...
Our colleague, Rick Green, weighs in on the governor's race between Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley. The latest Quinnipiac University poll showed Malloy ahead by 3 percentage points...
View ArticleA preemptive strike from the Blumenthal campaign?
The Blumenthal for Senate campaign appears to be bracing for an attack from Republican Linda McMahon.The campaign issued a peculiar memo tonight responding to a potential volley from "McMahon's attack...
View ArticleGreen Party candidate: League of Women Voters doesn't deserve its tax-exempt...
Steven Fournier, the Hartford attorney running for state Attorney General on the Green Party slate, has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service challenging the tax-exempt status of the...
View ArticleLinda McMahon, Social Security and the federal debt
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon found herself embroiled in another flap about what she said and what she meant.This time, the topic was Social Security, that third-rail of American...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. write in candidate Brian K. Hill excluded from NAACP event
Brian K. Hill, the attorney and military veteran waging a write-in campaign for U.S. Senate, has written a letter to the state NAACP protesting the group's decision not to invite him to speak at its...
View ArticleICYMI: The CT Mirror on Linda McMahon's media machine
Insiders will love The CT Mirror's behind-the-scenes look at Linda McMahon's media operation. Among the great details: McMahon Spokesman Ed Patru had to leave his fiancee's bridal shower yesterday to...
View ArticleMerrill's Description As 'Attorney' Draws GOP Complaint; Merrill Camp Also...
Republican State Party Chairman Chris Healy said Tuesday he will file a formal complaint with the state Judicial Branch's Statewide Grievance Committee against Democratic Secretary of the State...
View ArticleNext Governor's Debate Is At 7 p.m. Wednesday; Democrat Dannel Malloy Faces...
The first televised contest became known as "the brawl at The Bushnell.'' Round two will be Wednesday night at The Garde Arts Center in New London as Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley...
View ArticleKen Krayeske releases new web ad, with a cameo by Jim Calhoun
Ken Krayeske, the Green Party candidate for Congress from the 1st District, has a new web ad out featuring his nemisis,Jim Calhoun. Entitled "Speak Truth to Power, the 30-second spot contains a clip of...
View Article"Hold your nose...and vote for Jim Himes"
Some liberal Democrats aren't happy with one of their own, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Himes. There's his vote against the jobs bill, his stance as a deficit hawk and several other key positions he's...
View ArticleAnti-steroid group will weigh in on CT-SEN
At 16, Taylor Hooton was 6-feet, 2-inches tall and 180 pounds. But he was told by his high school coach that "he needed to be bigger" in order to effectively compete in his senior year. He turned to...
View ArticleFormer State Rep. Michael Cardin Facing Allegations By Teachers; Arrested In...
Former state Rep. Michael J. Cardin is already facing charges that include risk of injury to a minor and disorderly conduct following allegations by a female student. But now he is facing new...
View ArticleRichard Blumenthal raised more than $1.6 million in 3Q 2010; lends campaign...
Democrat Richard Blumenthal has raised more than $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2010, according to the campaign. In addition to the money collected from donors, Blumenthal lent his campaign...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Rowland Predicts "All-Time Low'' Voter Turnout On Nov. 2 Due To...
Former Gov. John G. Rowland says that the constant negative commercials that have been filling the Connecticut airwaves will boomerang and hurt voter turnout on November 2. Rowland said on his radio...
View ArticleAnti-steroid activist blasts Linda McMahon and WWE
Don Hooten, a Texas father whose 17-year-old son killed himself after taking anabolic steroids, held a conference call with Connecticut reporters today to highlight steroid abuse within the world of...
View ArticleRick Green On Three Candidates' Wives
Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green weighs in on three television commercials that have been airing recently - with less than three weeks left until the November 2 election....
View ArticleQ-Poll: Voters Back Death Penalty For Cheshire Killer 4-1; Impact Of Issue On...
Nearly two-thirds of Connecticut voters favor the death penalty for murder, in general, while even more favor it for Steven Hayes, who has been convicted of killing a Cheshire woman and her two...
View ArticleBush Tax Cuts Have Huge Impact In Fairfield County; Greenwich Contributes...
The Bush tax cuts have a huge impact in lower Fairfield County, particularly in the affluent towns of Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien, Westport, and Weston, among others. In a good year, Greenwich alone...
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