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Second Challenge To CT’s New Gun Law Filed

2013-05-22T20:25:15Z

Two gun rights organizations, six individuals, and two gun stores filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a federal court to strike down state’s new firearms regulations.

OP-ED | National Popular Vote Plan Would Make Connecticut Voters Count in Presidential Elections

2013-05-22T20:13:01Z

I have lived and voted in three cities since I turned 18: New Haven, New York City, and Washington, D.C. While I have been extremely proud to call each of these unique cities my home, they all have one big disadvantage for a young voter who cares about presidential politics: none of these cities are located in swing states, the only states that ever receive any attention in presidential elections.

OP-ED | Procedural Problems Plague National Popular Vote Compact Bill

2013-05-22T20:08:13Z

Last week, former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis visited our Capitol. He was here primarily to promote the National Popular Vote Compact.

Hold Up Your Hand

2013-05-22T17:05:57Z

They weren’t at the state Capitol Wednesday to lobby a bill. They were here to let lawmakers and the public know they exist and shouldn’t be discriminated against because they have a mental illness or a substance use disorder.

Lawmakers Relieved Corruption Trial Is Over

2013-05-22T11:54:40Z

It wasn’t a collective sigh of relief, but lawmakers at the state Capitol were glad to be free from the distraction created by a federal corruption trial that ended in a guilty verdict on Tuesday.

Senate Approves Bill Requiring GMO Labeling 35-1

2013-05-22T00:10:47Z

Connecticut business owners, legislators, farmers, and residents rallied outside the capitol Tuesday morning to press state legislators to move on a bill that would require labels on genetically modified foods.

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Jury Convicts Braddock On All Three Counts

2013-05-21T20:10:56Z

A jury deliberated for less than three hours on Tuesday before finding Robert Braddock Jr., the former finance director of Chris Donovan’s 2012 congressional campaign, guilty on all three counts of conspiring to hide the source of $27,500 in campaign donations.

Donovan Makes Statement As Jury Deliberates; Questions Remain Unanswered

2013-05-21T18:44:46Z

(UPDATED 10 p.m.) NEW HAVEN — After staying out of the public eye for months, Chris Donovan re-emerged Tuesday outside a federal courthouse to reassert his innocence as a jury inside began to mull the fate of a former campaign aide accused of campaign finance corruption.

Lawmakers Float Statewide Motor Vehicle Tax Proposal

2013-05-21T16:25:46Z

Instead of eliminating the statewide property tax on 90 percent of motor vehicles like Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed in February, a bipartisan commission created by House Speaker Brendan Sharkey is looking at setting a statewide mill rate for property taxes on vehicles.

Republicans Embrace Some Of Walker’s Message

2013-05-21T04:10:34Z

Lauded as a conservative hero for taking on the public employee unions in Wisconsin in 2010-11, Gov. Scott Walker reminded Connecticut Republicans on Monday that it’s possible to turn a blue state red.

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Advocates, Newtown Moms Champion Mental Health Reforms For Children

2013-05-20T20:38:24Z

Newtown mothers joined lawmakers and advocates Monday to support legislation that would streamline mental health services for children.

Child Advocate Resigns

2013-05-20T19:24:35Z

State Child Advocate Jamey Bell announced Monday in a letter to Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Chief of State Mark Ojakian that she will be leaving to become the executive director of Greater Hartford Legal Aid.

Defense Rests in Braddock Trial

2013-05-20T17:47:10Z

NEW HAVEN — The defense in the campaign corruption trial of Robert Braddock Jr. rested its case Monday in federal court without calling a witness or asking Braddock to take the stand himself.

ANALYSIS: Will Trial Increase Voter Apathy?

2013-05-20T09:30:57Z

An associate political science professor from the University of Hartford said Sunday that there is less cynicism among voters now than there was before Connecticut created its landmark public financing system.

Prosecutors Highlight Fundraising Efforts, Competition

2013-05-17T21:49:38Z

NEW HAVEN — A federal witness testified Friday that the fundraising pressure was mounting last April as former House Speaker Chris Donovan’s congressional campaign headed into the last filing deadline before the Democratic convention.