WASHINGTON– The race for the 4th District congressional seat pits political novice Harry Arora, a Republican who says he backs most of Donald Trump’s agenda, against a Democratic incumbent, Rep. Jim Himes, who has the political winds at his back.
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Posted inTransportation
Northeast rail plan stymied by lack of funding, concerns in Fairfield County
WASHINGTON — An ambitious — and to some in Connecticut controversial — plan to overhaul the railroad in the Northeast Corridor has come to a full stop, a victim to lack of funding. There also has been pushback to the plan from Fairfield County residents who fear the impact of laying down new high-speed-ready tracks and other development near their neighborhoods.
Posted inEducation
Greenwich attorney is new UConn Board of Trustees chair
The governor Friday named Thomas E. Kruger as the next chair of the University of Connecticut’s governing board.
Posted inPolitics
Without a public word, Obama slips out of Greenwich
President Obama dropped in Tuesday night on friends in backcountry Greenwich for dinner and a big-ticket fundraiser benefitting Democratic U.S. Senate candidates. Admission ranged from $10,000 to $32,400.
Posted inPolitics
DGA wants Malloy cleared as rainmaker before Greenwich event
The Democratic Governors Association is pressing a federal judge to essentially bless Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s role as a fundraiser for the group before he hosts a policy conference in Greenwich next month that is “a significant revenue generator for DGA.”
Posted inEnergy & Environment
No hazard mitigation funds for Connecticut shoreline homeowners
About a half-dozen shoreline communities are angered that none of their homes damaged by Storm Sandy will receive hazard-mitigation funding for elevations or buyouts.
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Trumka honors Olsen, recalls when a coal strike came to Greenwich
Hartford – Richard L. Trumka, once a coal miner and now the nation’s top labor leader, joined the governor Friday to promote a jobs program for veterans, but the real reason for the visit to Connecticut was to reminisce with a recently retired friend, John W. Olsen, about the Great Greenwich Coal Strike of 1989. […]
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Malloy, Christie at the same hedge fund conference in Greenwich
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his favorite New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, are both keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, the Global Alpha Forum in Greenwich. Alas, they speaking on different days. Malloy is speaking Thursday, while Christie is coming Friday. The two governors have sparred on national television […]
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Foley’s Greenwich house has link to Utah politician
The first person to ask a question of Gov. Dannel Malloy at today’s “Clean Energy Summit,” organized by the federal Department of Energy, was Peter Corroon, the Mayor of Salt Lake County in Utah. He prefaced his query, which focused on renewable energy, by telling Malloy, “I think your competitor last year now lives in […]
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Greenwich tells Malloy it already pays too much of Connecticut’s tab
GREENWICH–Connecticut’s wealthiest community wanted to talk about taxes with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Monday–specifically, its conviction that it already pays too much, and that his budget unfairly asks for even more. Whether it involved taxes on personal income, estates, hospital revenues, luxury purchases or regular retail sales, the message was clear: no more–and cut them […]
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The I-95 campaign: An election turns on Greenwich and Stamford
Grumbling in lower Fairfield County about how Hartford sets or neglects economic, transportation and tax policies is a staple of Connecticut politics. So it will be striking to see three Republican and two Democratic gubernatorial candidates appear Tuesday at a forum in Stamford: all but one live in Stamford or neighboring Greenwich. It is hard […]