Pat, thank you for all of the great work that have you done for this community in the last three days.  To the police chief and to the superintendent of schools, thank you for your great service, as well.  To all of the first responders, thank you. When I came into the hall, one of […]

To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests — Scripture tells us:  “…do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away…inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix […]

Newtown — The nation is not meeting its obligation to children, the president told a town in mourning Sunday evening. We’re not doing enough to keep our children safe, to let them know they’re loved, to give them a chance to live happy lives. “We will have to change,” President Obama said. He spoke at […]

Washington — Connecticut lawmakers Sunday called for an end to the sales of the high-capacity magazines used in the Sandy Hook school massacre, the renewal of an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and other proposals aimed at stopping a years-long wave of mass murders that some say may have finally reached a tipping […]

President Obama will attend a vigil Sunday night in Newtown in memory of the 20 students and six adults killed Friday at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, officials said. Obama was expected to meet privately with families of the victims, then attend the vigil. The shooting is the second-worst mass killing at a U.S. school […]

Yesterday an unspeakable tragedy occurred in the community of Newtown. 20 beautiful children and 7 wonderful adults lost their lives. All of Connecticut’s people – indeed the people of the world – weep for the immeasurable losses suffered by the families and loved ones of these victims. Though we could all try, when something as […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy can hector, cajole and even bully. In his own words, he is a man of “sharp elbows” and “edges,” whose speaking and management style in his first two years as governor often fell in the narrow space between blunt and brusque. Now, the governor, whose most pressing concern until a news […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will address the Newtown shooting tragedy tonight at 5 p.m. in a speech televised live from his office in the State Capitol. Until Friday morning, when his office was notified of a mass-shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, the governor’s most pressing concern was negotiating a deficit-mitigation plan to be […]

Washington — Even before the details of the horrific Newtown school shooting were known Friday, calls were being made for tougher gun control. President Obama touched off calls for a new debate on guns in his tearful statement of condolences Friday to the families of the 20 children and six adults who were killed by […]

This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in […]

Wow, Apple Maps. Just wow. (Screenshot from an iPad, via NPR News) I’ve been ranting a lot about driving recently, but at least in one aspect, you will find me ranting no more. I’m talking about using my smartphone to get around. I was an Android fan before buying the iPhone 5 about a month […]