February 11, 2013
Municipalities Confronted With Weather Challenges
by Hugh McQuaid | February 11, 2013 4:30pm
With severe winter weather impacting the state frequently in recent years, some municipalities are wondering if they are experiencing a new normal and whether their tools are up to the task of responding.
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Tags: snow storm, blizzard, wyman, manchester, payloaders, road clearing, Windsor, dh
December 26, 2012
From Diner Tour To Cliff Diving
by Hugh McQuaid | December 26, 2012 4:59pm
Retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman will be cutting his farewell diner tour short to return to Washington in the hope that Congress and the president will be able to strike a deal and avoid the fiscal cliff.
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Tags: Joseph Lieberman, U.S. Senate, fiscal cliff, supermajority, Shady Glen, Manchester, dh
October 26, 2012
Lawmakers Decry Outside $$
by Christine Stuart | October 26, 2012 5:30am
Two state Senators expressed anger that a billionaire from Greenwich would spend more than $37,969 on a television ad to oppose a candidate running in a district that covers Manchester, Glastonbury, Bolton, and Andover.
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Tags: independent expenditures, Super PACs, Donald Williams, Steve Cassano, campaign financing, dh
October 5, 2012
OP-ED | Still No Justice For Richard Lapointe
by Terry D. Cowgill | October 5, 2012 5:30am
If it’s true, to paraphrase the writer Linda Blandford, that justice is a concept but muscle is the reality, then the sad saga of Richard Lapointe is a textbook case. For it was Lapointe who ran up against the steely spine of a Connecticut law enforcement establishment that not only wronged him, but to this day has refused to admit its error in the face of a mountain of evidence.
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Tags: Richard LaPointe, Manchester, Peter Reilly, Falls Village, Terry Cowgill, justice, exoneration, dh
August 17, 2012
State Used Primary to Pilot New Election Results Reporting System
by Susan Bigelow and Doug Hardy | August 17, 2012 11:00am
Despite some opening-night hiccups, the Secretary of the State’s office is hoping municipal election officials will embrace an instantaneous, public, digital returns reporting system in time for November.
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Tags: election results, PCC, Secretary of the State, Denise Merrill, Av Harris, Tim Becker, Manchester, voting, polls, Susan Bigelow, dh
May 22, 2012
Autism Amendment On Its Way To U.S. Senate
by Elizabeth Bowling | May 22, 2012 9:27pm
A teary-eyed military wife and mother of an autistic child thanked U.S. Rep. John B. Larson Tuesday for introducing legislation that calls for better coverage of autism.
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Tags: autism, Rachel Kenyon, Shannon Knall, John B. Larson, Military
January 25, 2012
Senate Dems Outline 2012 Jobs Agenda
by Hugh McQuaid | January 25, 2012 7:00am
(Updated 9:30 a.m.) MANCHESTER—Senate Democrats want to expand on programs created during the jobs special session and organize a “Connecticut Made” marketing campaign when the new legislative session starts Feb. 8.
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