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Cutler’s Closing Its Doors

by New Haven Independent Staff
Posted: May 16, 2012 11:46pm

Say it ain't so. One of the few places that still carried vinyl.

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Clark Drops Bid, Endorses Roraback

by Christine Stuart
Posted: May 16, 2012 6:28pm

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#71569 Speaks. Cross Listens

by Allan Appel
Posted: May 16, 2012 12:56pm

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OP-ED | States And Rebates

by Paul Gionfriddo
Posted: May 16, 2012 9:58am

If you run a small business in Florida, are self-employed in Texas, or work for a large corporation in New Jersey, then your state insurance regulators probably haven't been working for you.

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Malloy Vetoes First Bill Of The 2012 Session

by CTNewsjunkie Staff
Posted: May 15, 2012 5:12pm

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a bill he said would restrict the independence and authority of local charter review commissions. Read his veto message.

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CT Delegation Poo-Poos Partisanship Over Domestic Violence

by Elizabeth Bowling
Posted: May 15, 2012 4:13pm

It’s hard to understand how something like the Violence Against Women Act can get caught up in partisan politics in Washington D.C., but that’s exactly what members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation said has happened.

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Bysiewicz Will Primary

by Staff reports
Posted: May 15, 2012 2:20pm


It’s official Susan Bysiewicz will primary. Click here to read the filing and click the play arrow above for the New Haven Independent’s 2009 pronunciation quiz.
 

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Complaint Against Wilson-Foley Moving Forward

by Patrick Scully
Posted: May 15, 2012 10:26am

The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) is moving forward to investigate the charges of campaign finance law violations by the campaign of congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley in connection with Rowland-Gate.

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Lieberman Is Kind of Neutral, For Now

by Paul Bass
Posted: May 15, 2012 7:36am

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Wilson-Foley Bows Out of WNPR Appearance

by Register Citizen
Posted: May 14, 2012 4:07pm

Lisa Wilson-Foley‘s campaign has canceled her upcoming appearance on WNPR radio’s “Where We Live” program after it became clear that she would be asked about the controversy surrounding former Gov. John Rowland‘s involvement with her campaign.

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Hitting The Beach? It May Cost You More

by Thomas MacMillan
Posted: May 14, 2012 2:22pm

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Esty Camp Says Donovan Likely To Win Nomination

by Register Citizen
Posted: May 14, 2012 9:52am

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TV Personality’s Gmail Account Was Hacked

by George Gombossy
Posted: May 14, 2012 5:34am

There is not a week that goes by that I don’t get at least five opportunities to download malware, or a virus on my PC, intended to either ruin my computer or gain access to sensitive files.

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OP-ED | Politically Poetic: Week of May 13

by Jennifer Just
Posted: May 13, 2012 3:22pm

This was the week we took off our coats-
And put on our boxing gloves, fighting for votes!

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PHOTOS | Democratic State Convention

by Christine Stuart
Posted: May 12, 2012 3:37pm

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OP-ED | So Much Legislation, So Little Time

by Heath W. Fahle
Posted: May 12, 2012 7:48am

The annual flurry of lawmaking activity that accompanies the end of the legislative session mercifully came to an end at the stroke of midnight. Keep reading to find out just how many bills were passed in the final 10 days.

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OP-ED | 2012 Legislative Session: Winners and Losers

by Susan Bigelow
Posted: May 12, 2012 7:46am

The hectic, productive and contentious 2012 legislative session’s a wrap, finally! That was an incredible amount of action for a short session.

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Lieberman Readies A November Surprise

by Paul Bass
Posted: May 11, 2012 4:05pm

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Harris Named Executive Director of Democratic Party

by Christine Stuart
Posted: May 11, 2012 2:12pm

Former Deputy Treasurer, State Senator, and West Hartford Mayor Jonathan Harris will take over the reigns of the Democratic Party as its new executive director.

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CT TECH JUNKIE | Hartford Students Launch Bone Experiment In Space

by Lon Seidman
Posted: May 11, 2012 11:55am

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Who Lost The Reval Fix?

by Thomas MacMillan
Posted: May 11, 2012 7:41am

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It’s a Wrap

by WNPR
Posted: May 10, 2012 8:30pm

The end of the state legislative session is an emotional time for lawmakers.  After weeks working closely together on legislation, and holding dueling press conferences to unveil bills that ultimately go nowhere, it comes down to a few frantic late nights, where - bleary-eyed and cloudy - they vote to send some bills on to the governor, while others sit on the shelf, waiting for their turn next year.

