New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie headed north to Stamford on Tuesday to embrace Tom Foley, dodge pro-gun control protesters, raise a few dollars for Connecticut Republicans and coyly deny a New York Times report that his weight loss after Lap-Band surgery was 85 pounds.
September 23, 2014 @ 9:46 pm
Posted inPolitics
Malloy goes positive on air, negative on ground
Trailing in the polls, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is pursuing a shrinking pool of uncommitted voters with a TV ad that presents a softer side of the governor and with a line of attack on the campaign trail that portrays Republican Tom Foley as anti-worker and anti-middle class.
Posted inHealth
As competitors join big chains, independent hospitals join forces
With several Connecticut hospitals poised to join larger chains, a group of five health care systems announced plans Tuesday to take another tack — forming an alliance aimed at giving them the benefits of scale while remaining independent.
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Democrats attack Greenberg on Social Security
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Tuesday began to air its first attack ad against GOP candidate Mark Greenberg , who is running against Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District.
Posted inEducation, Politics
Foley TV ad pledges to make ‘every school in Connecticut great’
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley says in his latest TV ad that he has “a plan for making every school in Connecticut great,” a promise that could fall short on two measures: His only published plan is an outline of five bullet points, one of which would strip failing schools of money, potentially hastening their demise.