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
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Yikes! 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
Read moreIs Traditional Media Becoming Irrelevent? The New Way Politicians Control Message
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
Read moreWeicker: McMahon-Murphy Campaign Worst Ever
Six weeks from today you have choices to make for president and several combined federal and state offices. Have you already made them? Which candidates impress?
Read moreSuBy Never High–The Politics Of Pot
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
Read moreGomes Hails Senate Passage Of Death Penalty Repeal
State Senator Ed Gomes Wednesday night made an impassioned plea on the floor of the State Senate for his colleagues to repeal Connecticut’s death penalty.
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