Monthly Archive for April, 2014

: April, 2014

Two leading GOP gubernatorial hopefuls pile on Malloy’s fiscal woe$

  Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, speaking with reporters after the state’s $504 million surplus fell to less $44 million, conceded that he is looking to become the GOP challenger to Gov.

Dos elecciones

His victory speech is his concession speech. His think tank is amphibious. He once BASE jumped off the fiscal cliff just for thrills. He is the most interesting man in the world Tom Foley. The front

Malloy cancels $55 tax rebate

HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s planned election year tax rebate has become a victim of a shortfall in tax collections, his budget chief announced this morning. In a letter to lawmakers, Malloy’s

Malloy remarks on Democratic Governors Association’s federal funding lawsuit against the State Elections Enforcement Commission

Earlier this week, the Democratic Governors Association filed a federal lawsuit against the State Elections Enforcement Commission over state law on so-called independent expenditures. The DGA wants

Michelle Obama takes unexpected job pitch

Michelle Obama took an unexpected job pitch from a 10-year-old on Thursday, when she hosted the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at the White House. Charlotte Bell, whose mother works in the Executive Office Building, told the first lady her father had been out of work for three years, then handed […]

Sen. Murphy gets on Mystic Aquarium penguin’s bad side

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy had some good news for Mystic Aquarium today: the business was awarded a prestigious national medal. But there was some bad news, but only for the senator: a penguin relieved

Connecticut GOP: convention venue complies with state law, party rules

Maybe Republicans don’t have all the answers about “foreign policy” after all. And maybe they do. Before booking Mohegan Sun for their upcoming nominating convention for the midterm elections,

Conn. prof rebuked by GOP for calling conservatives “racist, misogynist”

They don’t call it liberal arts for nothing. A part-time English professor at Eastern State Connecticut University in Willimantic is public enemy No. 1 in Republican circles — from the state GOP

Hello, Mr. Chips

Sal Lilienthal is all-in. The lesser known of two Republicans running for Congress in Connecticut’s 5th District, Lilienthal has been handing out casino chips to delegates from his area in the lead-up

Malloy gets “Pelto-ed” from the left?

Just when the denizens of Connecticut thought the debate over Common Core was caustic. Now there’s this. Jonathan Pelto, a relentless opponent of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education agenda and former