WASHINGTON — With a $500,000 grant, the Connecticut-based Newman’s Own Foundation has helped fund a special exhibit at the Library of Congress that includes more than 200 items and 70 audio-visual recordings illustrating the centuries of struggle for racial equality of African Americans and other minorities.
CT foundation helps Library of Congress commemorate civil rights struggle
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Obamacare Q&A: Keeping old policies, and why abortion coverage costs some people $1
Can you keep an old insurance plan purchased at the end of last year to avoid the new Obamacare rules? And why does federal law on abortion mean that some Connecticut residents are paying $1 in premiums each month?
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Family: Prognosis uncertain, but Maynard remains candidate
Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, remains a candidate for re-election as he slowly recovers from a serious brain injury that has left him with an uncertain prognosis, unable to speak in full sentences, his family said Tuesday in the first detailed account of his condition since an accident in July.
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Tom Foley’s campaign manager recommended Rowland
Tom Foley, the 2014 Republican nominee for governor, emerged as a tangential figure Tuesday in the corruption trial of former Gov. John G. Rowland. Brian Foley, no relation to the nominee, testified that Foley’s campaign manager in 2010 and 2014, Justin Clark, recommended Rowland as a political consultant in early 2011 to the 2012 congressional campaign of Brian Foley’s wife, Lisa Wilson-Foley.
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Malloy urges a 2nd tax cut, this time for those with student debt
For the second day in a row, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed new tax cuts – this time for households with student loan debt.
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Brian Foley concedes conspiracy with Rowland was ‘unspoken’
NEW HAVEN – Brian Foley conceded under cross-examination Tuesday that he and former Gov. John G. Rowland never explicitly agreed that Rowland’s work for Foley’s nursing home chain was a sham to conceal his role as a paid adviser to Lisa Wilson-Foley’s congressional campaign.
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CT GOP candidates prescribe over-the-counter birth control pills
WASHINGTON – To counter Democratic attacks that they are soldiers in a “war against women” some GOP candidates across the nation, including at least two in Connecticut, are advocating for changing federal laws to allow the purchase of over-the-counter birth control.
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CT delegation should reject attack on Clean Water Act rule
Connecticut’s congressional delegation should reject an attempt to derail adoption of an important update of the Clean Water Act.
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Op-Ed: CT delegation should reject attack on Clean Water Act rule
Connecticut’s congressional delegation should reject an attempt to derail adoption of an important update of the Clean Water Act.
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Himes performs balancing act to keep support of voters
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Jim Himes has mastered the high-wire act forced upon him by his job of representing the 4th congressional district in Congress. He’s been able to balance the concerns of the district’s wealthy voters with those of far fewer means who support Democratic policies to help the poor, all while climbing the rungs of his party’s leadership ladder.
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Esty, Greenberg to hold first debate
Washington – Rep. Elizabeth Esty and her Republican challenger, Litchfield businessman Mark Greenberg, will face off for the first time in a debate format next month.
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Malloy offers plan to tackle CT’s urban unemployment
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced a series of initiatives Monday to expand job training and small business assistance, particularly in the state’s cities, a key part of the governor’s political base.
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Brian Foley: a crucial witness — and indulgent political spouse
NEW HAVEN – It seemed there was little that Brian Foley, wealthy owner of a nursing home chain, wouldn’t do to support the congressional ambitions of his wife, Lisa Wilson-Foley. He made an illegal $500,000 contribution, then used his children, sister, niece and nephew as conduits to further evade contribution limits. And, he testified Monday, he concocted the plan to secretly hire former Gov. John G. Rowland as a campaign consultant.
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Debicella runs for 4th District seat in moderate GOP tradition
WASHINGTON — Dan Debicella is hoping voter disgust with Congress and his appeal as a moderate Republican in a district that has shown a preference for politicians of that stripe will propel him to victory in his second attempt to unseat Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th Dis
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Washington Watch, Week of Sept. 7
It will be a high-stakes game in Congress this week as lawmakers tackle a long list of priorities, including approval of a budget that would keep the government running past the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, and a temporary renewal of the charter for the Export Import Bank.