Staples out of AG race

Rep. Cameron C. Staples, D-New Haven, withdrew today from the race for attorney general, leaving a two-way fight between Susan Bysiewicz and George Jepsen for the Democratic nomination. Staples, the co-chair of the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, said he will not be seeking re-election to the General Assembly, ending an 18-year legislative career. […]

The Connecticut Republican Party intends to appeal a Superior Court judge’s ruling that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has 10 years experience in the “active practice” of law, the statutory minimum to serve as attorney general, her lawyer said today. “The Republican Party is trying to cast doubt over my candidacy as we prepare […]

Instead of reporting the news, former TV news anchor Janet Peckinpaugh said today she hopes to make news this November by challenging U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District. Peckinpaugh said after spending 30 years as a TV journalist for local news stations she decided to enter the fray on the other side of the cameras […]

Comptroller Nancy S. Wyman was introduced as Dan Malloy’s running mate Tuesday, the culmination of nearly a two-year courtship by Malloy and weeks of deliberation by Wyman. After 16 years in a post that makes her a fiscal watchdog and critic, Wyman is risking a relatively safe re-election for what she says is a chance […]

MANCHESTER – A leading Democratic candidate for governor, Ned Lamont, took heat on and off stage Monday night for missing a forum sponsored by a coalition of social-service and anti-poverty groups. On stage, Democrat Dan Malloy was rewarded with laughter and applause after referring to two missing Greenwich entrepreneurs, Lamont and Republican Tom Foley, as […]

The newly adopted state budget counts on a $100 million cut to the employee pension fund contribution, a savings that’s allowed if revenues slip by $300 million. There’s only one problem: That same budget doesn’t project any revenue loss. In fact, it expects revenues to run nearly $72 million higher than the level assumed in the preliminary 2010-11 budget […]

It’s an unexpected conclusion to what had been expected to be a showdown: Environmentalists and the business community both are endorsing a bill intended to streamline issuance of state permits and licenses. When the legislative session began just three months ago, such a resolution seemed unlikely. Business lobbyists were demanding an end to lengthy delays […]

When a professional football team punts, they run downfield to get ready for the next play. The governor and the General Assembly punted with this year’s budget but then inexplicably headed to the locker room. Through a combination of gimmicks and wishful thinking, lawmakers technically eliminated the budget deficit for fiscal year 2011. But the […]

Democratic State Rep. Tom Reynolds of Ledyard announced late today that he would seek his party’s nomination for state comptroller if incumbent Nancy Wyman opts to become the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial contender Dan Malloy. Reynolds, 43, said he would confirm his plans after Malloy’s 11 a.m. press conference Tuesday at the Capitol, at […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy is expected to name Comptroller Nancy S. Wyman as his choice for lieutenant governor Tuesday in Hartford, giving him a running mate popular with Democratic activists and knowledgeable on state fiscal issues. She acknowledged to The Mirror having talked to Malloy last week about joining his ticket, but she said Friday, […]

Brenda Sisco, the commissioner of administrative services, was named today to succeed Robert L. Genuario as secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Genuario left the state’s budget office today to begin his orientation as a new judge of the Superior Court. Martin Anderson, the deputy commissioner of administrative services, will succeed Sisco at […]

For 23 years, Eva Villanova has lived the idyllic country life. She raised a family and made a name for herself as an artist. Her home on leafy Flagg Hill Road in the northwest Connecticut town of Colebrook was a perfect place to turn ordinary clumps of clay into extraordinary works of art-or so Villanova […]

By limiting teacher seniority rights in Hartford, state education officials could bolster Connecticut’s chances of winning millions of dollars in federal school reform funds, according to Hartford’s superintendent of schools. Steven J. Adamowski makes that argument in his latest effort to persuade the State Board of Education and Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan to issue an […]

The state legislature balanced the next budget before it adjourned, but some major proposals to build new fiscal safeguards into the appropriations processed died when the session ended last week. Lawmakers declined to act on proposals to increase by 50 percent the maximum budget reserve – commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund –  that […]

Among the bills passed by the General Assembly and sent to Gov. M. Jodi Rell: Expediting State Permits A bill passed by both the House and Senate establishes a procedure for expediting issuance of state permits for projects that create jobs or provide other economic benefits. If signed into law, the bill would require creation […]