State Senators

With less than two weeks to go before primary day, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff is in the midst of an on-line drive--a "money bomb," he calls it--to raise cash to air his first televised attack ad aimed at front-runner Linda McMahon. Right now, the ad is only available online. Earlier this week, Schiff said he's not inclined to put any more of his own money into the race.

"Money is coming in." Reincarnated GOP U.S. Senate candidate Rob Simmons tells Politico he's getting financial support, although he's not actively raising funds. He's also running a private poll and considering another "public service announcement" (NOT a campaign ad) letting folks know he's on the ballot. Some supporters are ambivalent, like former U.S, Rep. Nancy Johnson: "I'm not optimistic, I'm not pessimistic. I'm kind of neutral. It's hard to predict."

For nearly 30 years, residents of a neighborhood in Haddam have been waiting for state action to clean up contamination in the groundwater that supply the wells they rely on, Nancy Eve Cohen reports on WNPR. The Department of Environmental Protection has yet to identify the source of the pollution that affects about 19 homes.