THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.” (Applause.) “It is my task,” he said, “to report the State of the Union — to improve it is the […]
Transcript of President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union
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President Obama talks jobs, economy — and guns
Washington — Before a joint session of Congress, before a television audience of millions of Americans and before dozens of individuals whose loved ones had been victims of gun violence, President Obama Tuesday night declared that “the families of Newtown deserve a vote” on gun legislation, as do other American communities “ripped open by gun […]
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Howls as Malloy tries to shorten leash on watchdogs
With a renewed effort to erode their resources and autonomy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is attempting the most dramatic makeover of the state’s watchdog agencies since their creation as post-Watergate reforms in the 1970s. Malloy is proposing to consolidate and place under the supervision of a gubernatorial appointee the legal staffs of three autonomous agencies […]
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President to sound familiar themes in State of the Union
Washington — President Obama’s State of the Union Address to the nation tonight will have little that’s new, and instead focus mainly on themes the White House has promoted for months, if not years. The president will focus on manufacturing, the need for better roads and bridges, clean energy and education in his prime-time address, […]
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Water shortages come home to Connecticut
The controversy over the University of Connecticut’s proposals to quench its thirst shows that water isn’t just the Southwestern states’ problem anymore. The Northeast has often been seen as a water-rich part of the country and, in fact, the amount of rainfall in Connecticut has actually increased slightly in the last century. But weather patterns […]
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Gun-violence victims becoming advocates for regulation
Washington — Dozens of gun-violence victims and the families of those slain by guns are in the Capitol Tuesday to hear President Obama’s State of the Union speech and to lobby lawmakers. At an afternoon press conference those victims, who included Lynn and Chris McDonnell, parents of slain Sandy Hook Elementary student Grace McDonnell, beseeched members […]
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White House names Newtown teacher who will be First Lady’s guest
The White House today announced that Kaitlin Roig of Greenwich, a first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, will be among the two dozen guests of First Lady Michelle Obama during tonight’s State of the Union Address. The release describing the guest list is below: Sergeant Sheena Adams (Vista, CA) Team Advisor & Lead Instructor, Female […]
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Ready or not, commuters return to cities
State employees are off for Lincoln’s birthday, but other commuters are expected to return to the roads in force Tuesday, testing urban centers plagued by scarce parking and roadways still constricted by the weekend’s record snow. Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury labored Monday to clear streets with the state’s most in-demand assets: bucket loaders […]
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Dumping plowed snow into bodies of water raises a few environmental issues
With huge quantities of snow lining Connecticut roads, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is giving cities and towns an option for getting rid of it — dump it in the water.
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Fairfield Beach Area Still Covered In Snow….
By: Georgia Lobb Here’s a picture of my car this morning…. Nemo hit us hard!
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More Newtown residents heading to State of the Union
Connecticut’s senators, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, have joined a growing group of Democratic lawmakers who have invited Newtown residents and others affected by gun violence to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Blumenthal said he’s bringing Newtown Selectwoman Patricia Llodra to Tuesday night’s speech. Murphy plans to invite detectives Daniel McAnaspie and Jason […]
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Blizzard yields disaster declaration — and testy Tweets
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered state offices closed Monday to limit traffic in municipalities still struggling to clear local roads of a weekend snow fall that reached a record 40 inches. A major utility offered a bit of good news — the expectation of a complete restoration of power by midnight Sunday. At his televised […]
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Malloy to lift travel ban, but urges residents to ‘stay off the roads’
(Updated at 6:14 p.m.) Gov. Dannel P. Malloy lifted the travel ban Saturday evening, but is asking residents not to leave their houses unless it is an emergency. Local roads across the state are expected to remain impassable for days as public works crews continue to deal with the aftereffects of the blizzard that dumped […]
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Tragedy in Newtown to color Obama’s State of the Union Speech
Washington — The violence at Newtown will cast a shadow over President Obama’s State of the Union Address Tuesday as the president and other Democrats make their strongest plea for support from Americans for gun control. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Friday that she plans to bring a little girl who was affected […]
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Courtney an unlikely actor in Lincoln’s Oscar intrigue
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney’s highlighting an inaccuracy in Steven Spielberg’s hit movie, “Lincoln,” is generating Washington buzz and Hollywood blowback, drawing the mild-mannered Connecticut congressman into the world of Oscar intrigue. With the start of final Oscar voting Friday, an amused Courtney is being asked if his fact-checking was intended to defend a slighted predecessor, […]