Highlighting a report by Cummings Associates as evidence of the additional revenue expanded gaming would bring in at three Connecticut parimutuel facilities including one in Bridgeport, State Senator
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Neighborhood Nuisance Bill Approved By Legislature–State House Passes Budget, Expands Gambling
Legislation authored by State Rep. Auden Grogins gives prosecutors the power to shut down a business or evict a tenant that has been arrested or cited three
Read moreShark Attack On State Municipal Support Could Bite City Taxpayers
CT Mirror reporter Keith Phaneuf is the John Marshall Lee of Connecticut scribes. He relentlessly pursues, reviews, analyzes and asks questions about state budget items while Lee,
Read moreGun Lobbyist: “We Killed It Once … We’ll Do It Again”–Not This Time, Say Pols
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
Read moreNewton: Remove Unfair Barriers For Offenders
From Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CT Mirror: Former state Sen. Ernie Newton was at the state Capitol complex to let people know just how difficult it
Read moreYikes! Cuts, Cuts And More Cuts–Malloy, State Bean Counters Announce Budget-closing Measures
Social services, school-based health clinics and state universities were among the casualties of $170 million in cuts announced Wednesday by Governor Dannel Malloy to carve
Read moreAs State Budget Woes Continue, Bass Pro Would Be Nice Catch
If the city, state and Bridgeport Landing, developer of the East Side renewal project Steelpointe Harbor, can nail down a deal with mega outdoor retailer
Read moreMore Red News, $365 Million Hole
From Keith M. Phaneuf and Arielle Levin Becke, www.ctmirror.org This year’s state budget is $365 million in the red, nearly double the level needed to
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