5th District race heats up; Roraback hits back at Democratic ad

Washington — At a March speech in Woodbury soon after he declared his candidacy for the 5th District congressional seat, Republican state Sen. Andrew Roraback declared, “The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is afraid of me.” Roraback said the DCCC had filed a freedom of information request for all of his official correspondence, a move he […]

Linda McMahon campaigned with Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska over the weekend, holding up the two moderate Republican senators as her role models for their willingness to defy a conservative GOP leadership. Does that mean McMahon would have joined them supporting the Lilly Ledbetter pay-equity law? Or stood with them in […]

Waterford — Last month’s unprecedented 12-day shutdown of part of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station sent a shudder through the nuclear energy world. Caused when the seawater used to cool the plant’s generating Unit 2 became too warm, it was the first time any U.S. nuclear plant was shut down because of intake water temperature […]

  I’m fed up with driving. I’m fed up with congestion, with traffic lights, with jaywalkers, with gas prices. So on this page, I’ll be chronicling my experiences using anything but a car to get from here to there. I’ll try to get myself to the train or bus station; then I’ll try to read […]

Norwalk — The headliners for Republican Linda McMahon at a women’s rally Saturday were former Gov. M. Jodi Rell and U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all GOP women who have made it in what Kathy McShane called the boys club of American politics. But it was McShane, a previously […]

There was no kid glove treatment for President Barack Obama as he appeared on Univision’s “Gran Encuentro,” the Spanish language channel’s second night of conversations at the University of Miami with the two major presidential candidates. GOP candidate Mitt Romney was the focus of the “Great Meeting” Wednesday night. Univision co-anchor Jorge Ramos was quick […]

Washington — At a lectern emblazoned with a sign that read, “Fire the Tea Party,” Elizabeth Esty and 11 other Democratic candidates spoke at their party’s headquarters Friday morning as part of an effort to connect their rivals to the most extreme flank of the GOP. “I’ve seen this battle on the ground,” Esty said. […]

More Connecticut families fell below the poverty level last year, with children hit particularly hard, as the state struggles to get to its feet in a tepid recovery, a new U.S. Census survey shows. Nearly 15 percent of children in the state live in poverty, according to the Census, as does nearly 50 percent of […]

When Department of Children and Families officials announced plans a year ago to send fewer abused and neglected children to live out of state, and to limit the number of those living in large group homes in Connecticut, advocates cautiously applauded the initiatives. At the time, about 1,400 children lived in group settings, and shift […]

Washington — The stakes in the race between Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, and Republican rival Linda McMahon are soaring as it becomes clearer the contest could tip the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. “It could go either way,” said Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Mann also said […]

Stamford — Dogged by criticism of the secrecy of his plans to spend $35 million replacing a dilapidated parking garage at the Stamford train station, state Transportation Commissioner James Redeker told the more than 50 people attending a public hearing Thursday night, “We want to hear from you.” What he heard was an overwhelming message […]

The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Linda McMahon moved swiftly Thursday to neutralize her 1976 bankruptcy as a campaign issue, announcing she and her husband, Vince McMahon, will voluntarily repay all private individual creditors. McMahon’s action comes two days after details of her discharged debts were first made public by The Day and seven hours […]

The last of the $1.7 million that Republican Linda McMahon is spending on WCBS in New York over the final eight weeks of her U.S. Senate campaign is for a spot on the “Late Show with David Letterman.” By the time Letterman signs off at 12:35 a.m. on Nov. 6, a little less than six […]