The state legislature’s tax-writing panel endorsed automated camera-issued motor vehicle tickets and Sunday liquor sales Monday, but the details behind both measures likely won’t be ironed out until just before the full General Assembly adjourns next month. Both bills adopted Monday by the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee now head to the House of Representatives. […]
April 16, 2012 @ 12:00 am
Posted inNews
Governor plays hardball with defiant fuel-tank board
The battle to fix Connecticut’s debt-riddled, underground storage tank cleanup fund took a new twist last week. Unable to persuade its board to stop pledging aid from a near-bankrupt fund, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy shut it down by making sure it won’t have a quorum at its next meeting. With the help of a legislative ally, […]
Posted inPolitics
Shays raises $455,638 for Q1
The good news for the U.S. Senate campaign of Chris Shays is that he outraised his chief rival for the GOP nomination, Linda McMahon, in the first quarter of 2012, $455,638 to $172,390. The bad news, of course, is that the independently wealthy McMahon, who spent $50 million on her first run in 2010, can […]
Posted inPolitics
Roraback won’t release wording of favorable poll
Republican state Sen. Andrew Roraback’s campaign for Congress in the 5th Congressional District is sharing a brief polling memo that portrays him as the strongest candidate in the general election. “When NEUTRAL information on EACH of the Republican candidates is introduced to voters, only Andrew Roraback exceeds 50% in a hypothetical ballot matchup against a […]