Go to Philly.com, and you might find Dan Malloy. Search on Yahoo! for Richard Blumenthal, and Ned Lamont’s name appears. This is the biggest year yet for political Internet ad buys, in Connecticut and nationally, and that means there are few places on the Internet where the politicians aren’t. Lamont and Malloy’s ads are typical […]

On her television ads, Linda McMahon is cast as the colorful political outsider, whose supporters giddily ask, “Think she can shake things up in Washington? Oh, yeah!” But the reality of her U.S. Senate campaign has been one of tight discipline and message control, crafted to give no offense as McMahon offers safe promises of […]

WASHINGTON–Rep. Jim Himes eagerly touts his voting score, as tallied by the Washington Post website, as evidence of the independent streak he’s showing in Washington. “Your research will indicate that I have the most independent voting record, not just in Connecticut but in New England,” Himes said in a recent interview. And indeed, while the […]

Rep. Jim Himes, the 4th District freshman Democrat, says he’s found a little extra fat in the federal agriculture budget, about $470 million that Congress could trim to demonstrate fiscal austerity. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District and chair of the powerful spending panel that divvies up agriculture funds, is less than enthusiastic about this latest […]

This past Tuesday we learned that Connecticut was once again shut out of the federal Race to the Top competition. While this news was disappointing, it was not wholly surprising – we were starting from way behind, and as much progress as Connecticut made with its reform legislation this year, we already knew that a […]

State lawmakers defied a veto threat by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and voted Friday to double to $6 million the general-election grant for gubernatorial candidates participating in the state’s public financing program. The bill passed the Senate and House with fewer votes than would be needed to override a veto, but there were enough absences […]

The Senate voted tonight in special session to double to $6 million the general-election grant for gubernatorial candidates participating in the state’s public financing program. The bill passed 23-12, one vote shy of a veto-proof majority. Sen. Joan Hartley, D-Waterbury, was absent for the vote. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has promised to veto any proposal […]

GLASTONBURY–Rob Simmons Friday launched the second and last television ad of his recently revived campaign for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination, a 30-second spot extolling public service and including an implicit jab at his principal opponent, Linda McMahon. Simmons had stopped campaigning and dismissed his staff in May after losing the Republican endorsement to McMahon. […]

The Democratic race for comptroller continued along its rocky path Friday, with Waterbury Mayor Mike Jarjura on the receiving end of three hits. First, a YouTube video surfaced of the Democrat speaking at a Tea Party rally. “We needed a spark, and you’re the spark that is going to be the change. So don’t give […]

Connecticut State University officials reduced raises for more than 60 high-ranking managers Friday in response to criticism from Gov. M. Jodi Rell but took no action on Rell’s request to rescind raises for two campus presidents. The managers, including officials at CSU’s four campuses and at system headquarters in Hartford, had been given pay increases […]

The debate over whether to have a debate is over: Ned Lamont promises to show up at the Rocky Hill studios of WFSB next Tuesday to debate Dan Malloy in the Democratic race for governor. But if Democrats now expect their contenders for an elusive political prize to dial back the negative ads, disappointment awaits. […]

MANSFIELD – How do you keep six gubernatorial candidates from spending an entire forum attacking each other? Answer: Don’t give them the chance. The Windham Region Chamber of Commerce employed that simple solution Thursday during the first half of a forum held at the Nathan Hale Inn at the University of Connecticut. In an unusual […]

People with pre-existing medical conditions can sign up for a new, less expensive health insurance option starting next week–but advocates question how effective it will be in getting coverage for the state’s uninsured. The new plan–a product of the new federal health reform law and $50 million in federal subsidies– will provide essentially the same […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell notified lawmakers Thursday that she will veto any proposal to fix the state’s public campaign finance system if it includes increasing the grant amounts. “At a time we are facing a huge budget deficit, expect to borrow approximately $700 million to pay our expenses for the current fiscal year and shortly […]