(WTNH) – Speaking with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others this morning, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd called the impending passage in the Senate of a health care reform bill makes this “a great, great day for our country.”
Earlier in his statement Sen. Dodd said, “My hope still is that [...]
Rep. Larry Cafero Jr. announces he will not seek governor’s office in 2010. (Photo: Mark Davis/WTNH)
Hartford (AP) – Connecticut House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr. says he won’t seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2010.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Connecticut Democrats wants Gov. Jodi Rell to authorize more money for state construction projects, a sector of the economy that has been especially hard hit.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – The annual effort to open package stores on Sunday was revisited at the state Capitol. Some lawmakers say it could bring extra revenue to the state coffers, but package store owners say that’s a myth.
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(WTNH) – A cake was delivered to the annual State Capitol Press Corps holiday party from Sen. Chris Dodd. In case you can’t read frosting it says “My race is going to be a piece of cake, Love Chris.”
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Hartford (WTNH) - As leaders in the U.S. Senate struggle to force a vote on health care reform before Christmas, Connecticut legislative leaders are preparing for the changes.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) - ‘The Genius of Connecticut,’ an 18 ft., bronze statue of a winged female will finally be at the state Capitol again for all to see.
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[...](WTNH) – Governor Rell said today that the numbers that Democratic leaders are using are phony made up numbers.
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[...](WTNH) – Will the Independent senator from Connecticut run as a Republican in the 2012 election? Lieberman is not ruling out the possibility.
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[...](WTNH) – 3rd District Rep. Rosa DeLauro doesn’t think much of her legislative colleague Sen. Joseph Lieberman these days. So much so she’d like him recalled from office.
“No individual should hold health care hostage, including Joe Lieberman, and I’ll say it flat out, I think he ought to be recalled,” [...]
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(WTNH) – Jane Maher of moveon.org and an Oxford resident was among about 20 protesters outside the building that houses Senator Joe Lieberman’s office in Hartford Tuesday.
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Wallingford (WTNH) – Lawmakers are scheduled to address the latest round of budget cuts Tuesday. The Speaker of the House is accusing the Governor of not telling the whole story in the budget crisis.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says consumers are being gouged in anticipation of the new federal credit card law.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Vice President Joe Biden was in Hartford and East Hartford today to pitch policy and raise money, but the man he came to help support wasn’t there.
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[...](WTNH) – Dozens of state buildings and pieces of property, including an armory and several properties owned by the Department of Transportation, are going up for sale as the State of Connecticut looks to raise some cash.
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East Hartford (WTNH) – Vice President Joe Biden will be in Connecticut on Friday.
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[...](WTNH) – With recent poll numbers showing he’d lose to the two top Republicans vying for his seat, Democratic Party insiders are starting to worry that Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd’s troubles could hurt other candidates.
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[...]East Hartford (WTNH) – Sen. Chris Dodd says now that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has successfully bailed out Wall Street, but now it’s time to use TARP to bail out Main Street.
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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 »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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[...]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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Update 2: More on the cuts headed to cities and towns
Update 3: State’s Budget Problem: No Money -Connecticut Local Politics
For those who missed this morning’s “In Our Opinion” on that bastion of conservatism, the Norwich Bulletin, they gave another run down on Connecticut’s sorry financial [...]
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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[...](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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[...]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 [...]
