July 2, 2010 @ 12:00 am

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has expressed serious concern about Connecticut’s decision to delay a decision on implementing a new high risk insurance pool for people with serious health problems. In a sharply worded letter to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, Dodd asked a series of questions about her decision to defer signing a contract with the […]

In a late night House vote, Connecticut Democrats supported an unsuccessful effort to put new demands on the Obama Administration as it executes its Afghanistan war strategy. The House passed an approximately $80 billion war and domestic spending bill without those strings attached, but the final tally on several anti-war amendments demonstrated the increasing unease […]

In a last-minute turnabout, Gov. M. Jodi Rell is considering jettisoning Connecticut’s plan to set up its own new health insurance program for people with serious health problems and instead letting the federal government run the program. On the day the program was supposed to begin taking applications, Rell instead told top state officials to […]

Former state Transportation Commissioner Joseph F. Marie and Gov. M. Jodi Rell continued to dodge key questions Thursday in separate interviews regarding Marie’s abrupt departure from his post. Marie said in a telephone interview that he wasn’t pressured to quit. Asked if there was any conflict at DOT headquarters that may have precipitated his departure, […]

Candidates for state office hit a critical milestone this week–the end of the second quarter reporting period for campaign contributions–and many face an even more important deadline for public financing in two weeks. By July 10, candidates will have to report their fundraising through the end of June, and that will say  lot about who […]

Republican Oz Griebel has a long way to go in his quest to become governor, but already he’s mastered one skill: irking state legislators. Griebel says the state has to change the way it provides benefits to retirees, starting with elected and appointed officials-particularly members of the part-time General Assembly. “If you want to throw […]