All three candidates endorsed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appeared to win their Democratic mayoral primaries tonight: Pedro Segarra of Hartford, Tim O’Brien of New Britain and Dan Drew of Middletown. John DeStefano of New Haven managed to win without the gubernatorial stamp of approval.
Malloy hits trifecta in mayoral primaries
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Weicker gives Mary-Jane Foster a hand in Bridgeport
Some interesting names are being drawn into the Democratic mayoral primary in Bridgeport on the side of Mary-Jane Foster, who is challenging Mayor Bill Finch. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., the former governor and U.S. senator, is the honorary chairman of a legal defense fund Foster announced Tuesday. David E. A. Carson, the former People’s bank […]
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Malloy names Engine Alliance chief to lead new airport authority
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy named the head of a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and General Electric to lead the new authority charged with overseeing operation of all state-owned airports. Mary Ellen S. Jones of Glastonbury, who will chair the eleven-member Connecticut Airport Authority, was one of four members appointed Tuesday by Malloy. All […]
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Slight increase in uninsured in 2010
The number of people in the U.S. without health insurance increased slightly in 2010, while the share of Americans with private insurance continued to fall and more relied on government coverage, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday. In 2010, 256.2 million people has health insurance and 49.9 million did not; both […]
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With S.T.O.R.M. on the case, will CL&P, UI cry uncle?
Somewhere deep in the Malloy Administration there must be a secret fan of that 1960s spy classic, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” The name of the review panel to examine the response to Irene is one of those corny/cool retro acronyms. Connecticut, I give you “S.T.O.R.M. Irene, the State Team Organized for the Review of Management […]
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UConn ranks 19th among top 20 national public research schools
U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Connecticut as one of the top 20 national public research universities, placing it at 19th for 2012, up from 27th in 2011. The “Best Colleges 2012” rankings placed UConn at 58th among national universities, up from 69th in 2011. It was also named the best public […]
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Storm building over relief spending for Irene, other disasters
WASHINGTON–A political tempest is brewing over the Obama Administration’s request for $6.9 billion in disaster funding to help states hit by Hurricane Irene and a spate of other recent events. On Friday, the White House sent Congress a request for $500 million in emergency funding to replenish the nearly-depleted coffers of the federal Disaster Relief […]
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Two big city primaries Tuesday; Bridgeport vote delayed
The mayors of Connecticut’s three largest cities, each one a Democratic bastion that contributed to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s paper-thin victory last year, face make-or-break September primaries. But only two are on Tuesday. On Tuesday, John DeStefano Jr. of New Haven faces three challengers trying to block him from a 10th two-year term, while Pedro […]
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On kickoff tour, Donovan displays his strengths
Over four days and in five cities, Chris Donovan eagerly showed off the advantages a former organizer and current speaker of the Connecticut House enjoys in the crowded race for an open congressional seat. Donovan was endorsed at every stop of a campaign kickoff tour last week by legislators and others, many with organizations and […]
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Cut to tax credit could open debate on property tax reform
Though many middle-class Connecticut households will lose $200 next spring when a popular credit on their state income tax return shrinks, there is a silver lining: Those same filers will get nearly one-third of that cut back from the federal government. And the head of an economic think-tank at the University of Connecticut says that […]
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Blumenthal helps found Oceans Caucus
Sen. Richard Blumenthal will be among the founding members of a new Senate Oceans Caucus, which is having its first meeting on Tuesday. The bipartisan group of senators will outline their priorities at a press conference after Tuesday’s organizational meeting. But in a media advisory, the new group said that oceans and their coastal ecosystems […]
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Working a NY congressional race from your living room in Connecticut
Connecticut’s new GOP state chairman, Jerry Labriola Jr., is urging Republicans here to man the phone banks for Bob Turner in tomorrow’s special election to succeed disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner in a solidly Democratic district that is tilting Republican, if recent polling is to be believed. No travel is required. “With your help, we […]
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Study: 30 percent of middle-class kids fall down the economic ladder
The expectation that children will be better-off than their parents is a central tenet of the American Dream, Gregory Acs writes in a new study, but 30 percent of children raised in middle-class households fall out of the middle as adults. The report–Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream–says marital […]
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Nappier shares outrage, but no new details of motor vehicle stop
Treasurer Denise L. Nappier issued a statement today taking offense at a Hartford police union official’s claim to WNPR’s Jeff Cohen that the parking lot where she was stopped was known to be a market for illegal drugs. “Those innuendoes are offensive and insulting – most importantly to the people of that community, as well […]
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Sat photo shows plume of sediment from mouth of the Connecticut
Taken less than a week after Tropical Storm Irene drenched New England, this Sept. 2 satellite photo shows a miles-long plume of sediment spewing into Long Island from the mouth of the Connecticut River (view larger image at NASA Earth Observatory).