The recent landmark legislation that lawmakers and educators believe will shake up Connecticut’s public education system, now awaiting action by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, got its start in an unusual spot – the southbound lanes of I-91. There, as he drove from Hartford to his home to Meriden one night in February, state Sen. Thomas […]

Buoyed by anti-incumbent and anti-Washington sentiment, Connecticut Republicans are hoping to regain some lost ground in the state’s Congressional districts. “People are angry and distressed by our representatives’ actions,” said Chris Healy, chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party. He cites dissatisfaction with health care reform, the 9 percent unemployment rate and the “insane” federal spending. […]

No one will emerge from The Blumenthal Misstatement with his or her dignity intact, or at least with what once resembled dignity. Both politicians and journalists are neck-deep in the big muddy with this one, but for one group, journalists, the damage will persist. Here’s the scorecard: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal never fired so […]

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has not ruled out running for another elected office now that the state Supreme Court has ruled her ineligible to serve as attorney general and said she “absolutely” plans to attend this weekend’s state Democratic Convention. Twenty-four hours ago Bysiewicz was planning on attending the convention to capture the […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell today vetoed a Senate Democratic “jobs” bill that would have imposed a special tax on executive bonuses at eight Connecticut companies that received aid from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program. “Many legal experts have warned that this legislation would certainly be challenged as exactly that,” Rell said in her veto […]

Connecticut has become the third state in the country to set standards for how schools handle athletes with suspected concussions. Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law the requirement that coaches keep student athletes out of competition until they have received written clearance from a medical professional. “You can’t let them back into the field […]

A Rasmussen poll released today shows Democrat Richard Blumenthal losing ground in the U.S. Senate race in the wake of the controversy over his military record. The new matchups: Blumenthal over Linda McMahon, 48 percent to 45 percent. Blumenthal over Rob Simmons, 50 percent to 39 percent. Blumenthal over Peter Schiff, 53 percent to 37 […]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rob Simmons capitalized on Democrat Richard Blumenthal’s Vietnam controversy with an endorsement today from the Marine aviator who shared a cell with John McCain in the notorious Hanoi Hilton. The endorsement by Orson Swindle, a prisoner of war for six years after being shot down on his 205th combat mission, is […]

It will be remembered as the day when the national political spotlight swung away from states with pivotal primaries to the circus that took over staid Connecticut politics. Where to begin? With Richard Blumenthal, accused of lying about his military record, holding a nationally televised press conference aimed at righting his can’t-miss candidacy for the […]

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s bid to become Connecticut’s next attorney general was dashed Tuesday when the state Supreme Court ruled she doesn’t meet the legal requirements to serve in that office. The ruling ended the Bysiewicz campaign for attorney general just three days before the Democratic State Convention, apparently throwing the nomination to […]

The Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz does not meet the minimum statutory qualifications to serve as attorney general. The ruling ends the Bysiewicz campaign for attorney general just four days before the Democratic State Convention, apparently throwing the nomination to the remaining Democrat in the race, George Jepsen. The […]

WEST HARTFORD – In a nationally-televised news conference, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal denied Tuesday that he lied about his military service or pulled strings to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War. Blumenthal, who was a stateside Marine Corps reservist during the war, acknowledged that he “misspoke” in 2008 when he told an audience in […]

Danbury Mayor Mark D. Boughton enters this weekend’s Republican State Convention as the running mate of one gubernatorial candidate and the likely default choice of at least two others. Lt. Gov. Michael C. Fedele introduced Boughton as his running mate Monday morning, predicting the new alliance would give him a shot at a first-ballot victory […]

Television-advertising dollars spent in recent weeks by the gubernatorial campaigns of Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Tom Foley won’t buy them their expected pre-convention bumps in the Quinnipiac University poll. That’s a certainty, because there won’t be another Quinnipiac poll before this weekend’s state party nominating conventions. Today’s down-to-the-wire Democratic senate primary in Pennsylvania has […]

For Sale: Armory building, 87 years old, brick exterior, just off of Main Street in Manchester. Estimated value: $2.8 million. If interested, call the state of Connecticut. Not looking for an armory? The state has more than 260 other properties on the market according to an administration report prepared in February, including: juvenile detention facilities […]