Amy Romano won a special election Tuesday to the state House of Representatives, maintaining Republican control of the district for 50 years.
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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Big demand for this CT ag grant, but no money for it next year
Gov. Ned Lamont toured a farm to celebrate Earth Day and a grant program that illustrated the reach and limits of spending cap constraints.
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Chris Murphy, a new ‘pugilistic populist,’ maps resistance to Trump
Chris Murphy says President Trump is bullying key institutions into submission. He wants to meet the moment with uncompromising defiance.
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Stephanie Thomas apologizes for invoking ‘SS’ when criticizing exec order
Stephanie Thomas was discussing her objections to President Trump’s executive order on elections when she referred to Nazi Germany’s SS.
Posted inGovernment
CT creates new office to regulate medical and recreational marijuana
The move comes less than a month after state officials apologized for what appeared to be a retaliatory inspection at a cannabis facility.
Posted inPolitics
Veterans say Trump’s planned cuts will return VA to era of backlogs
The Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 jobs in the Veterans Administration, and CT veterans, politicians and advocates are pushing back.
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Across Connecticut, demonstrators rail at Trump policies
Demonstrators thronged at the state Capitol and across Connecticut as part of a national “Hands Off” day of action protesting President Trump.
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AGs, including Tong, sue Trump over agency closures
CT wants to stop the dismantling of agencies that mediate labor disputes and support public libraries, museums and minority-owned businesses.
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CT one of 19 states suing Trump over elections order
Trump’s order would direct states to require proof of citizenship for voting and that no mailed ballots be accepted after Election Day.
Posted inEconomic Development
Moon-bound NASA opens a door for CT’s small manufacturers
The matchmaking event was for CT small manufacturers to gain entree to NASA, SpaceX and the billions related to America’s return to the moon.
Posted inEconomic Development
Trump’s tariffs are ‘a six-letter word for tax,’ Ned Lamont says
Lamont said Trump’s latest, and broadest, round of tariffs will make CT exports less competitive and create additional costs on businesses.
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Police: Former Republican lobbyist vandalized CT senator’s Tesla
Rep. Craig Fishbein on Monday said Teslas were being vandalized as ‘acts of political terrorism’ inspired by animus to Trump and Musk.
Posted inGovernment
FEMA funding for ‘sanctuary’ areas under review, CT officials warn
Connecticut is grasping for answers about its continued eligibility for federal emergency management funding, including $9M in grants it gets yearly.
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CT conservatives denounce Tesla vandalism as ‘intimidation’
CT Rep. Craig Fishbein said cases of Tesla vandalism are ‘acts of domestic terrorism,’ but calling for the impeachment of judges is ‘a process.’
Posted inGovernment
Retaliatory inspection of cannabis cultivator? DCP apologizes.
One day after a cannabis cultivator criticized CT’s recreational marijuana testing protocols, the Department of Consumer Protection inspected the business.