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Donovan Says: I Never Fell For Scheme; My Vote Was Never For Sale
The Hartford CourantIn his most detailed comments since the scandal broke last year, former House Speaker Christopher Donovan said Tuesday that he never fell for a campaign finance scheme by an FBI informant and that his vote in the legislature was never for sale. Donovan...Tags: Waterbury, Stephen Dargan, FBI, Business, Small Businesses
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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: Waterbury, Federal Election Commission, Labor Legislation, FBI, Lawyers
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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: Colebrook, Lawyers, Renewable Energy, Parties and Movements, Trials
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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: Government, Executive Branch, Columbine High School, Hurricane Sandy (2012), House Building
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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: Renewable Energy, Natural Resource Industry, U.S. Congress, Lobbying, U.S. Senate
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Legislators Want Federal Money To Fund New Sandy Hook School
Today, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, U.S. Sen Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty will propose a bill that would provide funding to help pay for construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School. Last week a Newtown task force endorsed... -
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: West Hartford, Executive Branch, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, New Year's Day
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Rep. Esty Right To Return NU Contributions — And Others
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty acted wisely last month when she returned $3,500 in campaign contributions from executives and lobbyists for Northeast Utilities, an energy company regulated by her husband, Dan Esty, who is the commissioner of the state...
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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: National Government, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Human Interest
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Greenberg Blasts Elizabeth Esty's Campaign Fundraising From Energy Industry
The Hartford CourantRepublican 5th District congressional candidate Mark Greenberg blasted the district’s Democratic congresswoman, Elizabeth Esty, for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from people who work in, or lobby for, the energy...Tags: Elections, Lobbying, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Human Interest
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CT House Delegation: No Apologies For Spending, Regulation
The Hartford CourantThe message was clear Thursday as Connecticut's five representatives in the U.S. House gathered in Hartford to talk about economic matters. We need to invest. We need to spend. Whether it's high-speed rail, advanced airline navigation systems, basic...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Budget Control Act of 2011, Finance, Health Insurance Cost, John B. Larson
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GOP Chief Questions Propriety Of Esty's Conference Call With Investment Firm
The Hartford CourantState Republican Party Chairman Jerry Labriola asked state Attorney General George Jepsen Monday to investigate the propriety of an April 23 conference call where state energy Commissioner Dan Esty gave a briefing to clients of the investment firm UBS...Tags: George C. Jepsen, Values, Economy, Business and Finance, Religion and Belief, Finance
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