The Dark Day: A history lesson from Malloy
In a pair of speeches today, Gov. Dannel Malloy alluded to all the great luminaries of Connecticut history: Harriett Beecher Stowe, Prudence Crandall, Mark Twain, Ella Grasso and Abraham Davenport....
View ArticleThe 2012 election begins now
Actually, it probably began on Nov. 3, 2010. But the rhetoric escalated sharply today, as the new Congress began its work. "Jim Himes Disregards American People, Votes to Maintain Job-Killing Agenda by...
View ArticleMalloy Calls For Shared Sacrifice; Details Of Tax Increases And Budget Cuts...
HARTFORD -- On the historic day of his inauguration as Connecticut's first Democratic governor in two decades, Dannel Patrick Malloy issued a call for shared sacrifice and optimism as the state faces...
View ArticleJudge Robert Chatigny's Nomination To Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Is...
The highly controversial nomination of Judge Robert Chatigny to a prestigious federal appeals court in New York City has been withdrawn. Chatigny, who performed the wedding ceremony for U.S. Senator...
View ArticleHartford Courant Reporter Asked To Leave $2,500-Per-Person Democratic...
The Hartford Courant's Java columnist was asked to leave a $2,500-per-person fundraiser Wednesday night for the Democratic State Central Committee. Java's MaryEllen Fillo had an agreement with...
View ArticleGOP leaders plan a town meeting assessing the 2010 election results
House Republican leader Larry Cafero and Senate Republican leader John McKinney will address a town meeting Saturday reviewing the 2010 election and charting a future course for the party. The...
View ArticleSecretary of the State Denise Merrill will hold a public forum on election...
Newly installed Secretary of the State Denise Merrill is hosting a forum tomorrow on what went wrong during the 2010 election and what the legislature might do to address some of those problems. The...
View ArticleMr. Blumenthal goes to Washington, sort of
Just hours after he was sworn in as a U.S. Senator, Richard Blumenthal boarded a plane to come back to Connecticut. The journey will soon become very familiar to Blumenthal: He intends to travel home a...
View ArticleGovernor Dannel Malloy's First Full Day In Office; Trying To Avoid Cuts In...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has repeatedly talked about the shared sacrifice of everyone in the state to help pull Connecticut out of its projected $3.5 billion budget deficit. But in his first full day in...
View ArticleSergeant Koistenen Charged With Interfering With Investigation In Windsor...
Sgt. Robert Koistenen has been charged with interfering with the investigation of a fatal accident in Windsor Locks that involved his son, a police officer. The case has become the most high-profile...
View ArticleSenate President Pro Tem Donald Williams, CBIA Economist Peter Gioia On "The...
Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams will speak about the state budget this Sunday on "The Real Story'' with host Laurie Perez on Fox CT. Williams appears in the first segment regarding the new...
View ArticleGov. Malloy And Budget Chief Ben Barnes Looking To State Employees For...
Only two days into the new administration, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and his budget chief, Ben Barnes, are looking for new ideas from state employees for cost savings. Barnes sent an e-mail, obtained...
View ArticleGov. Malloy Tells Business Audience That He Supports Paid Sick Leave; 600...
HARTFORD - In his first speech to a business audience since being sworn in as governor, Democrat Dannel Malloy told nearly 600 executives Friday that he supports paid sick leave for employees - a key...
View ArticleFormer Stamford Employee Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Stealing City...
A former city employee in Stamford has pleaded guilty and agreed to be sentenced to five years in prison in connection with stealing more than $300,000 from the city during the administration of...
View ArticleBlumenthal kicks off "listening tour" on Monday
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal will conduct a two-week "listening tour" of the state. He plans to crisscross Connecticut, with stops from Groton to Danbury; Stamford to Winsted. "The listening tour will...
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut congressmen react to the Arizona shooting
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman issued a statement condemning the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Judge John M. Roll and several others in Arizona today.I'm deeply saddened by the tragic...
View ArticleChris Murphy: "I don't think there's anything you can do to shield yourself...
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy was sworn in to Congress the same day as Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. They are about the same age and they each were married during their freshman term. And they are...
View ArticleWho needs tuxes, ball gowns and creme brulee? About 200 turn out for a...
About 200 people turned out on a snowbound Saturday to greet the new governor during an open house at the state Capitol. Call it the people's inaugural ball. Instead of ball gowns and tuxes, they came...
View ArticleState GOP Chairman Chris Healy reflects on the Arizona shootings
"Oddballs and misfits" are part of politics, says state Republican Chairman Chris Healy. "When I worked for Congressman Gary Franks in the early 1990's, there was a fellow from Newtown who would write...
View ArticleU. S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro's Former Chief of Staff, Ashley Turton, Dies In Car...
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro's former chief of staff, Ashley Turton, has died in a car fire in Washington, D.C. After the fire in the BMW at her family's garage was extinguished, firefighters on the scene...
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