The campaign of congressional candidate Mark Greenberg says that former Gov. John G. Rowland offered political consulting services before Greenberg ran in 2010, but he wanted to be paid through the candidate’s nonprofit animal shelter — not the campaign. The story, which was first reported by the Register-Citizen and confirmed by Greenberg spokesman Chris Cooper, […]
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They’re baaack: PCA, daycare collective bargaining bills resurface
As expected, the controversial legislative proposals to give collective bargaining rights to certain home care workers and day care providers have resurfaced as an amendment to a labor bill. The proposals failed to make it out of the Labor and Public Employees Committee in March after Republicans ran out the clock debating one of the […]
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McMahon to release taxes
Linda McMahon said during a Senate debate tonight she will eventually release her tax returns. McMahon, who says she filed for an extension, did not say when they will be released. Her chief rival for the GOP nomination, Christopher Shays, and the three leading Democrats all have released their returns.
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Murphy says he pays 22.4 percent in taxes
Following up on a promise made earlier this week, Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, released his 2011 federal and state tax returns Wednesday. Murphy and his wife Catherine Holahan reported joint salaries of $220,125 and no other income except $160 from a refund on last year’s taxes. Murphy’s congressional salary is $174,000. Murphy and his […]
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Murphy tapping Clinton donors
Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, is trying to get a fundraising boost by soliciting campaign funds from the people who gave to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. According to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, the Murphy campaign has rented the Clinton email donor list for $3,644.96. Although Clinton, now secretary of state, lost […]
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Roraback won’t release wording of favorable poll
Republican state Sen. Andrew Roraback’s campaign for Congress in the 5th Congressional District is sharing a brief polling memo that portrays him as the strongest candidate in the general election. “When NEUTRAL information on EACH of the Republican candidates is introduced to voters, only Andrew Roraback exceeds 50% in a hypothetical ballot matchup against a […]
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Shays raises $455,638 for Q1
The good news for the U.S. Senate campaign of Chris Shays is that he outraised his chief rival for the GOP nomination, Linda McMahon, in the first quarter of 2012, $455,638 to $172,390. The bad news, of course, is that the independently wealthy McMahon, who spent $50 million on her first run in 2010, can […]
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On MSNBC, Malloy embraces and minimizes stand on death penalty
On MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show tonight, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy walked a line between boastfulness and modesty as he discussed Connecticut’s repeal of the death penalty for future crimes. He described his opposition to capital punishment as a principled stand that nearly cost him the election in 2010, but then quickly credited the General Assembly […]
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Occupy New Haven eviction stopped
A federal judge has ordered a week-long stay in the eviction of the occupy folks on the New Haven Green, although a few arrests were reported.
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Malloy takes a dig at Whitnum
An hour before the the five Democratic candidates vying to become Connecticut’s next U.S. senator take the stage for another debate, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy took a dig at one of the candidates. “You are talking about someone who is on the fringe of the fringe,” Malloy told reporters at the State Capitol Monday of […]
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Tuesday is Occupy New Haven’s last day
Occupied New Haven Green to be un-Occupied, judge rules. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/occupynewruling/
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Rapid response: McMahon hits back with her own poll
Linda McMahon has responded to an unsettling Quinnipiac University poll with an internal survey that shows her with great favorables and a 21-percentage point lead over her rival for the GOP Senate nomination, former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, R-4th District. (The Shays campaign says caveat voter: McMahon portrayed her internals as showing a dead heat […]
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Lieberman, McCain & Lindsay Graham on staying the course in Afghanistan
Three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee say it’s in the country’s best security interests to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The three argue on the opinion page of The Washington Post: “Significant military progress has been made in Afghanistan — progress that we have personally witnessed over repeated visits. Four years ago, southern […]
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Critics filing legal challenges to Malloy executive orders
Opponents of two executive orders allowing home care workers and daycare providers to unionize are filing lawsuits this week alleging that the orders violate state and federal law. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy issued the orders in September, following a legislative session in which lawmakers considered but did not pass proposals to give collective bargaining rights […]
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Connecticut Leading the Way on Voting Rights
Earlier this month was the 47th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the most important and infamous moments in U.S. civil rights history. The story is familiar to many of us: a peaceful march in support of black voting rights ends in violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. Local policemen attack nonviolent […]