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NORWICH – When this cash-strapped town closed its schools for spring vacation last April, it still had to pay to keep school buses rolling. The school district continued operating buses for students attending programs outside the district, including a New London magnet school and state-run technical and agricultural high schools. Norwich school bus: Transportation is […]

With the two parties still sorting through the 2010 election detritus, Sen. Joseph Lieberman has gone to another place with a lot of political turmoil: Iraq. Connecticut’s soon-to-be senior U.S. senator is traveling abroad this week with Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham, of Arizona and South Carolina respectively. Lieberman’s office was tightlipped about the […]

State education officials are proposing a series of measures to expand opportunities for Hartford schoolchildren to attend suburban schools–but the multi-million-dollar plan will be a tough sell with the state facing a massive budget deficit. The plan would provide money to reopen suburban schools that have been closed, with the requirement that 25 percent of their […]

Republican Tom Foley conceded the race for governor today to Democrat Dan Malloy, ending Connecticut’s closest gubernatorial contest in a half century. Nearly a week after the polls closed and three days after the last vote was counted in Bridgeport, Foley said he will not seek a court-ordered recount, concluding that errors and irregularities in […]

Ever hear that cinnamon is good for your health? Maybe you Googled it, turning up thousands of sources proclaiming the spice’s powers in lowering blood sugar and blood pressure and helping with a host of other conditions. The word “miraculous” would have shown up more than once. After a thorough analysis of the existing research, […]

In his first press conference as governor-elect, Democrat Dan Malloy today praised his opponent, Republican Tom Foley, as “a classy guy,” then quickly turned to Connecticut’s first full-fledged gubernatorial transition in 16 years. “Now it’s time for Nancy and I to get to work,” said Malloy, standing with his running mate, Nancy Wyman.  “I want […]

Not only did Rep. Jim Himes keep his seat in a bad year for Democrats, but he also was one of only eight of his party’s incumbent House members to win by a larger margin than in 2008. Two years ago he squeezed out longtime GOP Rep. Chris Shays by a narrow 3.8 percentage point […]

Just as they did during passage last spring and during the fall campaign season, Democrats and Republicans disagree about health care reform in the aftermath of last week’s election, Chris Cillizza says at the Washington Post. Democratic strategists say the reform bill was at worst a neutral factor in the minds of voters, noting that […]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley mentioned today that his investigation found that besides the well-publicized troubles in Bridgeport, six other communities ran out of ballots last Tuesday. So, who are they? Don’t ask the secretary of the state’s office or the secretary of the state, Susan Bysiewicz. Bysiewicz is aware of three polling places in […]

Ok, it’s little awkward for those Democrats who didn’t back Dan Malloy for governor. But it’s really awkward for Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. Not only did he back Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary, but his city ran out of ballots as Democrats were lining up Tuesday to vote for Malloy. How awkward? You’d know […]

BRIDGEPORT – This city finished Connecticut’s long and contentious count for governor shortly before dawn today, giving Democrat Dan Malloy a more than 5,000-vote statewide margin of victory over Republican Tom Foley. The tally that Mayor Bill Finch announced after 6 a.m. in the lobby of the City Hall Annex is more than double the […]

Despite figures showing Democrat Dan Malloy winning the governor’s race by more than 5,000 votes, state Republicans began a town-by-town search Friday afternoon for grounds to challenge the apparent defeat of Tom Foley. As of 6 p.m. Friday, 5,637 votes separated the candidates, although that number could change if municipalities submit amended returns. The current […]

WASHINGTON-Although his U.S. Senate bid is wrapped up and he won’t face re-election for six years, Democrat Richard Blumenthal may not be taking a break from one element of the campaign–fundraising–anytime soon. Recent campaign filings show that Blumenthal pumped another $277,000 of his own money into his  Senate campaign in the final two weeks of the […]

The state legislature’s Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly approved Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s last set of judicial nominations Friday, backing an ethnically diverse panel of four who could end up serving only a few months. Because of the timing of their nominations, the four new judges’ initial appointments only extend through Feb. 9. Whether they serve beyond […]

Could under-reporting of the Latino vote have skewed political polls this year? That’s a real possibility, Nate Silverconcludes at FiveThirtyEight.com. Results from 15 statewide races in states with the largest proportion of Hispanics in the population showed that Democrats–who tend to be more heavily-favored by Latino voters–did better than projected in 10 of them. In Connecticut, Hispanics comprise […]