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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?

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Donovan 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.

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DMV 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.

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Malloy 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.

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Child Care Providers To Be Unionized

After a six-year struggle, childcare providers will be unionized following a vote announced Tuesday.

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Bernier 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.

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Redistricting 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.

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State Representative Charged with Drunken Driving

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U.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.

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Sen. Blumenthal is Hartford to Promote Jobs for Military Veterans

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Working 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.

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Gov. 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...

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Special 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.

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Human 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.

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State 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.

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Strike 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.

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The 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...

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Cafero 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.

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Sen. Prague Suffered a "Minor Stroke"

Veteran State Sen. Edith Prague suffered "a minor stroke'' recently, Senate President Donald Williams said today.

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2 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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