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Lawsuit Over Regional Trash Agency Contract Provides Glimpse Into Capitol Communications
The Hartford CourantA bitter lawsuit that charges favoritism and illegal lobbying provides a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes communications and inner workings of government at the state Capitol. The pitched battle between two high-profile Hartford Democrats has been...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Local Government, Legal Service, Business Enterprises, Trials
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States Provide Lucrative Subsidies For Gunmakers
The Hartford Courant— Governments in nine states have awarded at least $49 million in subsidies in the past five years to gun and ammunition makers whose products are under scrutiny after the school shootings in Newtown. Almost 85 percent of those tax breaks or...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Local Government, Olin Corporation, Nassau County, Rick Scott
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Gun control plan unveiled
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Pledging to "put everything I’ve got into this," a somber President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Wednesday to approve an extensive package of gun control proposals that he said would help prevent mass shootings and reduce the...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Lobbying, Epidemics and Plagues, American Civil Liberties Union, Assault
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How much will federal spending cuts hurt?
The automatic spending cuts that are going into effect this week if Congress doesn’t stop them will result in tens of thousands of job losses, Sen. Richard Blumenthal says. But one poll shows Americans don’t care much, maybe because of fatigue...
Tags: U.S. Congress, The Washington Post, Tea Party Movement
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Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Spending Spree
The Hartford CourantSay what you will about Jesse Jackson Jr., but I'll tell you this. He's the guy you want waiting across the street in the car for your tag sale to begin. I mean, the man will buy anything. The former Illinois congressman pleaded guilty last week to using...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Trials, Michael Jackson, Interior Policy, Petroleum Industry
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The Political Transformation Of Joe Lieberman
Hartford CourantTalking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...Tags: Civil Rights, Stamford, Ed Koch, Lindsey O. Graham, Civil and Public Service
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Newtown, Other Gun Violence Victims To Have Strong Presence At State Of The Union Speech
The Hartford Courantjlender@courant.com Much of the story at Tuesday night's State of the Union speech will be about Connecticut, from the Newtown massacre to Manchester, where bullets killed eight employees at Hartford Distributors in 2010, to Bridgeport, where a 3-year-...Tags: Unions, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Lanza, Lobbying, Jim Himes
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Body matching suspected Phoenix office gunman is found
A body matching the description of a man suspected in a fatal office shooting in Phoenix was discovered Thursday morning in a suburb east of the city, police said. About 8 a.m., Mesa police officers found a man who had apparently died of a self-...
Tags: Gun Control, Shootings, Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Gabrielle Giffords Meets With Newtown Residents
The Hartford Courantjenwilson@courant.com NEWTOWN -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, critically wounded in a 2011 shooting rampage in Arizona, met with Sandy Hook Elementary School families Friday afternoon, as a renewed campaign to tighten federal gun laws grew more...Tags: Elections, Mark Kelly, Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Legislative Task Force Leaders: No Pressure To Keep Up With N.Y. In Passing Post-Newtown Gun Restrictions
The Hartford CourantGeneral Assembly leaders, in announcing Tuesday the formation of a task force on the Newtown massacre, said they want to pass a major legislative response by the end of February but denied feeling pressured by New York state lawmakers' having already...Tags: Adam Lanza, John McKinney, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Mental Health, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut)
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Obama's Words Resonate In State Whose Tragedy Prompted Them
The Hartford CourantPresident Barack Obama's landmark proposals to reduce gun violence echoed loudly through the state whose tragedy prompted them: Connecticut citizens and political leaders reacted mostly with praise, although gun owners said that the measures would...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Periodicals, Dannel P. Malloy
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Reaction To President Obama's Initiatives To Reduce Gun Violence
Reaction was extensive and varied to President Barack Obama’s noontime speech Wednesday in which he proposed legislation and announced executive actions intended to reduce gun violence after the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre. Gov. Dannel P....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Joe Courtney, Mental Health, U.S. Congress, Chris Murphy
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