With seven GOP presidential candidates on stage for the debate in New Hampshire this week and more high-profile potential entrants in the wings, you may be having trouble keeping track. But what about the other 60 or so Republicans who have officially joined the race? As of mid-week, 156 people had filed paperwork with the […]

The campaign to win ratification of $1.6 billion in concessions and labor savings suffered its first setback Thursday with votes by two AFSCME locals to reject the tentative deal reached a month ago by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and a coalition of state employee unions. AFSCME Local 749, representing about 1600 non-professional Judicial Department employees […]

CROMWELL–After being praised Thursday for expanding municipal aid in the new state budget, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned local officials that he might take some of that back should labor unions reject a tentative concession package. Addressing the annual meeting of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, the governor told more than 100 mayors, first selectmen […]

WASHINGTON–When the House Appropriations Committee approved its spending bill for agriculture programs two weeks ago, the measure included a small provision sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro to increase funding for a popular food-assistance program. But DeLauro’s amendment was quietly removed by House Republicans just before the full House began debating the agriculture bill this week. […]

On the heels of a major consolidation, Connecticut’s probate court system will end a year in the black for the first time in six fiscal years later this month, reducing its reliance on the General Fund and returning more than $5 million to the state’s coffers. The turnaround is well-timed as the new state biennial […]

More than half the adult users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are older than 35, up from a third just two years ago, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. The survey of 2,255 adults over 18 also found that use of social […]

With 29 bargaining units still to vote, state union leaders are five-for-five in winning ratification of the tentative concessions-and-labor savings agreement they negotiated with the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. “It’s early in the process,” said Larry Dorman, a spokesman for the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition. “It’s a positive sign so far.” The […]

As Joette Katz manages the high-profile case of a five-month old Ansonia boy dying under her agency’s supervision, child advocates are waiting to see if the new commissioner of Children and Families has the resolve to avoid the mistakes of some predecessors, who hastily removed children from their homes. “What has happened in the past […]

WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Courtney’s staff recently put the finishing touches on a piece of government mail that sharply criticizes the House Republicans’ Medicare plan. But GOP officials have told the Connecticut Democrat that he can’t send it out to his constituents unless he softens the barbs in the piece. On Tuesday,  Courtney, D-2nd District, […]

Dissatisfied with a record tax increase, only 38 percent of Connecticut voters approve of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s job performance in his first five months as governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Voters like the first Democratic governor in 20 years as a person and overwhelmingly favor his push for two controversial […]

WASHINGTON — With his sweeping Medicare proposal, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman has shown he maintains a knack for generating political buzz and drawing fire, from pundits and politicians. First came the scathing column by the Nobel-Prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. “Every once in a while a politician comes up with […]