Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III said Monday that he and Newtown police no longer will fight an order by the Freedom of Information Commission to release audio tapes of 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during the attack that left 26 students and staff dead on Dec. 14, 2012. “After consultation […]
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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McKinney reaches right with endorsement of Greenberg
The endorsement Monday of Mark Greenberg by Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney, R-Fairfield, is an effort by McKinney to end the party’s search for another candidate in the 5th Congressional District, while strengthening his own gubernatorial candidacy among conservatives. “I think he’s the right candidate at the right time,” said McKinney, who backed the […]
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Malloy picks Dzurenda to oversee prisons
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy named James E. Dzurenda as Correction Department commissioner Tuesday, choosing the career employee over two out-of-state finalists and making it clear that Dzurenda impressed during his six months as interim boss. Dzurenda, 48, of Stratford, takes over at a time when parole and correction professionals are trying to formalize risk-assessment procedures, […]
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Judge orders police to release tapes of 911 calls from Sandy Hook Elementary
A Superior Court judge refused Tuesday to stay the Freedom of Information Commission’s order that Newtown police release tapes of the 911 calls made after gunfire erupted at Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 26 students and staff. Judge Eliot D. Prescott ordered police to release the tapes by 2 p.m. on Dec. 4 unless Danbury […]
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Prosecutor’s report provides details, not answers, on Sandy Hook
A state prosecutor’s report released Monday concludes that 20-year-old Adam Lanza acted alone in planning and executing his horrific attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, but offers no answer to the one-word question that has plagued Connecticut and the nation since the murders of 20 children and six women at the Newtown school Dec. 14, […]
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Connecticut Democrats find generous donors among those doing business with state
Their game plan is secret, but the results are public: Solicitors for the Connecticut Democratic Party found generous donors among the ranks of state contractors in October, collecting $78,000 from five companies that did $67 million in business last year with the state.
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Malloy is off to Florida
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is flying to Florida this weekend to join other governors Saturday in a dicussion on education and workforce development at the invitation-only policy conference of the State Government Affairs Council, a private association of government affairs professionals.
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A struggle to balance justice and redemption for juvenile offenders in Connecticut
The 70-year-old man rose slowly when his name was called. Before taking a seat at the microphone, he carefully unwrapped two framed photographs, one of a smiling 14-year-old boy, the other of a woman in her 40s. He placed them before the Connecticut Sentencing Commission. “My name is John Cluny,” he said. “I’ve been up […]
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Connecticut EV buyers — Malloy has a deal for you
Hartford — If all it takes to get you into an electric vehicle is a reliable network of charging stations, then Gov. Dannel P. Malloy opened the Connecticut International Auto Show Friday with a pitch that may sell some cars in 2014. Yes, the administration is promising an end to range anxiety.
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Pitney Bowes gets aid package from Malloy administration
Connecticut is providing up to $27 million in loans, grants and tax credits under the state’s “First Five” program to Pitney Bowes, helping to finance an expansion that will add 200 jobs to the company’s work force of 1,600 over the next five years, the state announced Wednesday. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy typically holds press […]
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Malloy rebukes White House over Obamacare
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered a calculated rebuke to the White House Wednesday for the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, an issue threatening to dog Malloy and other Democrats facing re-election in 2014.
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Lembo files for re-election
Comptroller Kevin Lembo is filing papers Tuesday to create a candidate committee, a legal step that makes him a candidate for re-election in 2014 and allows him to begin raising $100 in qualifying contributions for public financing.
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Malloy names Daily to Siting Council
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has named former state Sen. Eileen Daily, D-Westbrook, to the Connecticut Siting Council. The panel has jurisdiction over the siting of power plants, transmission lines, hazardous waste facilities and telecommunications infrastructure. Members are paid $200 per meeting. Daily, who was the co-chairwoman of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, did not […]
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Connecticut ranks 25th in gender wage gap in U.S.
Women in Connecticut earn about 78 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap that ranks the state 25th in the United States, according to a task force report issued Tuesday that suggests no easy solutions to equalizing pay. “Understanding this inequity is not a simple matter,” the report said. “Many factors contribute […]
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Soucy sentenced to halfway house in campaign scandal
New Haven – A federal judge Monday imposed a sentence of six months in a halfway house on Ray Soucy, the politically connected union official who coached smoke-shop owners to make illegal campaign contributions to keep their business tax-free, then helped the FBI secretly gather audio and video evidence against them. U.S. District Judge Janet […]
