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Commission Seeks Change In State Law On Public Notices
The Hartford CourantA commission created by the House Speaker is calling for elimination of the state law requiring public notices to be printed in daily newspapers. The newspaper issue has become one of the more controversial matters at the state Capitol as the General...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Local Government, Newspaper and Magazine
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Plan to end car tax resuscitated by state's MORE Commission
The Day, New London, Conn.House Speaker Brendan Sharkey and members of the Municipal Opportunities Regional Efficiencies Commission want to lower the vehicle property tax rate beginning next year. "The local motor vehicle property tax is the most regressive tax on the books,...Tags: Groton, New London (New London, Connecticut), Politics, Taxation, Executive Branch
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Finizio, Maynard back driver's license measure
The Day, New London, Conn.New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio and state Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, spoke at the state Capitol Monday in favor of allowing people who had illegally immigrated to the U.S. or were in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses....Tags: New London (New London, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice, Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, Bill Finch
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Malloy Claims Middle Ground With Support For 75-Cent Minimum Wage Hike
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday pushed to raise the state minimum wage by 75 cents over the next two years, backing a measure that steps back from a proposal in the legislature but still lacks the support of the business lobby. "I believe that we can...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, L. Scott Frantz, Dannel P. Malloy , Parties and Movements
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Malloy Signs Gun Control Bill, One Of Strictest In Nation
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun-control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Politics, U.S. Congress, Weaponry
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress
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Short-Term Judges Win Pension Lottery
The Hartford CourantYou are right to wonder why a hefty tax increase and claims to have gotten spending under control have not brought stable finances to state government. Sometimes a jarring example will help explain something as complex as Connecticut's troubled, growing...Tags: Groton, Crime, Law and Justice, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Justice System
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Impatience Showing On Gun Legislation
The Hartford CourantThe louder the public pledges of bipartisan cooperation and resolve, the deeper the undercurrents of private distrust and resentment — or at least, that often seems to be the rule in legislative politics. And it seems to be taking hold as the...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control, Politics, Martin M Looney, Weaponry
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Lawmaker's Comment Is Bad From Every Angle
There's a certain ambiguity in state Rep. Ernest Hewett's crude response to a teenage intern's testimony at a Feb. 20 budget hearing. But that ambiguity doesn't excuse what the New London Democrat said. The teenager, speaking on behalf of the...
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Post-Newtown Legislative Task Force Begins Work; Malloy Talks Gun Control In White House Visit
The Hartford CourantLegislative leaders pledged bipartisan cooperation and quick action Friday at the first meeting of their new task force on changing state laws and policies on gun control, school security and mental health in response to the Dec. 14 school massacre in...Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Health, Personal Weapon Control, Newspaper and Magazine
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State Legislature Has Too Many Chiefs
As former state Rep. Astrid T. Hanzalek noted in a recent op-ed piece in The Courant, the number and expense of leaders in the General Assembly has increased to the point that "you'd think the state was awash in extra money." Connecticut is not swimming... -
J. Brendan Sharkey Never Expected To Be House Speaker
The Hartford CourantIn the fall of 1979, an ambitious young athlete named John McKinney was chosen as one of only three sophomores on the varsity soccer team at Fairfield Prep. The young McKinney looked up in those days to the team's seniors — one of whom was J....Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, T-Mobile, Lobbying, John McKinney
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Mar 8, 2013
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