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Claude Albert Claude Albert is the editor of The Connecticut Mirror.
Rep. Jahana Hayes is defending her U.S. House seat in a district that has been a battleground before.
On an unseasonably warm Sunday, on January 12, I managed to find a room even more full of hot air than anywhere else. That room was the site of the town hall meeting with Gov. Ned Lamont, hosted by Sen. Will Haskell and Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, at which tales of tolls were spun like records at a David Solomon club party. A full recap of the town hall’s ridiculousness would be beyond the scope of an op-ed, but some highlights are certainly in order.
This time of year we brace for the flood of proposed legislation and wonder what among those great ideas will be the most ludicrous. There have been some doozies in the past, here and elsewhere.
Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti is about to finish his first year on the job and his plate is more than full. It’s overflowing with controversy. Last week, in part one of an exclusive, no-holds barred interview, he spoke of his challenges in speeding up Metro-North, coping with the over-budget, behind-schedule Walk Bridge replacement and ordering new rail cars.
Two Democrats running for president have promised to do — each by herself — what Washington has so far proven unable to do: lower the prices of prescription drugs.
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