Has Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s defense of President Obama’s minimum wage proposal played well at the White House? The apparent answer came Wednesday: Obama plans to visit Connecticut March 5 to promote a minimum-wage increase with Malloy. Video of Malloy’s jousting with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal outside the White House has gone viral, prompting invitations […]
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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Senate leader Williams not seeking re-election
Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, told Democratic senators Wednesday he will not seek re-election this fall, heralding a turnover in leadership in three of the General Assembly’s four caucuses.
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General Assembly staff exempt from disclosure rules
It was an obvious question after George Gallo abruptly resigned last week as the House Republicans’ chief of staff amid FBI inquiries into his political consulting business: Was he the only legislative aide in Hartford with a side business involving politics?
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Malloy, Williams back national popular vote
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, endorsed legislation Monday that would have Connecticut join an interstate compact committing the state’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The governor’s office announced the support of Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman as the legislature’s Government Administration […]
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Special election set for April 11 in 61st House District
A special election will be held Friday, April 11 in East Granby, Suffield and part of Windsor to choose a successor to Rep. Elaine C. O’Brien, D-Suffield, the governor’s office announced Monday. O’Brien, who was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2012, died Friday after a struggle with cancer. She was 58. Calling hours are […]
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Obama’s labor secretary brings minimum wage campaign to CT
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez Monday brought the Obama administration’s campaign for a $10.10 minimum wage to Connecticut, where the congressional delegation and governor already are among the president’s strongest supporters on the issue.
With no congressional votes to win, a visit to highlight President Obama’s push for a higher minimum wage likely had multiple goals, including giving a measure of early re-election support to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who was seated next to Perez at a White House dinner for governors Sunday night.
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Malloy firm on one race: Won’t run for president
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy won’t say until May that he is running for re-election, but he didn’t hedge Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” about presidential ambitions in 2016: He has none.
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Obama salutes Malloy on minimum wage
In a meeting Friday at the White House, President Obama praised Gov. Dannel P. Malloy as one of the governors who are pushing his call for a $10.10 minimum wage at the state level.
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House GOP releases grand jury subpoenas
Copies of federal subpoenas released Friday by the House Republican office show the U.S. attorney’s office seeking a wide range of documents relating to the GOP’s campaign committees and its departed chief of staff, George Gallo. He was the only individual named in the subpoenas.
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Rep. Elaine O’Brien dies after cancer struggle
Rep. Elaine C. O’Brien, D-Suffield, died Friday after a long struggle with brain cancer, the House Majority office announced. She was 58.
O’Brien, a one-time commuter airline pilot, wife, mother of three and longtime member of the Board of Education in Suffield, was a two-term legislator elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2012.
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Wyman hires Rifkin as legal and policy adviser
Howard Rifkin, a former deputy state treasurer and gubernatorial legal counsel, is temporarily joining the staff of Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, giving her an experienced policy and legal adviser in the run up to the November election.
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Top aide to CT House GOP quits as feds investigate campaign mailings
George Gallo, the chief of staff to the House Republicans in the General Assembly, resigned Thursday as FBI agents questioned legislators and reviewed records relating to campaign mailings he oversaw as the caucus’ political strategist. Gallo managed Gov. John G. Rowland’s campaign in 2002 and was state party chairman under Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
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Not quite a candidate, Malloy’s back on the road
A few came to score points, eager to scuff up Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on the opening night of a listening tour, but mostly he was confronted with questions, pleas and complaints about the workings of government at the granular level.
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McKinney pitches 10 GOP debates
Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney, R-Fairfield, wants the Republican field of gubernatorial contenders to spend more time together: He is proposing 10 debates, two in each of the five congressional districts.
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Register online? Connecticut’s got an app for that
Connecticut became the 15th state Tuesday to launch a web application that allows residents to register to vote.