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Little Progress Made On Health Disparities, New Report Shows

by Lisa Chedekel
Posted: May 10, 2012 4:22pm

Health disparities between blacks and whites in categories including maternal deaths and advanced-stage breast cancer diagnoses are worsening, while only a handful of disparities related to race, ethnicity or income showed significant improvement between 2002 and 2008, a new federal report shows.

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Feds Investigate Ex-Occupy Leader

by Thomas MacMillan
Posted: May 10, 2012 11:40am

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Advocates Unhappy Over Death of Health Exchange Board Bill

by Michael Lee-Murphy
Posted: May 10, 2012 1:41am

Shortly after midnight and the end of the legislative session Wednesday, the finger-pointing began over the death of a bill that sought to add two consumers and two small business owners to the state’s Health Insurance Exchange Board.

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May 16, 2012

Minimum Wage, Jobs Bill Won’t Stay Dead

by Hugh McQuaid | May 16, 2012 4:16pm
Posted to: Business | Jobs | Labor

Hugh McQuaid File Photos The Senate Democrats’ jobs package and a bill to raise the minimum wage were among the those that dropped dead last Wednesday. But both appear to be ready to crawl from the grave in the form of budget implementers when the legislature meets for special session.

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Group Ups The Ante In Education Lawsuit With High- Powered Law Firm

by Christine Stuart | May 16, 2012 12:50pm
Posted to: Courts | Education

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have signed what supporters are calling a sweeping education reform bill Tuesday, but its 185-pages don’t begin to touch upon how the state finances all of its public schools.

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Watchdog Group Sues Over Senate Filibuster Rule

by Hugh McQuaid | May 16, 2012 5:30am
Posted to: Congress | Courts

Common Cause, a Washington-based watchdog group, is suing the U.S. Senate over the constitutionality of its filibuster rule that enables a 41-member minority to block the debate of bills.

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May 15, 2012

Opponents Set Aside Their Differences For Education Bill Signing

by Christine Stuart | May 15, 2012 4:46pm
Posted to: Education

Christine Stuart photo School reform advocates and representatives of the teacher unions sat next to each other Tuesday as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a law that they all believe to be a step toward eliminating the worst-in-the-nation achievement gap.

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Veteran State Senator Won’t Seek Re-election

by Christine Stuart | May 15, 2012 11:44am
Posted to: Election 2012 | State Capitol

Courtesy of the Senate Democrats Foregoing the pomp and circumstance of announcing her retirement before the end of the legislative session, longtime state Sen. Eileen Daily of Westbrook announced Tuesday that she won’t be running for re-election in the fall.

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May 14, 2012

Delegates Pick Donovan in 5th, But Both Esty and Roberti Can Primary

by Christine Stuart & Scott Benjamin | May 14, 2012 10:53pm

Al Robinson photo It was no surprise that a majority of the 336 Democratic delegates for the 5th Congressional District nominated House Speaker Chris Donovan on Monday evening. The question was, how many delegates would go for two of the other three Democrats vying for the nomination?

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Senate Candidate Calls Convention ‘Drop Rule’ An Outrage

by Hugh McQuaid | May 14, 2012 3:59pm
Posted to: Election 2012

Scott Benjamin Photo With Friday’s state Republican convention just around the corner, at least one candidate is upset about the rules the party has agreed upon to tally delegate votes.

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Two-Year, $27M Marketing Campaign Seeks To Capture CT’s Past & Present

by Christine Stuart | May 14, 2012 1:43pm
Posted to: Business | Town News | Jobs | Labor | Media Matters

Connecticut is not a theme park or resort, but it‘s the birthplace of the constitution and so many more inventions, social revolutions, and innovations. Think Sam Colt, Eli Whitney, Igor Sikorsky, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Mark Twain. 

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Unemployment Benefits End For 11,000

by Christine Stuart | May 14, 2012 5:30am
Posted to: Business | Jobs | Labor

This weekend about 11,000 people received their final unemployment checks. That’s because Connecticut is no longer considered a “high unemployment state.”

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May 12, 2012

Murphy Wins, Bysiewicz Received Enough Support To Primary

by Christine Stuart | May 12, 2012 2:02pm
Posted to: Congress | Election 2012

Christine Stuart photo NEW BRITAIN — Democrats crowned U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy their nominee for U.S. Senate with 76 percent of the delegate vote Saturday, but former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz received enough support to force a party primary.

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