Malloy Calls Metro-North Chief On Commuter Train Woes
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut Wednesday in hopes of finding "an immediate solution" to storm-related service reductions announced by Permut on the New Haven...
View ArticleChris Murphy on Egypt: "the United States should be on the side of the...
Some Congressional Democrats are taking a tough stance on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts was among the first to call upon Mubarak to "step aside gracefully." U.S....
View ArticleMalloy: Discussions With Unions 'Need To Bear Fruit' Soon; Budget Proposal To...
As Gov. Dannel P. Malloy brings his upcoming state budget proposal into focus, he says that to save enough money to deal with next year's projected $3.5 billion deficit, "we're going to need to make...
View ArticleChris Murphy pulls in endorsements from key 5th District Dems
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy's Senate campaign is getting a boost from more than 60 Democrats in his home district. Democratic activists and state and local officials from Southbury to Salisbury to Simsbury...
View ArticleLieberman praises Ronald Reagan on the floor of the Senate
Three days before the centennial of former President Ronald Reagan's birth, Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman had some glowing words for the conservative icon. "The optimism, moral...
View ArticleBrian K. Hill is considering another run for U.S. Senate
Remember Brian K. Hill, the attorney and military veteran from Windsor who waged a third-party run for U.S. Senate in 2010? Well, he's considering another run in 2012. Hill said he received a lot of...
View ArticleLieberman writing a book on the importance of the Sabbath
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman is an observant Jew who has long honored the Sabbath as a day of rest and now he is writing a book about it. "The Gift of Rest,'' which Lieberman is co-authoring with writer...
View ArticleRell, Her Family, Loyalists Got Exclusive Low-Number License Plates As Term...
In the final months of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's administration, the state Department of Motor Vehicles issued dozens of special, low-number license plates to Rell, her friends and relatives, political...
View ArticleMalloy's People Oust Rell Appointee From High-Ranking Job
Jacqueline Mandyck, a political appointee of Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell who got a $113,623-a-year job on the permanent state payroll near the end of Rell's term, was notified Thursday that she was...
View ArticleMalloy Talking With State Employee Unions That Helped Elect Him; GOP's Healy:...
The state employee unions provided huge support to help Democrat Dannel P. Malloy become governor, and Malloy is now coming back to them to help balance the state budget. Malloy, who is trying to close...
View ArticleWard Defends Issuing Special Plates To Rell And Her Crowd; Requests Came From...
Robert M. Ward, Gov. M. Jodi Rell's former commissioner at the Department of Motor Vehicles, said Thursday night that he issued dozens of special low-number license plates to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, her...
View ArticleRick Green On Pfizer's Loss Of 1,110 Jobs In Southeastern CT; Ripple Effect...
Pfizer's stunning announcement of 1,100 job cuts in southeastern Connecticut will have a ripple effect that will reverberate throughout the region. One economist is estimating that the Pfizer cuts...
View ArticleState House of Representatives and Senate In Session Friday; Approve Judges...
In the first full day in session, the state House of Representatives approved the re-nominations of judges and state referees Friday. By a vote of 130 to 0, the House approved the re-nomination of...
View ArticleGlastonbury jurist believed to be the first Muslim nominated to the bench
The legislature confirmed a Glastonbury man who lawmakers said is the first Muslim to serve as a state Superior Court judge. Mohammad Nawaz Wahla was appointed on an interim basis by Gov. M. Jodi Rell...
View ArticleMalloy On 'PlateGate': Rell's Office's 'Judgment Left Them'
Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday that he couldn't understand the decision by the office of his Republican predecessor, M. Jodi Rell, to have the Department of Motor Vehicles issue dozens of...
View ArticleOn the first full day of the 2011 legislative session, consensus rules in the...
Consensus prevailed in the state Senate today as the chamber unanimously approved several of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's key appointments. The session began with a moment of silence in honor of two...
View ArticleMalloy Names Avon CEO As New Insurance Commissioner; Thomas Leonardi Will...
Thomas Leonardi, the chairman and CEO of Avon-based Northington Partners, has been nominated as the state's new insurance commissioner. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Leonardi runs the company that...
View ArticleRep. Linda Schofield Of Simsbury Calls For Cutting Legislature In Half To...
The legislature will be forced to make some painful cuts this year, but one lawmaker says they should start off by cutting the General Assembly in half. Lawmakers have never been known to deeply slice...
View Article'PlateGate' Story Escalates: Malloy Aide Acknowledges Releasing Low-Digit...
What's now become known as the PlateGate story continues to gain altitude, fueled further on Saturday by state Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy's blast against Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and...
View ArticleRennie On PlateGate: Ethics Panel Member Got Special Tag
Courant columnist Kevin Rennie's latest dispatch on PlateGate says, among other things, that a member of the state Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board was one of the dozens of insiders for whom the...
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