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 […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation Wednesday that will allow the state parties to make unlimited expenditures on Connecticut legislative races next year and permit a degree of coordination between political candidates and Super PACs that may later make independent expenditures on their behalf.

Special elections are almost always about local issues and personalities, but newly elected Rep. Sam Belsito, R-Tolland, said Wednesday his landslide victory last week had nothing to do with him or his opponent. “This election was not about the local candidates – was not, absolutely not,” Belsito said after taking the oath of office in […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy gave a vote of confidence Tuesday to his commissioner of energy and environmental protection, Daniel C. Esty, unexpectedly joining him at a press briefing to promote the administration’s environmental record during the contentious 2013 legislative session. Esty, a noted author and industry consultant who took a two-year leave of absence from […]

Hartford — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was an uninvited guest Monday at the luncheon Texas Gov. Rick Perry hosted for Connecticut business executives who might be interested in relocating their companies to the Lone Star State. The lack of an invitation didn’t keep Malloy from showing up at Max Downtown, where his press secretary, Andrew […]

New Haven — It was only a phone call. But by dialing a politically connected union buddy on Nov. 2, 2011, David Moffa initiated a conspiracy that would derail a congressional campaign, taint reputations at the State Capitol and produce eight convictions. Moffa learned Wednesday the steep price of that call: a $5,000 fine and two-year […]

John W. Olsen, the tough-talking plumber from upscale Greenwich who became the face and voice of organized labor in Connecticut, is retiring in September after a quarter-century as president of the state AFL-CIO. Olsen is leaving the labor federation as it downsizes, retrenches and focuses on year-round lobbying at the State Capitol and political outreach, […]

Republican Sam Belsito of Tolland, a town council member and clothing-store owner, won a special election Tuesday night to fill the vacancy in the 53rd House District of Ashford, Tolland and Willington. The win over Democrat Anthony J. Horn of Ashford in the 53rd House District gives the GOP minority its 53rd seat, the most […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a bill Monday that would have required the state to establish standards for the spray polyurethane foam insulation industry. It is the governor’s first veto of 2013. “I am quite shocked that he vetoed this,” said Richard Beyer of East Lyme, a homeowner whose complaints about the industry led to […]