Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney and Speaker of the House Matt Ritter highlight in a commentary that appeared first in The Courant an effort for
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Hearst Media Dries Up Bridgeport Printing Press Shop, 28 Jobs Impacted, Earlier News Deadline
Several years ago Hearst Connecticut Media Group that now enjoys the largest digital footprint in the state pulled out of 410 State Street downsizing to
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If You’ve Been ‘Lendered’ You’ll Understand–A Tribute To Journalist Jon Lender
Jon Lender is a big pain in the ass … to politicians, elected officials, power seekers. Being “Lendered” meant you got caught with your pants
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Bull Durham Retires His Connecticut Law Enforcement Horns
Corrupt pols, crooked FBI agents, violent drug gangs, mobsters, tramps, thieves, demagogues, assassins: John Durham was the prosecutor defense attorneys didn’t want probing their targeted
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Roll With It–Grow Six Plants, Equity Provisions Included In Marijuana Bill
From Michael Hamad, CT Courant: As Connecticut moves toward legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes, a new bill thrusts the equitable treatment of communities of color–and
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CT GOP Bleeds 6,500 Voters Following Trump’s Rioters
It used to be Bridgeport Republicans were relevant. In the 20 years from 1971 to 1991, Republican mayors occupied the office half the time–Nicholas Panuzio,
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Top Legislative Republican Asserts GOP Party Leader Must Step Down For Hushing Congressional Candidate’s Domestic Abuse Allegations
Talk about a party chair with a finger in the dike, that’s the case of state GOP leader J.R. Romano. From Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant:
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When A Taxpayer-Paid Mailer Becomes A Promotional Campaign Boost
In the old days they were called franking privileges: legislators’ taxpayer-paid mailers to communicate with constituents. Essentially they become a surrogate boost to an incumbent’s
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