Connecticut Political News
Police Review Investigation Of Complaint Against Angel Morales
Police said Thursday they are further investigating a complaint against Angel Morales, a candidate for the state legislature who is contesting his loss in the Democratic primary, alleging that Morales lured a 19-year-old mentally disabled man to his campaign headquarters, where he stripped down to his boxer shorts.
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:29PM | courant.com
Borrowing, Stimulus Help State End Fiscal 2010 With $450 Million Surplus
— Despite fears about future deficits, a sluggish economy and a high unemployment rate, the state finished its most recent fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $450 million.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 9:32PM | courant.com
Amid Nasty Campaign, Politicians Take A Respite At Crocodile Club
BRISTOL — Because Connecticut politics this year has become especially nasty, politicians welcomed a brief respite Tuesday with the restart of a light-hearted political roast.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 12:41AM | courant.com
Democrats Rally Around Nominee Dannel Malloy
After a hard-fought primary for governor, Senate Democrats rallied Monday around the primary winner, former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, on the road to a unified campaign for the fall.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 9:54AM | courant.com
Federal Survey Shows Record Number Of Drivers Use Seat Belts
Governor M. Jodi Rell said Sunday that a new federal survey shows that about 88 percent of motorists and vehicle passengers in Connecticut use their seat belt – an all time high in the state.
Sunday August 29, 2010 3:45PM | courant.com
Marrying Horses And Other Political Craziness
Can these people be serious?J. D. Hayworth's loss to John McCain in the Arizona Republican senatorial primary last week was a win for horses, and the men and women who want the right to walk them down the aisle.
Sunday August 29, 2010 1:44PM | courant.com
Probe Of CRRA Thefts Widens
Latest Charges Accuse Former Operations Engineer And Construction Company Chief In Phony Billing Scam Last February, Hartford police arrested Richard Kowalski, who had worked as a $96,000-a-year operations engineer at the state`s trash-recycling agency. They charged him with first-degree larceny in the theft of a $29,000 Bobcat earth-moving machine from the agency`s trash-to-energy plant i ...
Sunday August 29, 2010 4:00AM | courant.com
GOP Candidates Come Out For Groton Sub Base
The U.S. Submarine Base in Groton may not be on the fiscal chopping block just yet, but a group of Republicans say they will fight to keep it open.
Saturday August 28, 2010 4:00AM | courant.com
Battle For State's 1st House District Seat Goes To Court
Judge Could Let Outcome Of Primary Recount Stand, Name New Winner, Or Order New Election The fight for the Democratic nomination for the 1 s t House District seat ended up in court Friday, where a judge will decide whether to uphold the results of the Aug. 10 primary, name a new winner, or order a new election.
Friday August 27, 2010 11:13PM | courant.com
Hartford Rep. Sues After Losing Vote Re-Count
A Connecticut state lawmaker who appeared to win this month's Democratic primary by two votes has filed a lawsuit challenging the re-count that declared his opponent the winner by two votes.
Wednesday August 25, 2010 12:28PM | courant.com
Alex Aponte Elected To Hartford Council
Council Now Faces Battle Over New PresidentThe city council elected former corporation counsel Alex Aponte on Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant when Pedro Segarra became mayor in June, ending an increasingly bitter fight that had paralyzed the council for much of the month.
Wednesday August 25, 2010 2:58AM | courant.com
Abortion Issue Runs Through Some Key Connecticut Campaigns
Abortion is a surprising subtext in a number of key political campaigns in Connecticut this year.
Monday August 23, 2010 12:34AM | courant.com
Bysiewicz's Chief Of Staff Resigns
Gilman Had Helped Maintain And Upgrade A Controversial Database— Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz`s chief of staff, Michelle Gilman, has resigned two weeks after state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal issued an investigative report that was critical of a controversial Bysiewicz office "constituent database" that Gilman had helped maintain and upgrade.
Friday August 20, 2010 1:32AM | courant.com
Director Of Citizens' Election Program On Way Out
Rotman To Resign For Family ReasonsBeth Rotman, director of the Citizens' Election Program, which is at the center of a storm over public financing of campaigns in the state, will resign by early 2011.
Thursday August 19, 2010 1:43AM | courant.com
Third-Party Candidates Make Their Case For Equal Treatment
Andrew White, a fiscally conservative hedge fund manager from Ridgefield, and Stephen Fournier, a Green Party activist and lawyer from Hartford, have sharply different ideas about the role of government.
Wednesday August 18, 2010 10:20PM | courant.com
McChrystal To Teach At Yale In Fall
General Fired After Comments Critical of Obama, Biden NEW HAVEN — The general who headed the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan until his firing in June for comments critical of U.S. civilian leaders, including President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, has been hired at Yale University.
Monday August 16, 2010 2:34PM | courant.com
Political Attack Ads
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Sunday August 15, 2010 12:33PM | courant.com
Bysiewicz Is Investigated Again
Spending By Campaign Committee To Be Scrutinized The State Elections Enforcement Commission voted this past week to investigate whether Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz`s attorney general campaign committee, Friends of Susan 2010 Inc., violated any laws by continuing to spend thousands of dollars ...
Sunday August 15, 2010 4:00AM | courant.com
Lessons From Primary Night: Of Polls, Prosperity, Political Attack Ads
In the year 2060, older political junkies in Connecticut may look back half a century and say they never saw a wilder primary election than last week`s. They may still talk of how Republican Tom Foley and Democrat Dan Malloy won bruising races for their parties` gubernatorial nominations — and maybe they`ll even remember some of the lessons learned or reaffirmed on primary day, last ...
Sunday August 15, 2010 12:34AM | courant.com
Dan Malloy, Tom Foley Campaign After Primary Victories
The state's two newly minted major-party nominees for governor didn't rest Wednesday after winning their parties' primaries the night before.
Wednesday August 11, 2010 11:22PM | courant.com
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