Tensions are showing between the administrations of Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Gov.-elect Dan Malloy over the enforcement of an executive order that will temporarily force the departure of a key commissioner and naming of a successor days before Malloy is inaugurated Jan. 5. With Malloy having named only five agency heads as of this […]

Dr. Jewel Mullen, who was introduced today as Gov.-elect Dan Malloy’s nominee as commissioner of public health, is a primary-care doctor whose focus widened over 30 years from treating individual patients to the broader challenge of shaping systems of delivering care. Dr. Jewel Mullen, Gov.-elect Dan Malloy’s choice to head the state Department of Public […]

He was good-natured about it, but Gov.-elect Dan Malloy refused today to get drawn into a debate over whether U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman should be welcomed back into the Democratic fold as a reward for leading the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. It’s a favorite topic for some Washington reporters these days, but it […]

Denise Merrill, the incoming secretary of the state, announced Rep. James F. Spallone, D-Essex, today as her choice to be deputy secretary of the state. Spallone is the co-chairman of the government administration and elections committee, the legislative panel that considers election-related legislation. He is an attorney who was elected to the House in 2000 […]

The election is over, not the campaign. As Gov.-elect Dan Malloy prepares to raise taxes and cut spending to erase a staggering deficit, he is turning again to his uber-flack and alter ego, Roy Occhiogrosso, to shape and sell a message. “It’s not about spin. It’s about telling your entire story,” Occhiogrosso said. “He has […]

He hasn’t resigned, nor has he been named to an administration post. But Democrats in New Britain are so certain that Sen. Donald J. DeFronzo will be joining Gov.-elect Dan Malloy’s administration that they have lined up a successor, former Rep. Theresa B. Gerratana. Gerratana, who jumped late into a race against U.S. Rep. Nancy […]

Top managers at Connecticut’s fastest-growing, high-tech companies say in a report released today that they are frustrated by inattentive state officials, inadequate transportation and weak ties to colleges and universities. A six-month study by the Connecticut Technology Council found that high-tech companies are the key to an economic recovery, but these business sparkplugs see this […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy has selected Dr. Jewel Mullen, a Massachusetts public-health official and a lecturer at Yale University, as the state’s commissioner of public health, according to sources. She will be the second woman and second African American selected by Malloy to lead a state agency. Dr. Jewel Mullen to head state DPH (Bill Brett) […]

The top public policy and political ranks of Gov.-elect Dan Malloy’s administration took shape today with the appointments of his legal counsel and communication strategist, followed hours later by other key posts at the Office of Policy and Management. Malloy named two close advisers, Roy Occhiogrosso of New Britain and state Sen. Andrew McDonald of […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell is doing her exit interviews, allotting 20 minutes to look back over her six-plus years as governor. WNPR’s John Dankosky aired his interview this morning on “Where We Live,” followed by listener phone calls and a conversation with me. The piece is available online and will be rebroadcast at 7 p.m. […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy today named Reuben F. Bradford of Glastonbury, the NFL’s senior director of security and a retired state police major, as Connecticut’s first African-American commissioner of public safety. Bradford, 64, retired from the police in 1996 after a 22-year career that saw him rise through the ranks from trooper to major, with assignments […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy will make official tomorrow what’s been apparent for weeks: Roy Occhiogrosso, his media strategist through two statewide campaigns, will be joining the administration as a senior adviser. According to Kevin Rennie’s blog, Malloy also will name Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, as his legal counsel. McDonald, who was legal counsel during Malloy’s mayoral […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy is a Democrat elected with strong union support, but a former Republican rival said today it is the business community that must give Malloy the “political cover” he needs to reform the state’s finances and boost its economy. Oz Griebel, who unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for governor last summer, welcomed Malloy […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy told a Hartford business group this morning he is meeting today with the finalists for the presidency of the University of Connecticut, a post the board of trustees may fill before Malloy takes office on Jan. 5. Malloy also is meeting with executives at United Technologies today, part of a listening tour […]

Is it possible to wow the MetroHartford Alliance on a Tuesday morning, then make the Working Families Party happy on a Wednesday night? We’ll find out tomorrow. Dan Malloy got good reviews this morning for a clear-eyed speech about the state’s fiscal condition and economic climate to Greater Hartford’s major business association, the MetroHartford Alliance. […]