The polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, but Democrats and Republicans kept punching Wednesday like two fighters who didn’t hear the bell, battling over what constituted a political win or loss in Connecticut’s 2015 municipal elections.
November 4, 2015 @ 7:54 pm
Election results 2015, race by race
Here are complete results for mayor and first selectman races in Tuesday’s election. In Clinton, Bruce Farmer defeated long-time incumbent William Fritz Jr. by one vote in a recount Saturday.
State leaders agree on size of the budget problem — almost
After one week of bipartisan budget negotiations, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislative leaders have agreed — almost — on the size of the task before then.
Education department reluctantly identifies $4.5 million in cuts
Officials at the State Department of Education shared proposed cuts of $4.5 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Blumenthal campaign targets potential rival Kudlow over actual candidate Wolf
WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal‘s campaign has more sharply set its sights on a Larry Kudlow, a Republican who isn’t in the Connecticut Senate race — at least not yet — instead of August Wolf, a Republican who has declared his candidacy.
Want to fix ailing CT economy? Focus help where it’s needed
Bipartisan talks on closing Connecticut’s budget deficit have begun. Gov. Dannel Malloy has proposed state employee layoffs and business tax cuts. Republicans, for their part, have been arguing for state employee labor concessions. But both sides are tinkering around the edges.