The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted Wednesday night to legalize the production, distribution and use of marijuana as a palliative for the chronically ill, reviving Connecticut’s role in a national debate. The final vote was 96-51. Seventeen Republicans joined 79 Democrats in support, while 17 Democrats joined 34 Republicans in opposition. If passed by the […]
April 25, 2012 @ 12:00 am
Senate passes bill to stop price gouging following severe storms
With memories still fresh of the severe storms that slammed Connecticut during the second half of 2011, the state Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a bill targeting price gougers who take advantage of weather emergencies. The measure, which passed 33-3 and now heads to the House of Representatives, empowers the Department of Consumer Protection to level […]
Malloy provides some relief to small town leaders
Standing before municipal leaders at the state Capitol complex Wednesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he has changed his mind about cutting state funding to small communities if they don’t reduce the high costs of running their schools over the next few years. He does want the state to study ways that the smaller districts […]
Blumenthal gears up leadership PAC
Washington — With his leadership PAC, Sen. Richard Blumenthal is helping friends and seeking greater influence in the Senate. Blumenthal, a Democrat, established the Nutmeg PAC (political action committee) last year, but it had very little activity until recently. According to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, Blumenthal has stepped up efforts to […]
Opponents solicit federal warning on medical marijuana
Using a warning letter solicited from the U.S. attorney, opponents of medical marijuana are expected to use a potential conflict with federal law in a last-ditch effort to block a legalization bill likely to pass today in the state House of Representatives. David B. Fein, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, wrote a letter to opponents […]
Q Poll: voters back minimum-wage increase
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows overwhelmingly support for raising the minimum wage, a timely political boost to an issue that legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy are reluctant to take up in the last two weeks of the legislative session. The poll also found complex, generally negative views on the abolition of the death […]
Q Poll: voters back minimum-wage increase
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows overwhelming support for raising the minimum wage, a timely political boost to an issue that legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy are reluctant to take up in the last two weeks of the legislative session. The poll released Wednesday also found complex, generally negative views on the abolition of […]
Malloy struggling to keep some portion of GAAP pledge
While gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy pledged repeatedly to dive into a new budgeting system based on honesty and transparency within moments of taking office, Governor Malloy waded more gradually into Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. And now, plagued 16 months later by sluggish revenues, a small-but-growing deficit and reluctant legislators, Malloy may not get to dip […]
House approves plan to expand exchange board
The House on Wednesday approved a proposal to expand the membership of the board overseeing the state’s health insurance exchange, a key piece of federal health reform. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would increase the number of voting board members from 11 to 16. Two of the new members would be small […]
PURA Chairman DelGobbo to step down
Talk about burying a lead. In the press release from Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s office that he was re-nominating Jack Betkoski as one of the three directors of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority was this little side note: “Governor Malloy also received formal notification from PURA Director and current Chairman Kevin M. DelGobbo that he is declining the […]
Wilson-Foley discloses husband’s contract with Rowland
The congressional campaign of Lisa Wilson-Foley responded quickly today to calls for her to disclose her husband’s business relationship with former Gov. John G. Rowland, who also has been assisting her campaign. According to documents she released, Rowland was paid $30,000 by her husband, Brian Foley, to consult on labor and marketing issues and provide […]
Without press, Malloy signs historic death penalty repeal
Without fanfare, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law today a bill repealing the death penalty for future crimes. Malloy had made clear that he had no desire for a celebratory public bill signing, given that some relatives of murder victims were so vehemently opposed to repeal. The signing was witnessed by advocates of repeal, […]
Clark to file FEC complaint about Rowland’s role in 5th CD
Mike Clark, the congressional candidate who investigated Gov. John G. Rowland as an FBI agent, said today he will file a federal elections complaint to force an opponent, Lisa Wilson-Foley, to disclose whether her husband’s business is paying Rowland for campaign consulting. Rowland, who pled guilty to corruption charges after he resigned in 2004, is […]