Gov. Dannel Malloy on Friday firmly shut the door on the possibility the state would be able to help the federal government find temporary homes for some of a flood of immigrant children from Central America. But that does not mean others in Connecticut are not ready to help.
Toni Harp
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100 days in, New Haven’s Toni Harp jarred by teen murders
In her new job as mayor of New Haven, Toni Harp knew she’d be working more than full time. She didn’t expect, she said, to be working seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 9:30 or 10 or 11 p.m.
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As Malloy reminds New Haven, incumbency has its perks
New Haven – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy paid a visit Tuesday to the city that produced his biggest plurality in 2010, publicizing a $1 million state grant for a long-delayed community project, one of the benefits of incumbency.
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Beth Bye brings passion, toughness to budget chairmanship
Sen. Beth Bye: “Those of us who have been through some of the challenges of discrimination, when you go through something this hard, you come out strong. I think it’s a critical part of who I am.”
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Holder-Winfield crushes opponent in New Haven Senate race
New Haven — Despite—or perhaps with the help of—a last-minute blast of negative campaign mailings by his opponent, state Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield cruised to an election victory Tuesday, winning the open 10th District state Senate seat with 76 percent of the vote.
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Malloy stifles his inner Bloomberg
New Haven — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is a fitness buff who watches his diet, but no one should expect him to endorse a 2 percent tax on soda proposed by the ally he successfully backed last fall for election as this city’s mayor, Toni Harp. “I wouldn’t hold my breath,” Malloy said. He added, […]
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Blumenthal, DeLauro try to stop flood insurance increases
Washington – Saying more than 18,000 Connecticut homeowners will be socked with soaring flood insurance premiums, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Rosa DeLauro are pressing the House of Representatives to pass a bill that would stop those hikes.
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Special election set for Senate vacancy
A special election to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Toni Harp, the newly inaugurated mayor of New Haven, will be held Feb. 25, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office announced Friday. Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven, is seeking the seat in the 10th District, which includes West Haven and part of New Haven. Malloy […]
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Harp resigns from Senate, starting countdown to special election
Toni Harp, the newly inaugurated Democratic mayor of New Haven, resigned Tuesday from the state Senate, forcing a special election to choose a successor within the next 56 days. By law, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has 10 days to issue a writ of special election. Secretary of the State Denise Merrill must then schedule an election within 46 days of Malloy’s action.
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Bye to lead CT legislature’s budget committee
Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, was named Wednesday as the co-chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, succeeding the long-serving Sen. Toni Harp, D-New Haven, on the eve of an election-year General Assembly session likely to be dominated by fiscal issues.