On the eve of the scheduled start to the state legislative session, Governor Dan Malloy was in Bridgeport Tuesday afternoon to propose an increase in the state’s minimum wage. From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants Connecticut to be the first state to commit to meeting President Obama’s goal of a $10.10 […]
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Malloy Visits City To Propose Minimum Wage Increase
February 4th, 2014 · 30 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Mirror·Dan Malloy·Ezequiel Santiago·Mark Pazniokas·Nancy Wyman
Gun Lobbyist: “We Killed It Once … We’ll Do It Again”–Not This Time, Say Pols
January 15th, 2013 · 3 Comments · News and Events
Insightful piece from Mark Pazniokas of the CT Mirror about gun lobbyist Robert Crook. Don’t ya just love lobbyists with the last name Crook? From Paz: Crook, a deep-voiced smoker, admits to making one gaffe post-Newtown–a boast about the ability of gun owners last year to mobilize in opposition to a ban on high-capacity magazines, […]
Is Traditional Media Becoming Irrelevent? The New Way Politicians Control Message
October 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Media, News and Events, State Politics
From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror: When Republican Linda McMahon joins New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at rallies in Stamford, Waterbury and Glastonbury Monday, it will be the first time her U.S. Senate campaign has widely publicized her schedule in four weeks.
Tags: Chris Murphy·CT Mirror·John McCain·Linda McMahon·Mark Pazniokas·Quinnipiac University
SuBy Never High–The Politics Of Pot
April 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
What, former Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz never smoked pot? That must explain everything. Five Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate appeared live on WFSB on Sunday to debate a variety of issues including their historic reefer intake. Bridgeport attorney and drug-reform crusader Sylvester Salcedo wasn’t invited to the debate. Alas, Sly hasn’t raised […]
Tags: Chris Dodd·Chris Murphy·CT Mirror·Joe Lieberman·Lee Whitnum·Mark Pazniokas·Sly Salcedo·Susan Bysiewicz·William Tong
Election Commissioners Have Cold Feet
January 18th, 2012 · 2 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
Always a curious choice when a professional pol is appointed to head enforcement of election law. Will he protect pals? Pursue foes? Here’s the latest from Mark Pazniokas of the CT Mirror on the proposed selection of former Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano to serve as the new executive director of the state agency that has taken action, […]
Tags: CT Mirror·Jodi Rell·Lydia Martinez·Mark Pazniokas·Wesleyan University
Malloy Examines Gaming Options
December 14th, 2011 · 5 Comments · News and Events
From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror: Empire City Casino, a new look for a century-old harness-racing track in Yonkers, N.Y., now has 5,300 slot machines to entice some of the gamblers who used to speed by on their way north to Connecticut’s tribal casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.
McKinney-Walker Money Merge Likely
June 20th, 2014 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
For Republican gubernatorial candidate John McKinney to qualify for the $1.3 million public jackpot against party-endorsed Tom Foley, it looks more and more he must merge his money with running mate David Walker. Under Connecticut’s public financing rules Walker, Bridgeport resident and former U.S. Comptroller General, can pool his dough with McKinney.
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Tags: CT Mirror·David Walker·John McKinney·Mark Pazniokas·Tom Foley