Milford – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman made a hastily arranged trip here Wednesday afternoon to join local officials and clergy in denouncing anonymous leafleting claiming a tie to a new group with an old name, the United Klans of America. The officials stood in the glare of the afternoon sun […]
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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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With eye on ’14, Malloy touts energy bills
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy presided over a bipartisan bill-signing ceremony Monday to mark the latest in what his administration says are underappreciated steps to reform how energy is procured, priced and delivered in Connecticut. The ceremony reflects Malloy’s emphasis of energy policy since taking office in January 2011 — and his administration’s belief in the […]
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Firearms industry sues Connecticut
A trade group representing the firearms industry filed a federal lawsuit Monday using legislative procedural grounds to attack the lawfulness of the Connecticut gun-control law passed in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which is based in Newtown near the elementary school where 20 children and six educators […]
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A GOP gubernatorial hopeful and his ‘nonpartisan’ policy institute
A once and future Republican candidate for governor, Tom Foley greeted a lunchtime audience drawn by what promised to be a withering and irreverent take on Connecticut legislative politics: “Going Down the Toilet and Picking Up Speed.” But Foley shared nothing of his own opinions or ambitions. His role was to introduce the speaker, Chris […]
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Williams reconsiders Casablanca. And no, he wasn’t misinformed about the waters.
Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, has canceled his trip to Marrakech and Casablanca, Morocco. A spokesman said a family health issue has prompted the cancellation. He was to leave Friday for a weeklong trip sponsored and paid for by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation. No immediate word on who is getting […]
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Governor 2014? It’s a no go for Cafero
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, said Thursday he will not run for governor in 2014, leaving until another day the question of whether he will continue his 21-year career as a legislator. “People have the right to know who’s in and who’s not. I hope that anybody who’s contemplating running for governor […]
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Senate leader Williams off to Casablanca
Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, is leaving Friday for Marrakech and Casablanca, Morocco. His weeklong trip is sponsored and paid for by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation, according to his spokesman, Adam Joseph. Williams will be one of 23 legislative leaders on a trip that the foundation says on its website […]
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New Haven field for mayor narrows to five
Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven, has ended his race for mayor of New Haven, throwing his support to a fellow legislator still in the five-way race: Sen. Toni Harp. Paul Bass of the New Haven Independent has the details. Mayor John DeStefano is retiring after 20 years in office.
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Flanagan leaving Board of Regents for corporate job
Colleen Flanagan Johnson, the former communication director for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, has resigned as the director of public affairs of the Board of Regents for Higher Education to take her first private-sector communication job. Flanagan Johnson, who survived turmoil over unauthorized raises that cost two other higher-education officials their […]
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Malloy vetoes bill loosening requirements on bail bondsmen
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a bill Wednesday that legislators passed unanimously, despite a warning from the Department of Criminal Justice that it would have undermined the integrity of the bail bond system. One of the bill’s provisions would have let bail bondsmen off the hook for defendants who fail to answer a court date, […]
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Malloy is headed to Nantucket
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his wife, Cathy, leave Wednesday for a bit of pleasure and politics on Nantucket, where the Democratic Governors Association is holding its “governor’s cabinet retreat” from Thursday through Sunday. The governor and first lady will return to Connecticut on Sunday. The event is hosted by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, the […]
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Uneasy unity around choice of GOP chair
With his predecessor’s conclusion that a challenge would be futile, Jerry Labriola Jr. appears poised to win re-election Tuesday as state chairman of a Republican Party that has not won a statewide election since 2006. Chris Healy said Monday he concluded over the weekend that he could not unseat Labriola, despite encouragement by some factions […]
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Malloy veto blocks double-dipping on municipal pensions
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a bill Friday that could have allowed the mayor of East Haven to resume double-dipping by collecting a disability pension as a former firefighter while being paid $75,000 as mayor. Malloy’s veto message did not refer to the controversy over East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr., whose pension status was […]
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First 2014 poll shows Malloy trailing Foley by 3 points
Quinnipiac University’s first poll of the 2014 gubernatorial race shows Gov. Dannel P. Malloy slightly trailing Republican Tom Foley, the man he beat three years ago in Connecticut’s closest gubernatorial contest in a half-century. Malloy, a Democrat still dogged by the weak economy that greeted his inauguration in January 2011, trails 43 percent to 40 […]
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Cafero to announce decision on race for governor by June 30
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, said Wednesday he will announce whether he is running for governor by June 30. Cafero, who said in January he would decide by the end of spring, said he still is talking to family members about his decision. “I owe it to them to have those private […]
