Hartford (AP) – Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign has confirmed that documents of a paid adviser have been subpoenaed by a U.S. Senate committee investigating U.S. Sen. John Ensign.
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[...]Washington (AP) – Senate Democrats have defeated a GOP attempt to eliminate $40 billion in cuts to home health care services in the health overhaul bill.
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[...]Washington (AP) – Two moderate senators who could be crucial to passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul pushed for greater cost containment measures in the landmark legislation.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut Capitol Police Chief Michael Fallon has died at a hospital in Hartford after a bout with cancer. He was 47.
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[...]Republicans in the General Assembly say they have the solution to the latest ballooning budget deficit but the Republican governor has already blown their plan apart.
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[...]By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
Associated Press Writer
Bridgeport (AP) – The longtime campaign manager for former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays has been arrested on charges he embezzled about $250,000 in campaign funds.
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[...]Washington (AP) – Casting its first votes on revamping the nation’s health care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women.
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[...]Washington (AP) – The head of the Secret Service asserted Thursday that the security breach at last week’s White House state dinner was an aberration and President Barack Obama was never at risk. Mark Sullivan said three uniformed officers have been put on administrative leave.
Read more »Hartford (AP) – Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley is set to announce whether he’ll drop his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Christopher Dodd and seek the Republican nomination to run for Connecticut governor instead.
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[...](WTNH) – (WTNH) - Members of the Obama cabinet went before the Senate Armed Services Committee today to answer questions on the war in Afghanistan. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) sits on that committee and he talked exclusively with Chief Political Correspondent Mark Davis after the hearing.
Read more »AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Environmental officials in Maine and a dozen other states say federal laws to protect the public from toxic chemicals are too weak and states instead are leading the way.
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[...]Albany, NY (AP) – New York lawmakers have rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage.
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[...]By ROBERT BURNS and CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) – Can more U.S. troops in Afghanistan really convert Afghans into an effective fighting force? Will allies answer the call to do more? Is Pakistan truly prepared to take on the extremists who pose the greatest threat?
Read more [...]Hartford (WTNH) – Holiday cards were signed today at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford for U.S. service members and veterans across the country and abroad.
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[...](WTNH) – Greenwich businessman Tom Foley will formally announce on Thursday that he is now running for the Republican nomination for Governor.
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[...]WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP)– Declaring “our security is at stake,” President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited as commander in chief. He promised an impatient public he would begin bringing units home in 18 [...]
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
Washington (AP) – The man who got into a White House dinner without an invitation denied Tuesday that he and his wife were gatecrashers.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama’s day will be dominated by his speech on Afghanistan this evening, but he does have other things on tap.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama’s deliberate approach to decision-making and a fascination with science is raising some eyebrows and drawing the logical question.
Is Barack Obama Washington’s Mr. Spock, the chief science officer for the ship of state?
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – The state’s latest budget troubles have some people raising questions. Could efforts to close the deficit mean some higher taxes?
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[...]Wallingford (WTNH) – Jerry Labriola, Jr., a Naugatuck attorney, announced today he will seek the Republican nomination for the Third Congressional District to run against 20-year incumbent Democrat Rosa DeLauro of New Haven.
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[...]Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele will formally announce his bid for Governor on Wednesday.
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[...]By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press Writer
Washington (AP) – With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama’s signature domestic issue, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the health care reform legislation to advance is coming apart.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Organizers say the national debate on health care reform will be a central theme at this year’s World AIDS Day event in Hartford.
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[...]HARTFORD (AP) – Dozens of florists, nursery workers, greenhouse growers and Christmas tree farmers are descending this weekend on the Governor’s Residence in Hartford to install holiday decorations.
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[...]HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. M. Jodi Rell wants legislators to return to the Capitol to fix the state’s campaign finance reform law and attempt to close Connecticut’s budget gap.
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[...]WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader says he’s “absorbing” the feedback he’s receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision.
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Hamden (AP) – Police say a Woodbridge selectman has been arrested after driving drunk and leading state police on a three-mile pursuit.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut’s Green Party is hoping to persuade its famous native son, Ralph Nader, to jump into the hot U.S. Senate race.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers want to know how the recession is affecting children.
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[...]By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michaele and Tareq Salahi didn’t look out of place at Tuesday’s White House state dinner. They were all smiles as they rubbed shoulders with Vice President Joe Biden, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty and CBS [...]
(WTNH) - With his daughters at his side, President Obama Wednesday pardoned a turkey named ‘Courage’ at a traditional White House Thanksgiving event.
“Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha – because I was planning to eat this sucker – ‘Courage’ will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate,” [...]
(WTNH) – Gov. Jodi Rell said she will call the general assembly into special session on December 15th to work on plans to close a projected budget deficit of $466.5 million.
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[...]Trenton, N.J. (AP) – Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey as “an intermediary step” that could lead to a run for the White House.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut’s healthcare advocate Kevin Lembo says he has filed paperwork to explore a possible bid for lieutenant governor.
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[...]Washington, D.C. (WTNH) – Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) issued the following statement today welcoming Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States. Singh’s visit is the first official state visit of the Obama presidency.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Governor M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday a comprehensive deficit mitigation plan intended to erase a shortfall of nearly $470 million in the state budget that took effect in September. The plan includes both spending cuts made under Governor Rell’s authority and cuts requiring legislative approval, further “fund [...]
Hartford (WTNH) – With the departure of Sam Caligiuri from the race for U.S. Senate and Tom Foley likely to follow, the Connecticut Democrats issued the following statement:
“For an allegedly “vulnerable” incumbent, Chris Dodd may not seem like such an easy picking to the candidates running against him. In [...]
(WTNH) – A Connecticut businessman who is running for the U.S. Senate now says he is considering a run for governor instead.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Caligiuri says he’s switching races and plans to challenge 5th District Rep. Chris Murphy instead of Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd in 2010.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – A watchdog group that was created to review Connecticut state government contracts in the aftermath of scandals in former Gov. John Rowland’s administration has not met this year because of the state’s budget problems.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Chief Capitol Correspondent Mark Davis sat down with Senator Joe Lieberman, Monday, to talk about health care.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state’s foreclosure mediation program she championed with the co-chairs of the Legislature’s Banks Committee continues to help thousands of Connecticut residents avoid the loss of their homes.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama said Monday the nation’s economy is in good shape for the long term thanks to “core strengths” such as its universities, its innovation and a dynamic workforce.
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[...]STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – The closest adviser to Gov. M. Jodi Rell says in a rare interview that it’s unfair to refer to Rell’s chief of staff as Connecticut’s shadow governor.
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[...]WASHINGTON (AP) – Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.
Read more »With a key vote in the U.S. Senate scheduled for tomorrow night on national health care reform, Connecticut’s Joe Lieberman is one of the key Senators to watch.
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[...]Washington (WTNH) – Chief Political Correspondent Mark Davis talks exclusively, one-on-one with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, the man in the middle of the national heath care reform debate.
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[...]Washington (AP) – The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making “inconsistent, misleading or incomplete” statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn’t recommend any punishment.
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