Judiciary Committee endorse the public's right to tape the public activities...
The legislature's Judiciary Committee this afternoon approved a bill that explicitly allows citizens to photograph and videotape the public activities of police officers. But before endorsing the...
View ArticleSEIU, CCAG Hammer Away At Bank Of America; Bank Defends Itself, Saying Groups...
A coalition of groups, including SEIU and the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, came to the state Capitol complex Thursday to unveil a white paper that outlines Bank of America's "predatory practices''...
View ArticleSource says Dan Roberti has raised $255K in Q1 for his run in CT-05
Dan Roberti, a Democrat running for Congress in the 5th District, has brought in about $255,000 in the first quarter of the 2012 cycle, according to a source familiar with the numbers.Roberti, who has...
View ArticleICYMI: CT's film tax credits make last night's episode of "30 Rock"
One of the show's subplots involved Jenna traveling to Stamford to shoot a slasher-porn flick.The production was shot in Connecticut because of the state's film tax credits, though in exchange, the...
View ArticleIn CT-05, Elizabeth Esty raises $172,000 in 1Q
More fundraising numbers from Connecticut's 5th District: Democrat Elizabeth Esty of Cheshire says she's raised $172,211 in the first quarter of the 2012 cycle. "I am thrilled with the amount of both...
View ArticleBill banning large-capacity ammunition magazines conspicuously absent from...
Today's the final day for the judiciary committee to approve bills and the panel has a monster agenda of more than 50 proposals to plow through by 5 p.m. One item that's missing: S.B. 1094, which would...
View ArticleAnd speaking of gun bills....
another measure that doesn't appear to have made the final cut on today's judiciary committee's agenda: the so-called Castle Doctine bill that would have created "a presumption that it is reasonable to...
View ArticleTea Party Rally At Capitol; Complaints About Malloy's Tax Increases On...
HARTFORD - An estimated 750 tea partiers descended upon the state Capitol Friday to complain about Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's $1.9 billion tax package. Carrying signs and flags, the protestors complained...
View ArticleState Department Of Motor Vehicles Offices Closed For Good Friday; State...
The state Department of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed on April 22 in observance of Good Friday. The DMV released its schedule one week in advance so that motorists can plan ahead. The state DMV...
View ArticleTop UConn Cops' Pay Doubled Since '01, Documents Show
The salaries of the University of Connecticut's two top campus police officials have more than doubled since 2001. Chief Robert Hudd got nine raises worth $135,648 in that period, hiking his salary to...
View ArticleHuffington Post: Conservative Political Commentator Glenn Beck Sells New...
The Huffington Post is reporting that conservative political commentator Glenn Beck has sold his 8,700-square-foot New Canaan mansion and is headed out of the New York metropolitan area. Beck is...
View ArticleGov. Malloy Booed At UConn Men's Basketball Rally
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was booed Sunday at the University of Connecticut men's basketball rally. The team, Coach Jim Calhoun, and thousands of Huskies fans gathered to celebrate the university's third...
View ArticleMalloy: "Millstone Tax'' Will Not Be Approved; Predicts His Own Generation...
Gov. Dannel Malloy predicted Monday that the highly controversial "Millstone tax'' on the state's nuclear power plants will not be approved. Instead, Malloy said a key legislative committee this week...
View ArticleRepublicans Unveil No-Tax-Increase Budget In Contrast To Malloy Plan; Would...
Republican legislators unveiled their no-tax-increase budget Tuesday that would cut the state workforce by 5 percent and serve as an alternative to Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's two-year package....
View ArticleConvicted Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez Claims The City Owes Him $131,590 For...
Convicted former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez has filed a claim with the city that he's owed $131,590.32 in unused sick and vacation time from the city of Hartford, columnist Kevin Rennie reports in his...
View ArticleSusan Bysiewicz: Running As An Outsider For U.S. Senate Against Rep. Chris...
Democrat Susan Bysiewicz has run for many positions, including two of the biggest in Connecticut politics - governor and attorney general. Now, after six years as a state legislator from Middletown and...
View ArticleHouse GOP Leader Larry Cafero On Millstone Tax: "I Think It's Going To Die....
House Republican leader Larry Cafero strongly criticized the so-called "Millstone tax'' that the legislature's energy committee approved that would directly impact operators of the nuclear plants....
View ArticleKrayeske Spurned Financial Settlement In Suit He Lost; Says He Refused Money...
Kenneth Krayeske, the Green Party activist and freelance journalist who was arrested in 2007 at then-Gov. M. Jodi Rell's inauguration parade, has lost his four-year federal lawsuit against Hartford...
View ArticleMalloy And Democrats Reach Budget Deal; No Sales Tax On Haircuts, Car Washes,...
After weeks of negotiations, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced a budget deal Wednesday that raises the income, corporation, inheritance, gasoline, alcohol, and cigarette taxes but avoids various sales...
View ArticleEx-Chancellor Pays $2,000 Ethics Fine Over Wife's Hiring
David G. Carter, the former head of the state university system, has paid a $2,000 fine for failing to alert system trustees or state ethics officials in 2009 when faced with a conflict of interest...
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