The state legislature’s Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly approved Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s last set of judicial nominations Friday, backing an ethnically diverse panel of four who could end up serving only a few months. Because of the timing of their nominations, the four new judges’ initial appointments only extend through Feb. 9. Whether they serve beyond […]

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz announced at noon that Democrat Dan Malloy was the unofficial winner of the gubernatorial race, but the Associated Press countered Wednesday night that its latest count had Republican Tom Foley in the lead. Bysiewicz based her pronouncement on returns from Bridgeport and New Haven that gave the former Stamford mayor […]

Within hours of being declared the likely winner of Connecticut’s gubernatorial election by the state’s chief elections official, Democrat Dan Malloy tapped a key figure from Gov. William A. O’Neill’s administration and an expert in housing finance, Timothy F. Bannon of Manchester, to be his chief of staff and help lead his transition effort. Not […]

After months of debates, press conferences and policy statements, Connecticut’s gubernatorial battle boiled down to just a few simple issues Monday as Dan Malloy and Tom Foley hit the campaign trail one last time: jobs and taxes. “I don’t want to increase taxes, certainly not on the middle class,” Malloy told Anthony Abbate, a retired […]

State Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan, whose department sparked controversy last month when it approved rate hikes as high as 47 percent for Connecticut’s largest health insurer, resigned Monday to take a job in the private sector, Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s office confirmed. Full details of Sullivan’s departure, including his next job assignment, were not […]

NORWALK — Though somewhat unorthodox, Stephen Tallon’s greeting Sunday to GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley was pretty clear. “Keep that legislature under control,” the local Lions Club member said as Foley entered the dining room at the Norwalk Inn for the club’s annual pre-election pancake breakfast. Tom Foley hears from Jack Jablonski (center) and Stephen […]

Tom Foley and Dan Malloy may have few similarities, but the gubernatorial contenders found common ground Saturday in an urgent need to rally potential voters — and an appreciation for the rock group Queen. With two polls showing the contest close to a dead heat, the major party candidates criss-crossed the state to ensure their […]

Greenwich businessman Tom Foley has lent another $4.6 million of his own funds to his gubernatorial campaign, bringing his total personal investment to $9.85 million, according to a new campaign finance report filed this week with the State Elections Enforcement Commission. Foley, the Republican nominee, has raised nearly $11.39 million in total throughout the campaign, […]

The panel tasked with crafting a specific strategy to stabilize under-funded state retiree benefit programs reached a strange conclusion this week, issuing a laundry list of suggestions, no priorities, and a warning that its seven members – who haven’t met in the past month – aren’t unanimous in their endorsement. The report of Gov. M. […]

The secretary of the state is Connecticut’s chief elections official and business record-keeper, but it’s the state budget crisis that’s seeping into this fall’s campaigns for that office. Jerry Farrell Jr., the GOP nominee and commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection unveiled a new radio ad recently claiming he “returned” $500,000 of his […]

After steering clear of two arrests in Tom Foley’s past for most of the gubernatorial campaign, Democrat Dan Malloy has called attention to his GOP rival’s record twice over the past two days, including a new television ad released Wednesday evening. Foley, who has narrowed Malloy’s lead to 5 percentage points in one poll this […]

WEST HARTFORD — Democratic gubernatorial contender Dan Malloy danced uncharacteristically close to pledging not to raise taxes during Tuesday’s final televised debate, insisting afterward he wouldn’t rule out an increase if necessary to preserve social services. But Republican nominee Tom Foley accused Malloy of making a desperation move to counter new poll numbers that show […]

Despite the state’s huge impending budget deficit, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy has unequivocally pledged to shield some large areas of spending from cuts. Beyond that, he has made strong statements of support for a variety of other programs, leaving at least some advocates with an expectation that they, too, would be spared the budget […]

NEW BRITAIN — Former gubernatorial candidates Ned Lamont and Oz Griebel found it much easier Monday to tackle the state’s budget crisis, now that their respective bids for state government’s highest office is over. Ned Lamont, left, and Oz Griebel on the deficit: Easy to talk about now (Keith M. Phaneuf) Lamont, who was reluctant […]

TORRINGTON — After months of sparring over the state’s budget crisis, gubernatorial contenders Dan Malloy and Tom Foley entered the campaign’s final full week daring each other to show all of the fiscal cards. And when they weren’t demanding details about tax hikes or spending cuts, the candidates spent much of the rest of Monday’s […]