From Chris Keating, Hartford Courant: In a major blow for an expansion of gambling, the Senate majority leader said Monday that a proposal to legalize slot machines outside two Indian casinos is dead for this year.
Entries Tagged as 'Jim Amann'
Duff Not Hot For More Slots
February 9th, 2015 · 2 Comments · News and Events
Tags: Hartford Courant·Jim Amann
Hot For City Slots Or Not?
November 18th, 2014 · 9 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
So are you grooving on the latest chatter about potential expanded gaming in the state’s most populous city? Or do you think that ship has sailed? With Connecticut’s two tribal nation casinos being squeezed by competition from border states, does it make sense to open up a Fairfield County market? State Senator Andres Ayala argues […]
Big Guns For Finch Fundraiser, City Employees Solicited For Event On City Time
March 14th, 2011 · 66 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Calling all Connecticut constitutional officers! (Well, most of them.) Mayor Bill Finch is calling on his political friends for a mega campaign event Tuesday night at Testo’s Restaurant, the political and professional mothership of Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa. Team Finch is doing quite well in fundraising. They want to load up the warchest to load […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Denise Merrill·Don Williams·Dottie Guman·George Jepsen·Jim Amann·Jim Himes·Keila Torres Ocasio·Kevin Lembo·Mario Testa·Testo's Restaurant
Newsroom Editing, SuBy’s Body Slam, Big Budget Week
April 27th, 2009 · 21 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Media, News and Events, State Politics
Lots of trepidation in the Connecticut Post newsroom. On Friday the paper cut loose Business Editor Pam Dawkins, reporter Aaron Leo and tech editor Todd Hollis among 44 layoffs impacting Hearst-owned papers in Bridgeport, Greenwich, Stamford and Danbury. Greenwich, Stamford and Danbury pubs took the biggest hit in the latest round of layoffs. The larger […]
Tags: Bill Cummings·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Dan Tepfer·Hearst Corporation·Jim Amann·Keila Torres Ocasio·Linda Conner Lambeck·MariAn Gail Brown·Mike Mayko·Susan Bysiewicz·Tony Spinelli
Caruso: Anyone But Bysiewicz, Plus: MalloyMan, And Council Approves Budget With Big Hole
May 11th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, State Politics
Afternoon update: You think the scoreboard keeper at Fenway Park is paying attention? That’s nothing compared to the scorekeepers in Connecticut politics these days. Every endorsement triggers a friend … and a memory. That no good sonuva bitch endorsed …
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Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·George Jepsen·Harding High School·Jim Amann·John Rowland·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz