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Government Revealed — A Buyers' Market
The Hartford CourantChris Donovan wanted to be a congressman. Now he's the reluctant star of a federal court multimedia show on corrupt practices, featuring a colorful lineup of bums and goodfella wannabes. Donovan lost the congressional seat he wanted to Elizabeth Esty,...Tags: FBI, Colin McEnroe, Politics, Gilmore Girls (tv program), Elections
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Questions Persist For Power Couple; Rep. Esty Returns More Campaign Funds
The Hartford CourantAn unusual cocktail of politics, electricity and matrimony gives a provocative flavor to the story of an environmental group's lawsuit over wind-turbine developers' illegal clear-cutting of 2.5 acres of state forest on Canaan Mountain in 2010. The...Tags: Northeast Utilities, Republican Party, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice, Colebrook
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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: Chris Murphy, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Chris Christie
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No Wrongdoing Here, Just Some Distractions
The Hartford CourantYou pay attention to the wrong things. That's what three politicians claimed when caught in betrayals of the public interest in the past two weeks. With no credible explanation for their bad acts, each branded their controversy a "distraction" as they...Tags: Energy, Northeast Utilities, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, John McKinney
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Rep. Esty Gets Campaign Funds From Energy Industry Her Husband Regulates
The Hartford CourantU.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, has accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from people in the energy and environmental industries, which are regulated by her husband, Dan Esty, commissioner of the state Department of...Tags: Northeast Utilities, Republican Party, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance, Norwich
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McMahon And Obama Go Together Like R's And D's
The Hartford CourantThis is my last chance to tell you what I think about the coming election, because The Courant enforces a period of editorial neutrality right before the vote. So here are a few things I think. I think it's damn strange the way Linda McMahon ran a...Tags: Chris Murphy, Republican Party, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Barack Obama, Political Fundraising
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Roraback Clear Choice In 5th District Battle
The Hartford CourantThe 5th Congressional District will tell us if voters mean what they say. You've heard it, you may have uttered the same sentiments yourself. Why can't our elected officials stop being so partisan and nasty? Why won't they work together? If that's what...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Andrew W Roraback
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Throwing The Flag On Connecticut Candidates
Earlier this week, for one brief shining moment, our badly divided republic came together so gloriously that Paul Ryan and Barack Obama were finishing each other's sentences. Everybody agreed that the replacement refs were ruining professional football....Tags: Chris Murphy, Clint Eastwood, Football, Barack Obama, NAACP
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Murphy's Shifting Explanations Suspicious
The Hartford CourantCandidates apply their cunning and resources to introducing you to their opponents. The next five weeks will feature heavy doses of ominous music and grainy photos on your television screen. The truth faces mighty obstacles on its journey to you....Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Property Tax, Linda McMahon, Politics, Elections
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Candidates Brooding — The Party's Over Them
The Hartford CourantThe primary is over! There are supposed to be fewer candidates, not more. And yet, in the fascinating 5th District, candidacies pop up all the time, like little toadstools after a summer rain. The most publicized of these is "Chris Donovan II: Attack...Tags: Literature, Pies and Tarts, Colin McEnroe, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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U.S. lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersBy Paige Gance WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Eric Cantor, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a national debate on guns....Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Personal Weapon Control, Eric Cantor, Crime, Law and Justice, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Jun 13, 2013
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