July 17, 2012
Murphy Pals Form SuperPAC
by Christine Stuart | July 17, 2012 11:43am
In 2010 Republican Linda McMahon outspent Democrat Richard Blumenthal 16-to-1 and lost by more than a 100,000 votes. It was an election year where money didn’t talk and where self-funded candidates like Ned Lamont and Tom Foley lost.
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Tags: U.S. Senate, Chris Murphy, Chris VanDeHoef, PAC, Linda McMahon
January 4, 2012
Regulators Reverse Utility Merger Decision
by Hugh McQuaid | January 4, 2012 4:17pm
In a draft decision released Wednesday, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority reversed its position that it did not have the authority to review a proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and Massachusetts-based NSTAR.
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Tags: Northeast Utilities, NSTAR, merger, jepsen, PURA, Hugh McQuaid
October 10, 2011
New Haven’s ‘Occupation’ Takes Shape
by Neena Satija | October 10, 2011 8:49am
As protesters prepare to start occupying New Haven’s upper Green this weekend, they’re hoping a veggie oil-powered box truck will create a supply network to keep similar going in New York City and in cities throughout the East Coast.
October 7, 2011
Anti-Bankers’ Dilemma: How To Process $$
by Melissa Bailey | October 7, 2011 12:36pm
LIBERTY PARK—The money trail behind the burgeoning movement of protestors occupying Wall Street leads not to a money market or an off-shore account, but to a giant soup pot stuffed with dollar bills.
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October 4, 2011
Wall Street Occupiers Page Verizon
by Melissa Bailey | October 4, 2011 7:59pm
Activists from Occupy Wall Street paid a call to Verizon Tuesday to make a connection with organized labor, as a movement against “corporate greed” gathered volume in its third week and New Haven sympathizers began plotting their own moves.
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Tags: Wall Street, Occupy, New Haven, New York
August 12, 2011
Blumenthal Seeks Input On Bill to Protect Consumer Data
by Hugh McQuaid | August 12, 2011 11:30am
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Thursday that the debt debate that’s certain to dominate the discussion when Congress meets again in September shouldn’t prevent Congress from passing a vital bill to protect citizens’ data privacy.
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Tags: Blumenthal, data privacy, corporate culture, computer, breach, UConn, Hugh McQuaid
July 12, 2011
Attorney General Receives Report on Labor Misinformation Claims
by Hugh McQuaid | July 12, 2011 5:05pm
Attorney General George Jepsen issued a statement Tuesday acknowledging the Auditors of Public Accounts had turned over their findings about misinformation allegations lodged against the Yankee Institute by the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition.
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Tags: SEBAC, jepsen, yankee institute, labor agreement, misinformation, Hugh McQuaid
April 15, 2011
Unions Take On Bank of America
by Christine Stuart | April 15, 2011 6:00am
Last year it was AT&T that drew the ire of union activists and advocates. This year it’s Bank of America.
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Tags: Bank of America, unions, taxes
July 6, 2010
Rowland Slams Rell on Corporate Welfare
by Christine Stuart | July 6, 2010 11:51am
(Updated 4:30 p.m.) Former Gov. John G. Rowland was behind the microphone at WTIC 1080 Tuesday morning causing trouble for his successor and a little for himself.
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May 12, 2010
Class Action Targets Webster, Other Banks Over Punitive Overdraft Fee Practices
by Sharon Bass | May 12, 2010 7:14am
West Hartford lawyers suing Webster Bank for anti-customer practices are buoyed by a Florida judge’s decision to pursue a similar class-action against the country’s big banks.
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