Unlike their Democratic counterparts, Republicans will open their annual state convention this afternoon with a number of pressing questions unresolved. Will the selection of Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton as a running mate be enough to secure a GOP convention win for lieutenant governor/gubernatorial contender Michael Fedele? Will Tom Foley, the frontrunner for the gubernatorial nomination […]

The projected state budget surplus has crept slightly higher to nearly $167 million with less than six weeks left in the fiscal year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s office announced this afternoon. The Office of Policy and Management reported in its monthly letter to Comptroller Nancy Wyman that the $18.64 billion budget for 2009-10 now stands […]

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, whose candidacy for attorney general ended with a stunning court decision Tuesday, issued a statement today that she will not run for another office this year. Bysiewicz had been considering whether to seek nomination to secretary of the state or, possibly, comptroller, the post Nancy Wyman is vacating to […]

Veteran state Rep. Arthur J. O’Neill of Southbury announced this afternoon he would seek the Republican nomination for state attorney general, jumping into the race one day before the opening of this weekend’s Republican State Convention. O’Neill, 58, who co-chaired the bipartisan House Committee appointed in 2004 to consider impeachment charges against then-Gov. John G. […]

1st District: Ann Brickley – http://www.brickleyforcongress.com/ Wethersfield businesswoman Joe Visconti – http://joevisconti2010.org/ Former West Hartford town councilor, general contractor Mark Zydanowicz – http://zforcongress.org/Z/index.php/about-mark West Hartford dairy executive, captain in the Connecticut Army National Guard 2nd District: Matt Daly – http://www.dalyforcongress.com/ Business consultant for Global Risk Services Daria Novak – http://novakforcongress.com/ President of an international cross-cultural, […]

Connecticut is one of 21 states counting on Congress to approve billions in emergency health care aid for next year – and lacking any back-up plan if the funding doesn’t come through, according to a new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures. And a senior policy specialist for the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group […]

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 […]