Though Connecticut’s gubernatorial contenders spent more time this fall talking about tax cuts than state budget deficits, the red ink awaiting the winner of Tuesday’s contest is very real – and can’t be wiped away without tough choices.
After all the campaign promises, a lot of tough choices loom
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Connecticut’s school funding system inefficient, ineffective, outdated
Connecticut needs an education funding system that allows all families to access good schools, not just those who can afford them.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut’s school funding system inefficient, ineffective, outdated
Connecticut needs an education funding system that allows all families to access good schools, not just those who can afford them.
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CT voters to decide whether to scrap 19th Century voting restrictions
It began as an effort to allow Civil War soldiers who were far from home to cast ballots in state and local elections, but that provision in Connecticut’s constitution has also kept voters from enjoying the rights shared by voters in 34 other states to cast an early ballot. Connecticut voters will now decide whether to allow the state legislature to amend the state’s restrictions on absentee or early voting.
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Obama’s here, Visconti’s gone, and the polls open Tuesday
President Obama dropped in on Connecticut’s race for governor Sunday, a day when the political winds shifted: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy got a bump in two polls, and independent Joe Visconti dropped out to endorse Republican Tom Foley.
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Visconti quits race for governor, endorses Foley
Joe Visconti, the conservative petitioning candidate who had allied himself with the Tea Party and gun owners, quit the race for governor Sunday and endorsed Republican Tom Foley.
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Typical Malloy, Foley debate fare: taxes, jobs . . . sex slaves
In a final televised confrontation, Republican Tom Foley aggressively pushed Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Sunday to match his 11th-hour promise to eliminate the state income tax on Social Security benefits and teacher pensions. They also debated art, sex and boat names.
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A new poll and a little trash talk in CT’s race for governor
On a day of cold rain and hot rhetoric, a new poll and a bit of trash talk, the campaigns of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Tom Foley intersected Saturday in Bridgeport, where the final votes were counted in 2010.
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Teachers’ pension fund begins a recovery
The teachers’ pension fund – which has been one of the state’s fastest growing expenses in recent years – will not cost the state quite as much next year. Independent financial experts informed the state this week that its required contribution for the upcoming fiscal year will decrease by $8.5 million. It’s the first time […]
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Pfizer Inc. is active, vital, taxpaying part of Eastern Connecticut
Pfizer Inc. remains an important, vibrant, active, taxpaying part of the Groton, southeastern Connecticut, and Connecticut landscape.
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Op-Ed: Pfizer Inc. is active, vital, taxpaying part of Eastern Connecticut
Pfizer Inc. remains an important, vibrant, active, taxpaying part of the Groton, southeastern Connecticut, and Connecticut landscape.
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Nonpartisan analysts tracking $84M in potential cost overruns in state budget
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration isn’t projecting any troubles for the current state budget, but the legislature’s nonpartisan analysts have identified almost $84 million in potential problems. The Office of Fiscal Analysis reported “deficiencies” or potential cost-overruns in five areas.
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In an angry, unsettled season, Malloy stays the course
Even at 43 percent in the polls, Dannel P. Malloy says there’s little he would have done differently. And Connecticut shouldn’t expect him to change if he is re-elected Tuesday, even if 52 percent of voters do have an unfavorable opinion of him.
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Explore: Donations to Connecticut congressional candidates
More than $11 million has been poured into Connecticut’s congressional races. Just days from the election, explore our searchable database of who is giving to the candidates and how much they are donating. Spoiler: One part of the state far outweighs the rest.
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CT candidates raise more than $11 million running for Congress
Washington — Candidates running for the state’s five U.S. House of Representative seats raised more than $11 million for their campaigns, according to a Connecticut Mirror analysis of the latest Federal Elections Commission data.