Monthly Archive for April, 2011
AG opposes new “binge in a can” product
Back in November, state officials helped to KO the alcoholic energy drink Four Loko. Now, officials across the country, including Attorney General George Jepsen, are opposing a new drink that spawned …
Pequots: GOP made insensitive remark in budget plan
The leaders of the Connecticut GOP had to figure there would be some people upset with their alternative budget. But they probably didn’t expect it to be for a turn of phrase instead of a proposed …
Blumenthal endorses menthol cigarette ban
From WTNH: Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal wants menthol cigarettes off store shelves. “The Big Tobacco companies use menthol methodically to market to kids and lure them into lifetimes of …
State GOP boss pulls a Spaghetti Western
You can tell a lot about a person from their cell phone ring-tone. Connecticut GOP Chairman Christopher Healy recently went with the theme from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” for his ring-back-tone, …
30 Rock Hearts Connecticut
Some say the white clam pie at Sally’s Apizza is to die for, but 30 Rock put a spin on that claim in last night’s ‘I Heart Connecticut’ episode — and takes a shot at the state’s film-tax credits in …
Voters’ guide to the 148th district special election
Last fall’s election season may now seem like a distant memory, but the final picture of what the General Assembly lo oks like in the aftermath of the November elections won’t be fully painted until …
Hearst exclusive: Biden blames GOP newcomers for creating ‘difficult’ budget climate
Republican newcomers with an inflexible social agenda have created a “difficult” climate for political negotiations in Washington, Vice President Joe Biden said today.Speaking to an audience including editors and publishers of Hearst Magazines and Hearst Corp. CEO Frank Bennack, Biden said the insistence by some House Republicans on eliminating federal funding for Planned Parenthood, National Public Radio and environmental enforcement further complicated already complicated negotiations. …
Murphy’s law: Chris Murphy pulls in $1 million for Senate bid
A Capitol Hill insider tells Hearst Connecticut Newspapers that U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., raked in $1 million during the first three months of year for his 2012 bid to fill the Senate seat of …
Sen. Lieberman gives the Huskies some love on the Senate floor
Sen. Joe Lieberman congratulated the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team for winning the National Championship by taking to the Senate floor and delivering a U-C-O-N-N cheer, complete with arm …
Exclusive: The Obama tax-cut calculator. Yes, tax CUT.
You’ve heard all the Republican rhetoric and heat on talk radio about President Obama raising your taxes since he took office. Well, the Obama administration wants to tell the other side of the story. With that April tax deadline approaching, the White House is about to roll out an interactive way to see how much Connecticut wage earners’ tax burden will . . . go down . . . this year because of the payroll tax cut contained in the bipartisan tax deal reached in December. …
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