Food Stamp Fraud: Take Home Pay Is Key For Some State Employees; House GOP's...
Why would highly paid state employees apply for emergency food stamp benefits when it would appear they would not qualify?
View ArticleDonovan Gets Key Endorsement In 5th District Race
House Speaker Chris Donovan's congressional campaign has picked up the endorsement of the Connecticut Working Families party.
View ArticleDMV Announces Holiday Closings
State Department of Motor Vehicles service centers will close early for the Christmas holiday on Friday at 12:30 p.m., will remain closed Saturday, and then will reopen Tuesday at 7:45 a.m.
View ArticleMalloy Outlines Education Plan
Gov. Dannel Malloy released an outline of his education plan, saying he is asking the state education commissioner to come up with proposals for the regular legislative session in February 2012.
View ArticleChild Care Providers To Be Unionized
After a six-year struggle, childcare providers will be unionized following a vote announced Tuesday.
View ArticleBernier Nabs Big Brass City Endorsement
Justin Bernier, a Republican running for Congress in Connecticut's 5th District, has picked up the endorsement of Waterbury's Republican alderman.
View ArticleRedistricting Commission Fails to Reach Agreement
The commission charged with redrawing the state's congressional boundaries to conform with the 2010 U.S. Census has failed to reach an agreement.
View ArticleU.S. Senate Candidate Jason McCoy Under Fire for Storm Payments
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason McCoy is in the middle of a controversy over payments he recieved as Vernon's former mayor.
View ArticleWorking Families Party Backs Chris Murphy for U.S. Senate
The Connecticut Working Families Party provided an important boost to Democrat Chris Murphy when he was a state senator looking to make the jump to Congress in 2006.
View ArticleGov. Malloy says the Names of 10 More State Employees Forwarded for Review in...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said today that the names of 10 more state workers have been submitted to authorities conducting a fraud investigation in connection with a federal disaster aid program in the...
View ArticleSpecial Master Will Be Appointed for Redistricting, But Court Holds Out Hope...
The state Supreme Court will appoint a special master to help redraw Connecticut's congressional maps.
View ArticleHuman Resources Manager for CT Military Department Fined for Gymnasium Use
A human resources manager for the state military department paid a $450 fine for an ethics violation, according to the Office of State Ethics.
View ArticleState Begins Random Audit of Non-State Employees Who Received Disaster Relief
State officials looking into allegations of fraud related to a disaster relief program have expanded their probe to include non-state workers.
View ArticleStrike Averted: Union Representing 2,000 Office Cleaners Reaches Agreement on...
The union representing 2,000 commercial office cleaners in the greater Hartford and New Haven areas has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.
View ArticleThe Impact of the Obama Bump and In-fighting for Lieberman's Seat on "The...
On "The Stan Simpson Show,'' political analyst Patrick Scully; former Hartford city council Corey Brinson; and deputy Republican leader Themis Klarides (R-Derby) discuss the relevance of a bump in...
View ArticleCafero to Malloy: Stop Meddling in Redistricting Process
House Republican Leader Lawrence Cafero is calling on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to withdraw from the congressional redistricting case currently before the state Supreme Court.
View ArticleSen. Prague Suffered a "Minor Stroke"
Veteran State Sen. Edith Prague suffered "a minor stroke'' recently, Senate President Donald Williams said today.
View Article2 Recommended For Redistricting 'Special Master' Post
Professors from Columbia University Law School and the University of California have been identified as suitable candidates for the position of special master to help the state Supreme Court redraw...
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