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Lamont: Utilities need to ‘earn’ right to operate in CT
The governor proposed reforms targeting excess profits and requiring utilities to periodically seek permission to maintain their monopolies.
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Ruth Fortune’s hopes for congressional primary ride in a tote bag
Ruth Fortune delivered dozens of pages of petition signatures to registrars of voters Tuesday to qualify for the 1st District primary.
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Surveillance, immigration and greyfields: CT politics news
Plus: Qualifying candidates, an invasive species lab, Connecticut’s AI legislation and a roundup of other bill signings.
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CT GOP candidate defiant in face of criticism for anti-gay post
An anti-gay social media post by Jadon MacCormack, a GOP candidate in Eastern Connecticut, drew bipartisan condemnation Tuesday.
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Panel nixes challenge to DeLauro’s convention win
Andrew Rice’s challenge to Rosa DeLauro pointed to anti-incumbent sentiment and highlighted CT’s ballot access laws and convention processes.
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As Ned Lamont touts record, Josh Elliott’s campaign strengthens
The differences between Gov. Lamont’s official and campaign schedules are blurring as his challenger, Josh Elliott, advances his campaign.
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The electric grid, homeschool and a food business incubator: CT politics news
Plus: Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and state officials are urging residents to have a plan ready.
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Larson tries to shift narrative to ideologies, not generations
Larson is trying to reframe the fight for the Democratic nomination as an ideological battle and not a generational challenge.
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Josh Elliott endorsed for House reelection as he runs for governor
Rep. Josh Elliott was endorsed for reelection to the House of Representatives while he challenges Gov. Ned Lamont in a primary for governor.
Posted inGovernment
In new book, Murphy mulls politics in era of lost connections
In his second book, Murphy explores the societal and economic forces that he believes shaped modern-day American politics.
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Matt Brokman leaves Lamont administration to oversee reelection campaign
The governor’s chief of staff will become his campaign chairman, taking a hands-on role as Lamont faces Democratic challenger Josh Elliott.
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With Josh Elliott on primary ballot, Lamont’s summer gets hotter
By qualifying for a primary, Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden flipped the script on what was supposed to be a summer of ease for Gov. Ned Lamont.
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Doug McCrory loses Democratic nod; three-way primary set
Rep. Maryam Khan of Windsor got the Democratic endorsement for the state’s 2nd Senate District Monday, besting incumbent Sen. Doug McCrory.
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Lamont clinches CT Democratic party endorsement, but will face primary
CT’s Democratic party endorsed incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont for reelection. But he will face a primary challenger, state Rep. Josh Elliott.