August 30, 2012 @ 12:00 am

Tampa, Fla. — Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night with a speech contrasting his business success, family values and straightforward focus on job creation with what he says are President Obama’s unrealized promises and lofty rhetoric of the 2008 campaign. With nearly 45 minutes of prime time television, a relaxed Romney made […]

Tampa, Fla. — They often are treated as poor relations at Republican National Conventions, notwithstanding their financial generosity to the GOP. They are at odds with the party’s long, steady turn to the right, which continued with the 2012 edition of the platform. But Connecticut Republicans say they will leave the convention in Tampa reconnected, […]

Stamford — Improved diagnostics, more research and controlling animal populations are keys to stemming the rapid growth of Lyme disease in New England, experts said Thursday at a forum at the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus. Hosted by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the forum was held in anticipation of congressional review of his proposal to […]

House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan has officially ended his scandal-plagued bid for Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District, withdrawing his name from a minor-party line on the ballot, the secretary of the state’s office confirmed Thursday. And the Connecticut Working Families Party, whose line on the ballot would have been Donovan’s only vehicle to keep his campaign […]

Within hours of Chris Donovan removing the possibility of a third-party effort that would have undermined Elizabeth Esty in the 5th Congressional District, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced she has been selected for assistance under its “Red to Blue Program.” Of course, in her case, it’s a matter of trying to keep a blue […]