FactCheck.org pans a TV ad by two Democratic PACs that claim Republican Linda McMahon’s tax plan would hurt the middle class. “A TV ad funded by two Democratic PACs falsely claims Linda McMahon’s “tax plan hurts middle-class families.” Actually, her tax plan would reduce the marginal income tax rates for middle-income families – married couples […]
FactCheck.org: Dems mislead on McMahon’s tax stance
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Connecticut News Project adds new board members
The Board of Directors of the CT News Project, publisher of The CT Mirror, is pleased to announce that Juan Figueroa, of Meriden, and Morgan McGinley, of New London, have agreed to join the Project’s Board.
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Supreme Court gives top ballot line to state GOP
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday gave Republicans the top line on the ballot this fall, negating a would-be benefit of Democrat Dannel P. Malloy’s victory as governor in 2010. State law gives the party of the gubernatorial victor the top line, but the court agreed with the GOP that only the votes cast for […]
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Roraback says he’s taking off the gloves
Hartford – Republican Andrew Roraback dragged Gov. Dannel Malloy into his scuffle with Democrat Elizabeth Esty Wednesday by saying both Democrats like to tax and spend. “If you don’t like what Dan Malloy has done for Connecticut, you are not going to like what Elizabeth Esty will do in Washington,” Roraback said at a noon […]
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McMahon offers theatrical response to Murphy challenge
The day after Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy called for a more substantive debate on the issues, the campaign of Republican Linda McMahon responded with street theater, dropping in unannounced on Murphy’s headquarters. Trailed by McMahon supporters and a campaign video tracker, former Republican State Chairman Chris Healy walked into Murphy’s storefront headquarters between […]
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Former CT DEP chief takes fire for the EPA
Former Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (when it was still called that) chief Gina McCarthy has gotten herself onto a hot seat for the Environmental Protection Agency where she’s hung her hat during the Obama administration as the EPA’s assistant administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation. Politico reports that McCarthy had to answer […]
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Murphy reaches for the reset button in Senate race
Hartford — Democrat Chris Murphy tried to hit the reset button Tuesday on his U.S. Senate campaign, asking voters and the media to look past the personal attacks dominating the race and focus on issues separating him and Republican Linda McMahon. “Her campaign said the other day that talking about the issues is a ‘senseless […]
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Malloy touts efficiencies as budget challenges loom
Faced with worsening economic news, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tried Tuesday to frame his approach to the next state budget as a frugal one. The Democratic governor, who used his monthly commissioners’ meeting to highlight numerous efforts to streamline government and control spending, wouldn’t rule out a return to tax increases. But Republican legislators disputed […]
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Obama order buttresses DCF fight against sex trafficking
The Obama administration Tuesday morning issued an executive order stepping up enforcement against goverment contractors that do business overseas and engage in or fail to report knowledge of human trafficking. The order prohibits companies under federal contract from using misleading ads and similar tactics to recruit and effectively enslave workers; and it forbids them from […]
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Scientists tell lawmakers: Stem cell initiative producing partnerships, breakthroughs
Leading academic and industry researchers described breakthroughs they are making in building new lungs, treating epilepsy and repairing heart defects and the impact that stem cell research is already having on the state’s economy during a legislative forum Monday. The legislature’s Appropriations Committee held the informational forum to get an update on the latest genomic […]
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Obama order might help DCF fight against child sex slavery
The Obama administration Tuesday morning issued an executive order stepping up enforcement against goverment contractors that do business overseas and engage in or fail to report knowledge of human trafficking. The order prohibits companies under federal contract from using misleading ads and similar tactics to recruit and effectively enslave workers; and it forbids them from engaging […]
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Young voters dominate new registration numbers
Nearly 90,000 new Connecticut voters have registered so far this year in advance of the presidential election. Technically that’s less than one-third of the 300,000 new voters the state gained in 2008 — the historic year when America elected its first black president. But expecting to top that total is kind of like trying to […]
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Esty goes positive and negative in TV ad
Democrat Elizabeth Esty’s first general-election commercial in the 5th Congressional District is a pledge to protect Medicare and Social Security that quickly pivots to an attack on her Republican opponent, Andrew Roraback. Esty labels Roraback, a state senator, as a Hartford politician. The commercial identifies Esty as a former town council member in Cheshire, never […]
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Communities still feeling the property tax bite, municipal lobby says
Very small increases in municipal aid over the past two years — while appreciated — haven’t been enough to reverse Connecticut’s over-reliance on property taxes, the state’s chief municipal lobby is reminding candidates this fall. The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities issued its first bulletin Monday to candidates for the state House and Senate, also urging […]