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Speaker Donovan Juggles Unions, Fundraising
The General Assembly will strain to look productive during the three months of its regular session this year. By their own design, the Democrats who run the House and Senate will not be required to make difficult spending decisions. Last year they gave...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Politics, Government, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements
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Just a Bad, Sad Week
The Hartford CourantIt was not a good week: At the Boston Marathon, where bombs killed and maimed. In West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant exploded, taking lives and leveling the community. For the media, which seemed to get it first more than it got it right. And in...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Sports Illustrated, Richard Blumenthal, University of Connecticut Football, U.S. Senate
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Stirred by a message from the heart
WASHINGTON -- In a city where David's righteousness almost never beats Goliath's might, what Nicole Hockley and the other Sandy Hook families did to the gun lobby last week was nigh unto miraculous. Gun-control legislation had appeared to be a lost...
Tags: Sandy Hook Promise, Joe Manchin III, Justice System, Richard Blumenthal, Politics
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Chris Murphy Faced Foreclosure On Home
The Hartford CourantU.S. Rep. and Democratic Senate candidate Christopher Murphy was sued for foreclosure of his mortgage two months after he became a member of Congress. Murphy's mortgage odyssey would prove different than those of millions of others who fell behind on...Tags: Vince McMahon, Finance, Homes, Nancy Johnson, Financial and Business Services
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McMahon Scores Early With Shot At Murphy
The Hartford CourantLinda McMahon tripped Democratic Senate hopeful Christopher Murphy at the starting gate in his contest with her. The three-term U.S. Representative should expect McMahon to find more ways to hobble him as she introduces the Cheshire Democrat to many...Tags: Cheshire, Financial and Business Services, Politics, U.S. Senate, Rob Simmons
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Cracking The Campaign Contribution Code
The Hartford CourantFifth District Republican congressional candidate Andrew Roraback started cracking the code of rival Lisa Wilson-Foley's generous campaign contributions to Democratic U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy's first two campaigns for Congress in 2006 and 2008....Tags: Medicaid, Andrew W Roraback, Meriden, Nancy Johnson, Nursing Homes
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Sunday morning: Sen. Ted Cruz on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Sen. Angus King on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be the most popular guest Sunday morning. The Kentucky Republican will visit NBC's “Meet the Press,” CBS' “Face the Nation” and ABC's “This Week.” But the Sunday morning... -
Focus Of Braddock Trial Shifts To Checks
The Hartford CourantThe trial of the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan has provided must-watch political theater, thanks in part to the vulgar, sometimes crude, and grandiose testimony of Harry Raymond Soucy, the government...Tags: Heart Attack, Trials, Waterbury, Justice System, Politics
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Soucy and Donovan Video Played At Trial
The Hartford CourantFor the first time during an 18-month federal investigation into his failed campaign for Congress, former House Speaker Chris Donovan was seen and heard in secret tapes played in court Thursday. He was bantering with the key witness in the case about...Tags: Heart Attack, Trials, Waterbury, Politics, Witnesses
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Canton Hydropower Project Moves Forward In U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantLegislation that would let two old dams on the Farmington River be used for hydropower got a boost on Thursday when a committee of the U.S. Senate endorsed the idea. The Senate's energy and natural resources committee voted in favor of a bill that...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, Lobbying, Politics
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Bill Would Provide Federal Aid For Newtown School
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD – Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut are planning to file legislation that would allow the use of federal dollars to help pay for the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School. If approved, it would mark the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Dannel P. Malloy , Richard Blumenthal, Interior Policy, Politics
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Clone: Key Witness Talks Of $5,000 In Refrigerator And Texts About Killing Smoke-Shop Bill
The Hartford CourantHarry Raymond Soucy, the key witness in the federal trial of Robert Braddock, gave explosive testimony Wednesday, claiming that he put $5,000 in a Republican legislative leader's refrigerator last year — and was featured in audiotapes and text...Tags: Trials, Dannel P. Malloy , Waterbury, Witnesses, Politics
Feb 19, 2012
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Apr 15, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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