The CT GOP opened a digital advertising campaign with a 1-minute video portraying Gov. Ned Lamont as indifferent to the high cost of living.
Mark Pazniokas
Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.
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McGinnis seeking seat opened by Gilchrest’s congressional run
Tiffani McGinnis, a West Hartford town councilor and political organizer, opened a campaign this week to succeed state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest.
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A legislator and then a staffer, Ziobron is seeking her old House seat
On Tuesday, former state Rep. Melissa H. Ziobron announced her candidacy to regain the 34th House District seat that she gave up in 2018.
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Waterbury nonprofit used LIHEAP funds to pay its expenses
CT officials moved to take control of New Opportunities Inc. after it bounced a $1.5M check and acknowledged using federal energy assistance to cover its costs.
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Middlebury developer challenges constitutionality of legislative ‘rat’
In a federal lawsuit, lawyers allege that 2023 legislation overruling local zoning at the former Timex Group site was unconstitutional.
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Larson campaign gets aggressive, calls Bronin hostile to labor
U.S. Rep. John Larson described rival Luke Bronin as variously hostile or indifferent to unions during his eight years as mayor of Hartford.
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CT Democrats denounce Trump’s reaction to Reiner murders
Trump’s post about Reiner prompted a flurry of critical replies, including from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes of CT.
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Jack Perry exits race for Congress in CT 1st District
Jack Perry exited the race for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 1st District, leaving Rep. John Larson with three challengers.
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Lamont using $5.2M from reserve to offset Trump housing cuts
Lamont’s first withdrawal from the $500 million reserve was to offset the expected loss of federal tax credits under the Affordable Care Act.
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Water line failure in Waterbury leaves about 100,000 without water
Waterbury, Wolcott and Watertown were largely without water after an explosive main break, forcing a scramble to keep two hospitals open.
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Lamont pledges $70M for health care after US Senate deadlocks
CT will spend $70 million of the emergency surplus funds it set aside to partly offset the looming loss of millions in ACA subsidies.
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Lamont frames controversial housing bill as key to an affordable CT
The ceremonial signing of HB8002 was a part of a campaign narrative casting the governor’s June veto of a housing bill as key to its revision.
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Erin Stewart is testing CT GOP’s appetite for ‘something different’
Is Connecticut’s Grand Old Party ready to be led by a firefighter’s salty daughter? Erin Stewart is betting it is.
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Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney files for reelection
Martin Looney, a lawmaker for 45 years and the top Senate leader for a decade, filed papers that make him a candidate for reelection at 77.