In addition to not fixing the state’s budget deficit Tuesday, the General Assembly also didn’t address Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposal to repair the state’s public campaign finance system.
[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers aren’t sure whether they will attempt to fix a campaign finance reform law that’s poised to help fund 2010 state campaigns.
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It seems like the person who had no problem making millions off of scenes of simulated rape, public sex, and necrophilia, DOES have a problem when it comes to transparency.
Ted Mann has the details...and it's not pretty.
According to campaign finance reports, Linda McMahon spent' [...]
Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend
Chicken Little is alive and seemingly employed as a finance analyst or reporter for an education interest group. If one relies on newspaper headlines for education funding information, one might conclude that America’s schools suffer from a [...]
Former Shays for Congress Campaign Manager Michael Sohn has been arrested by the FBI following a lengthy investigation into charges that Mr. Sohn embezzled campaign funds.
After Shays failed re-election bid in 2008, it came to light that there were major problems with the campaign’s finances. Speculation quickly focused on Mr. Sohn, [...]
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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[...]Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell is calling the Democratic-controlled legislature into special session on December 15 to cut state spending and try closing the state's projected budget gap.
Rell also wants lawmakers to make changes in the new campaign finance reform law, which has been the subject of controversy and a federal [...]
Israel ordered the construction halted saying some of the land on which the stadium was being built had been designated for its use.
Work on a football stadium being built in the West Bank, and financed by the international football federation FIFA, has been stopped.
Israel ordered the construction [...]
The GOP blocked a bill yesterday from Senator Dodd which would have frozen increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges. This would have moved the date up from February and August 2010 for this particular part of a bill which passed last May, on a vote of [...]
TOPIC: Campaign 
Before leaving to spend Thanksgiving in Colorado Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Wednesday afternoon that she would be calling the General Assembly back Dec. 15 to vote on her deficit mitigation plan and fix the state's fledgling campaign 
