February 8, 2012
Malloy Asks For More Spending To Build ‘Economic Revival’
by Hugh McQuaid | February 8, 2012 4:31pm
Having solved a $3.67 billion budget deficit during his first year with an unpopular mix of tax increases and union concessions, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s second budget recommends increasing spending by $329 million to help build an “economic revival.”
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Tags: state budget, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, legislative session, Chris Donovan, Larry Cafero, John McKinney, Don Williams
February 7, 2012
Education Session Starts Tomorrow, But Budget Questions Remain
by Christine Stuart | February 7, 2012 5:55pm
As he prepares his second budget address, this one focused on education reform, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy took a moment Tuesday to put things into perspective.
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Tags: education, budget, reform, Lawrence Cafero, Gov. Malloy, Fred Carstensen
Poll: Malloy’s Approval Improves, Murphy Leads & Abolish Tenure
by Christine Stuart | February 7, 2012 10:58am
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who says he doesn’t pay much attention to polls, saw his approval numbers improve to 51 percent in a poll released Tuesday by the conservative Yankee Institute for Public Policy.
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Tags: poll, yankee institute, Fergus Cullen, unions, tenure, alcohol, election, president, senate
February 6, 2012
Task Force to Address Needs of Coastal Communities
by Hugh McQuaid | February 6, 2012 5:00pm
House Speaker Chris Donovan announced Monday the creation of a task force to examine how shoreline communities can be better prepared for incidents like Tropical Storm Irene.
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Tags: Tropical Storm Irene, climate change, beach erosion, task force, donovan
Dems Continue To Play Second Fiddle To Malloy
by Hugh McQuaid | February 6, 2012 5:30am
When Republican M. Jodi Rell was governor, Senate Minority Leader John McKinney said Republican lawmakers showed a willingness to vote against her when they disagreed with her position. It’s something he said Democrats didn’t do enough of last year.
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Tags: McKinney, Donovan, Williams, Malloy, legislative session, agenda, jobs, education
February 2, 2012
Dems: GOP Call For Select Agriculture Committee DOA
by Joseph Adinolfi | February 2, 2012 9:51pm
Republican calls for bipartisan support to create a Select Committee on Agriculture fell on deaf ears Thursday.
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Tags: Agriculture, Bacchiochi, kissel, select committee, Republicans, Democrats
Dems Pitch Price Gouging Protections
by Caitlin Emma | February 2, 2012 5:30am
When the next hurricane or major snowstorm hits Connecticut, Sen. Majority Leader Martin Looney and his colleagues have an idea that will keep plowers and roofers from ripping people off.
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Tags: storm, price gouging, consumer, Democratic lawmakers, Martin Looney, Caitlin Emma
February 1, 2012
McKinney: Online Gambling Is Not Coming To CT
by Hugh McQuaid | February 1, 2012 3:38pm
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney said Wednesday that online gambling is not coming to Connecticut, calling the governor’s understanding of a U.S. Justice Department decision regarding gambling “fundamentally flawed and just wrong.”
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Tags: online gambling, John McKinney, Dannel Malloy, casinos
January 30, 2012
Online Gambling: Here Already
by Hugh McQuaid | January 30, 2012 5:10pm
As the Finance Committee was hearing expert testimony on the pitfalls of online gambling, one of the committee’s younger members demonstrated on his iPad one reason for the state to allow it—it’s already happening.
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Tags: online gambling, finance, Revenue, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, problem gambling, tribes, Marvin Steinberg
January 27, 2012
One Month After Stroke, Prague Is Back To Work
by Hugh McQuaid | January 27, 2012 2:32pm
A month after suffering a minor stroke on Christmas, Sen. Edith Prague was back at the state Capitol Friday in good health and telling reporters she’d be running for re-election.
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