Foley: From Candidate For Governor To Jury Duty?
After Republican Tom Foley finished his concession speech Monday afternoon in Hartford, he stayed to answer reporters' questions. In answer to a query about what his immediate plans are now, he kidded...
View ArticleBob Englehart On The Bridgeport Ballot Blunder
Hartford Courant cartoonist Bob Englehart weighs in on the Bridgeport ballot blunder on election day. http://blogs.courant.com/bob_englehart/2010/11/november-9-2010.html
View ArticleRepublican Tom Foley Praises Press After Bitter Campaign; Says Reporters...
Republican Tom Foley did not have an easy time during the gubernatorial election against Democrat Dannel Malloy. He was questioned on a regular basis about the bankruptcy of The Bibb Company in...
View ArticleFilming Of "Thunder In The Deep,'' Submarine Thriller, Would Create Hundreds...
The filming of "Thunder In The Deep,'' a submarine thriller, would create hundreds of jobs in Connecticut next year, officials said Tuesday. The production, believed to be one of the largest in state...
View ArticleColleen O'Daly, Juror In Triple Slayings In Cheshire, Says Note To Judicial...
Colleen O'Daly, the 44-year-old alternate juror who wrote a note to a judicial marshal during the Cheshire death penalty trial in New Haven, says the whole issue has been blown out of proportion....
View ArticleRepublicans Pledge Bipartisanship With Democrat Dan Malloy, But They Have No...
In a time of bipartisanship and congratulations in the post-election happiness for the winners, Republican legislators made calls for bipartisanship Tuesday with the newly elected Democratic governor,...
View ArticleSenator-elect Steve Cassano Wins Mandatory Recount In Fourth District;...
Former Manchester mayor Steve Cassano has won the mandatory recount in the 4th Senatorial district - allowing Democrats to retain the seat that had been previously held by the retiring Mary Ann...
View ArticleRick Green On Movies Near CT Convention Center In Hartford
Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green weighs in on the plans for a movie theatre near the Connecticut Convention Center. http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2010/11/movies-in-downtown-hartford-yo.html
View ArticleConnecticut's Chris Healy As The Next Republican National Chairman? Mentioned...
The 2010 elections provided some of the greatest political advances in history for Republicans, but that wave never fully arrived in Connecticut as the party lost races for governor, U.S. Senator, and...
View ArticleGovernor-Elect Dannel Malloy On The Stan Simpson Show and The Real Story on...
Governor-elect Dannel Malloy will appear on both The Stan Simpson Show and "The Real Story'' on Sunday morning. The programs were taped on Wednesday and Thursday in the Fox CT studio in Hartford....
View ArticleThe end of the line for Connecticut for Lieberman?
Add the Connecticut for Lieberman party as one of the losers in last week's election: the party's candidate for U.S, Senate, John Mertens, apparently failed to get at least 1 percent of the vote, which...
View ArticleAt Least 300 Expected At Ex-House Speaker Jim Amann's Retirement Party On...
At least 300 people are expected Friday night at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington for former House Speaker Jim Amann's retirement party. Since leaving the state Capitol as a two-term speaker and...
View ArticleGovernor-Elect Dan Malloy In Colorado This Weekend For Orientation Sessions...
Governor-elect Dan Malloy is in Colorado this weekend for an orientation session with the National Governors Association. The bipartisan sessions cover some of the key issues that new governors need to...
View ArticleNAACP Says That Malloy's Transition Team Lacks Diversity; Malloy Aides Say...
The Connecticut NAACP Saturday criticized governor-elect Dan Malloy, saying his transition team is "shameful" in its lack of racial diversity. But Malloy's top aides responded that the team hasn't yet...
View ArticlePeru's President Says Yale Agrees To Return Inca Artifacts; But Yale Says...
Peruvian President Alan Garcia says that Yale University has agreed to return artifacts collected from the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, potentially ending a long dispute. CNN reports that Garcia...
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Pedro Segarra To Run For Full Term As Hartford Mayor; Originally Expected To...
In a change of plans, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra said Sunday night that he will seek a full term as the capital city's mayor. Segarra had been expected only to finish the term of disgraced Mayor...
View ArticleGovernor-Elect Dan Malloy And Incoming Budget Chief Ben Barnes Tackle The...
Hartford Courant cartoonist Bob Englehart shows that Governor-elect Dannel Malloy and incoming budget chief Ben Barnes will be tackling the state's projected $3.5 billion budget deficit....
View ArticleMalloy Names Transition Team; Cites Diversity After Flap
Democratic Governor-Elect Dan Malloy Monday named his transition steering committee, as well as the members of his incoming administration's personnel and policy committees -- saying "these teams...
View ArticleChris Dodd at the Middlesex chamber breakfast: "As rich and as vibrant as the...
Chris Dodd was one of first marquee speakers at the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce's regular breakfast meetings many years ago. So it was only fitting that the lame-duck senator make an...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, 10 Others Inducted By Gov. M. Jodi Rell Into...
Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons and the longtime president of Rockville Bank were among 11 citizens inducted Monday into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell bestowed the...
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