Editor’s note: An early version of this incorrectly said the race in question was in Killingly. You’ll have to wait a bit longer to learn who qualified for the November ballot in the race to serve on the Board of Finance in Killingworth A tie vote last week prompted Secretary of State Denise Merrill schedule […]
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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Malloy rebuts Foley, then returns to script
Oxford – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy dismissed Republican Tom Foley’s ethical accusations as “factually incorrect” Monday, departing only slightly from a game plan that calls for him to resolutely ignore his GOP rivals in these early days of the 2014 campaign for governor. “I got a job to do. I’m the governor of the state […]
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Whole Foods helps GMO Free CT go national
GMO Free CT, the grass-roots group that used social media to unexpectedly win a Connecticut labeling law for genetically modified foods this year, is going national – backed by the sale of an organic smoothie drink about to go on sale at Whole Foods. The new effort is a byproduct of the movement’s success and […]
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The method to Malloy’s new mellowness
Republican Tom Foley called his job-creation numbers “phony,” and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy smiled. Foley taunted that Malloy’s endorsement of a friend was the kiss of death, and Malloy shrugged. Foley suggested Malloy was a crook, and Malloy grinned. It was the same couldn’t-be-bothered air exhibited by Malloy, routinely mentioned as one of the nation’s […]
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Harp wins big in New Haven
Sen. Toni Harp captured nearly 50 percent of the vote in the four-way Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night, a major hurdle in her bid to become the city’s first female mayor, according to results posted by the New Haven Independent. Her three opponents already have qualified for the November ballot as petitioning candidates, but it […]
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Rell takes her place in gallery beside Rowland, Weicker, O’Neill and Grasso
Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who took office in the wake of scandal and left as Connecticut’s most popular governor, briefly returned to the spotlight Wednesday to unveil her official portrait in the Connecticut State Library. “I have to tell you, I’m a little bit pleased to help Ella take on a few of these men,” […]
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Malloy, Wyman to help unveil portrait of Rell
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, Democrats who have not been shy about faulting their predecessor Republican administration for leaving them a whopping deficit, nonetheless will help mark the unveiling of a portrait Wednesday of former Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Look for Malloy to be nice. He is engaged in the early […]
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So, a reporter and a CT Lottery chairman walk into a bar…
Purchase, N.Y. – Frank Farricker perches on a stool in the Cobble Stone, a favorite pub not far from his home across the state line in Greenwich, and suggests a lead for this story. “I would like your story to be: ‘I was sitting at the bar with the chairman of the Connecticut Lottery when we […]
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New chapter in a Connecticut father’s crusade for safer teen drivers
In the church hall where Tim Hollister’s friends gathered after his teenage son, Reid, was killed in a car crash in 2006, Hollister greeted friends once again Monday night, this time to mark the launch of a new book on teen driving, “Not So Fast.” The paperback is the byproduct of a nationally recognized blog […]
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Foley keeps GOP off balance with unexpected ‘exploratory’ announcement
Bridgeport – Republican Tom Foley was full of surprises Tuesday as he took the first formal steps in his 2014 bid for governor in the Democratic city where the last votes were counted in his tantalizingly close loss to Democrat Dannel P. Malloy in 2010. Foley, 61, a Greenwich businessman who underwrote most of his […]
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A candidate confronts Malloy over his endorsement of Harp
New Haven — Kermit Carolina, an educator running for mayor, gave Gov. Dannel P. Malloy a vivid lesson Tuesday on the downside of endorsing a candidate in a Democratic primary. As reporters and photographers watched, Carolina confronted the Democratic governor outside a polling place, admonishing him for his decision to endorse and campaign for state […]
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McKinney uses Foley announcement in fundraising appeal
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, the only top-tier GOP contender who is a declared candidate for governor, employed a bit of genteel criticism Tuesday as he used Tom Foley’s decision to create an exploratory committee in a fundraising appeal. McKinney described Foley, the GOP nominee in 2010, as absent from the political arena in […]
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Foley to announce his 2014 plans in Bridgeport
On a day when much of Connecticut’s political world will be focused on municipal primaries, including mayoral contests in New Haven and Stamford, Republican Tom Foley is expected to formally launch his second campaign for governor. Foley, who narrowly lost to Democrat Dannel P. Malloy in 2010 and has all-but-announced his intention to seek a […]
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Blumenthal focuses on spending, not Syria, on defense tour
Bloomfield – As he weighs whether to support a U.S. military strike in Syria, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal visited a defense contractor Friday, a beneficiary of the increases in defense spending in New England during a decade of war. Blumenthal, a Democrat who sits on the Armed Services Committee, watched as Kaman demonstrated an unmanned […]
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Tirado gets prison in Donovan campaign case
George Tirado, a former Waterbury police detective and co-owner of a roll-your-own smoke shop, was sentenced Wednesday to 26 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to direct illegal contributions to the congressional campaign of former House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan. The sentence imposed in New Haven by U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton […]
