Labriola slams DeLauro's Amalfi coast vacation; DeLauro says GOP playing...
In politics, appearances are sometimes everything, as U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, is no doubt learning. As the Courant reported earlier this week, DeLauro was vacationing on the posh Amalfi...
View ArticleIt's official: CT is a federal disaster area
President Obama has signed the Connecticut disaster declaration, the White House announced late Friday night. "The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Connecticut and...
View ArticleMalloy Administration Cuts $135 Million In State Budget Tuesday; Many Cuts...
With 22 state troopers expected to leave their jobs by Thursday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced $135 million in budget cuts that are designed to help balance the state's two-year budget. The $135...
View ArticleDonovan makes it official today
House Speaker Chris Donovan entered the race for Congress back in May, when he showed up at the Jefferson-Jackson-Bailey dinner wearing campaign stickers. But he'll make it official with a series of...
View ArticleState Treasurer Nappier Charged In Motor Vehicle Stop; Hartford's Top...
State Treasurer Denise Nappier said Wednesday that she still does not know why police officers detained her last Thursday night in a housing project parking lot on Barbour Street in Hartford's North...
View ArticlePeter Boynton, CT's Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland...
Peter Boynton's name isn't well-known to most state residents. But as the state's deputy commissioner of emergency management and homeland security, he's at the center of the action whenever a...
View ArticleGreenwich Remembers September 11 Ten Years Later; World Trade Center Attacks...
GREENWICH - Every year on September 11, Ed Dadakis drives to the waterfront park at Greenwich Point to read an essay he wrote about how he avoided death that day. He pulls out the detailed, seven-page...
View ArticleRosa DeLauro's Italian vacation becomes fundraising fodder for the state GOP
The Connecticut Republican party has released a new video aimed at drawing attention to Rosa DeLauro's absence from her district during the recent tropical storm. The clip is built around the...
View ArticleLarson optimistic in advance of Obama's big jobs speech
Courant Business News Editor Dan Haar caught up with U.S. Rep. John Larson and found the congressman optimistic that his jobs bill will move forward in Washington. "To say that skepticism abounds would...
View ArticleReaction Roundup: CT pols weigh in on President Obama's speech
Reaction to the president's jobs speech is pouring in. Below is a sampling: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District "I am pleased to hear President Obama's proposals for creating jobs for Americans, as...
View ArticleFamilies Remember 10 Years After September 11 Attacks; Three Family Members...
WESTPORT -- Ten years later, the wounds have not healed completely. Some family members cried Thursday during the state's annual memorial service to commemorate the terrorist attacks on September 11,...
View ArticleLinda 2.0
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon is getting ready to launch her bid for U.S. Senate, said several sources familiar with her plans. But McMahon's 2012 campaign strategy will be markedly different than the...
View ArticleState police union files a legal brief in case against the state
The state police union has filed a legal brief in response to the state's request to dismiss its lawsuit seeking to block the layoff of 56 troopers. The union had filed a lawsuit last month claiming...
View ArticleCT Republicans, NY 9 needs you
Connecticut Republicans pitched in back in January of 2010, when Scott Brown needed help in a special senatorial election in neighboring Massachusetts, and now the party is hoping to play the same role...
View ArticleNappier Incident Began After Police Responded To 911 Call; Police Union VP...
Courant Staff Writer Jenna Carlesso reports that the controversial Sept. 1 incident between Hartford police officers and state Treasurer Denise Nappier began with a 911 emergency call for an...
View ArticleState Police Hearing Thursday To Reverse 56 Layoffs By Gov. Dannel Malloy;...
Citing a state law mandating a minimum number of troopers, the state police union is seeking to reverse Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's order to lay off 56 rookie troopers. The layoffs have already taken...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Rowland On Treasurer Denise Nappier: "This Story Does Not Add Up....
Former Gov. John G. Rowland, who is now a radio talk-show host, is questioning the explanation of the incident involving the towing of state Treasurer Denise Nappier's car. Nappier says she had dropped...
View ArticleFormer Speaker Nelson Brown Remembered As A Class Act; Former Speakers Hailed...
In one of the biggest honors of Nelson Brown's career, he stood in the historic Hall of the House at the state Capitol to commemorate his 50th anniversary as House Speaker. It was in front of a...
View ArticleNappier Disputes Police Union VP's Claim That Cops Offered Her A Ride When...
State Treasurer Denise Nappier said Saturday that a Hartford police union official's version of a Sept. 1 traffic stop -- in which the union official said that before Nappier walked 3 miles to her home...
View ArticlePolice Report On Nappier Incident Says She Used 'Profanities' And Complained...
The police report on the Sept. 1 traffic stop of State Treasurer Denise Nappier in the North End of Hartford says that when Nappier was accused of driving her official state car while it was...
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