Malloy Says Arizona Shooter Shows Need To Examine Treatment of Mental...
The tragic shootings in Arizona show the need for an examination of mental illness because the shooter was "paranoid, most certainly,'' Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords...
View ArticleSen. Blumenthal: "I remain committed to being open and accessible to the...
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued his first public statement on Saturday's shooting in Arizona, calling it an "assault on our democracy." As he embarks on his first "listening tour" of the state as a...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Jim Himes has received death threats in the past; says he intends...
Like newly elected U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who is conducting his first listening tour since the election, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes is holding a series of brown-bag lunches with constituents this week....
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro on the death of her former chief of staff in...
"My husband Stan and I are shocked by the tragic loss of our dear friend and colleague, Ashley Turton,'' Rosa DeLauro said in a statement issued this afternoon. "She was special. She was special as a...
View ArticleMalloy To Cut Layers Of State Government; Connecticut Has 1 Supervisor For...
HARTFORD -- Connecticut state government has twice as many managers as the national average, and a hand-picked group of advisers told Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday that must end. Malloy has decried a...
View ArticleCommittee on aging ready for a bigger policy-making role
The legislature's Select Committee on Aging will now be known as simply the Committee on Aging. The change is more than semantic: It signifies a higher profile and a greater policy-making role for the...
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Malloy To State: "Get Prepared''; Snowstorm Could Range From 3 - 6 Inches or...
The new governor, Dannel P. Malloy, says he has a message for state residents regarding the upcoming storm: "Get prepared.'' After a briefing from top state officials, Malloy said the state is...
View ArticleEx-Pizza Chef, Hired As State Inspector Under Rell, Gets Ax
A former school bus driver and pizza restaurant chef, hired into the state's permanent civil-service workforce as an agricultural inspector last July by the Republican administration of then-Gov. M....
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Malloy To Deliver Storm Update At 9 p.m.; Conflicting Models Show Storm As...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has made no major decisions regarding the snow storm - waiting for the latest weather updates and planning to make an announcement at 9 p.m. "There are some disagreements about...
View ArticlePeter Schiff vs Stuart Rothenberg
Remember when veteran political writer Stuart Rothenberg dubbed broker and U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff of Connecticut the "cockiest candidate" of the 2010 election cycle? Well, Schiff is...
View ArticleMalloy News Conference Set For 12 Noon; Busy First Week In Office; Regular...
Gov. Dannel Malloy, on his one-week anniversary in office, will be holding a news conference at 12 noon today on the latest on the huge snowstorm that has descended upon Connecticut. Malloy has been...
View ArticleMalloy Stepping Forward As State's Commander-In-Chief During Historic Storm;...
On his one-week anniversary in office, new Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is showing a different, hands-on style that is exemplified by his handling of a historic snowstorm that hit Connecticut. Malloy held...
View ArticleText of President Obama's speech at tonight's memorial service in Arizona
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY January 12, 2011 Remarks of President...
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Chad McCollam, Staff Chief For Two Governors, Dies At 78
Charles M. "Chad' McCollam Jr. of Bethel, chief of staff to Democratic governors Ella T. Grasso and William A. O'Neill -- and one of the most influential behind-the-scenes forces in Connecticut...
View ArticleFormer New York Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Named As Public Safety Director...
For days, reporters had been receiving e-mails from the office of Stamford Mayor Michael A. Pavia - who succeeded Dannel P. Malloy - about "an important public announcement'' that would be made on...
View ArticleChris Murphy: Serving in the U.S. Senate is "something I'm interested in"
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy is widely believed to be close to announcing a bid for U.S. Senate in 2012 but at a "Congress on Your Corner" event in Simsbury today he said nothing to stoke or quell the...
View ArticleAnd speaking of Chris Murphy....
He has apparently lost his seat on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (per CT Capitol Report.)
View ArticleEnvironment Committee raises bills relating to hunting, recycling and paper...
Bow and arrow hunting on Sundays, recycling of paint cans and a five-cent fee for each paper or plastic bag at a supermarket or retail shop. Those are some of the 34 proposals that could be raised by...
View ArticleFormer Police Chief Not Guilty Of Manslaughter In Uzi Trial; Christopher...
A former police chief has been found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the high-profile trial involving the death of a young boy who was firing an Uzi submachine gun. The Massachusetts jury...
View ArticleJoan McDonald Named By Governor Andrew Cuomo As Next State Transportation...
Joan McDonald, who rose to become an important player in the administration of Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, is leaving to return to New York State. She was tapped Friday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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