From media partner Chris Powell: Chris Powell has written about Connecticut government and politics for many years. (CPowell@cox.net) Why are some people Democrats and others
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Powell: Lamont Versus GOP Senators, A Poker Game Of Tax Cutting
From media partner Chris Powell: If Connecticut’s next state budget can be considered a sort of poker game of tax cutting, Governor Lamont has opened
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Powell: Organize State Agency To Take Control Of Vacant And Underused Properties For New Housing
OIB media partner Chris Powell writes in his latest commentary “What’s needed is a state housing development agency to acquire and take control of the
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Powell: Complete Immigration Reform Is Easy, And Democrats Will Reject It
From media partner Chris Powell: Whether the fatal shootings of Rene Good and Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis were justified or excusable can
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Chris Powell: Minneapolis Incident Distracts From The Big Underlying Issues
OIB media partner Chris Powell shares another take on the ICE shooting. By CHRIS POWELL Seven years ago a Wethersfield police officer shot and killed
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Columnist: Bridgeport’s Prospects Brighten Amid Stunning Decline In Murders
OIB media partner Chris Powell, who has written about Connecticut government and politics for decades, highlights Bridgeport’s dramatic drop in murders in his latest column.
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Mamdani Wins – So is “Democratic Socialism” Connecticut’s Fate?
From media partner Chris Powell: Maybe the most effective slogan for Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor of New York City was “A city we can
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Powell: Dems Want Open Borders, Kirk A Brave Advocate, Not A National Hero
From media partner Chris Powell: In a recent newspaper essay, state Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, laid out clearly the position of most Democratic officials in
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