Legislators override six vetoes

The General Assembly Monday overrode Gov. M. Jodi Rell on six of the 13 bills she vetoed in the 2010 session, her last regular session before stepping down as governor in January. The bills re-passed affect criminal background checks, sentencing policies, off-track betting, environmental permitting procedures, licensing for social workers, and a Stamford parking garage. […]

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today his office will lead a multistate investigation into Google’s collection of data from personal wireless networks. Blumenthal announced two weeks ago his office is investigating Google’s Street View service, which collected emails and other personal information from unsecure networks. And today, he announced 30 states have show an interest in […]

Secretary of the State Susan Byisiewicz announced today that petitioning candidates have qualified for primaries in two congressional races, plus three state legislative and three probate contests. In the 4th Congressional District of Fairfield County, endorsed Republican Dan Debicella picked up two opponents: Rick Torres and Rob Merkle. The winner faces U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, […]

U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff, a Tea Party favorite known for his gloomy predictions about the U.S. economy, has qualified for the Aug. 10 Republican primary. Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said Monday that Schiff gathered enough petition signatures to challenge the endorsed Republican, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon. “We are thrilled to hear […]

With the increased interest in locally-grown and -raised food has come a recent uptick in preservation of Connecticut farmland-but advocates warn that may not be enough to reach the state’s long-term goals. Despite preserving 1,370 acres of farmland in 2009, a 100 percent increase over the previous year, and an expectation to set aside even […]

Though neither Gov. M. Jodi Rell nor the legislature did much to reduce the record-setting deficit bearing down on Connecticut 12 months from now, there’s no great mystery about how to solve it, according to Oz Griebel. Griebel, who is fighting for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the Aug 10 primary, says Medicaid-funded health care […]

When Barbara Planker was laid off from her job last year she headed for the nearest soup kitchen – not to be fed, but to volunteer. “I used to have the money to donate, but now all I have is time,” said the Milford resident, who was laid off from her job as an event […]

Ned Lamont’s campaign for governor notified state officials Friday that he and his wife have donated an additional $1 million to his campaign, triggering supplemental funds to his publicly financed Democrat primary opponent, Dan Malloy. The money was donated last week, but the campaign failed to notify the State Elections Enforcement Commission within 48 hours, […]

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has denied the request from all 12 Republican state senators to join the multi-state lawsuit challenging the federal health reform law. Blumenthal said in a Thursday letter the lawsuit would have “virtually no chance of success” and “could be costly to the state.” “It remains doubtful that the Act will impose on […]

Comptroller Nancy S. Wyman, the endorsed Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said today she has raised the $75,000 in qualifying funds necessary to obtain $375,000 in public financing for her primary with Mary Glassman. “I am overwhelmed by the support I have received from people across the state since I announced my candidacy for lieutenant […]

The General Assembly’s chief investigative panel will spend much of this summer and fall trying to find ways to get state transportation projects done quicker and under budget. But while advocates of the Program Review and Investigations Committee study are hopeful it will lead to positive change, they also concede it likely won’t be enough […]

When his father lost his job, Robert Hermann faced the prospect of adding to his already huge student loan debt. But he caught a break last year when he told University of Connecticut officials of his financial pinch. The university tapped into a new $1 million emergency fund set aside for juniors and seniors facing sudden […]

CROMWELL – The two Republican governors who followed him were “corrupt or disinterested.” And the legislature’s Democrats are “sauced up on spending and borrowing.” Lowell P. Weicker Jr. is back, blunt and quotable as ever. But the man who gave Connecticut the income tax in 1991 has a very different prescription for its present fiscal […]

Democratic gubernatorial contender Dan Malloy revisited his middle class roots as he re-introduced himself to voters in the first statewide televised ad of his campaign, released today. Standing outside of his childhood home in Stamford to open the commercial, Malloy, the youngest of eight children, recalled seeing his father leave for work in the morning […]