Monthly Archive for February, 2015

: February, 2015

Esty bill on tech education passes House

The House on Wednesday approved legislation co-authored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty that would expand computer science and other tech-related education in the K-12 years. The vote of 412-8 for the STEM

Judge denies Rowland’s request for new trail

A federal judge has denied former Gov. John G. Rowland’s request for a new trial in his election fraud case and set his sentencing for March 18, the latest setback for the twice-convicted Republican

Dodd-led Hollywood lobby sponsors conservative summit

Who says former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd doesn’t have acting range? Widely identified with the Hollywood left, the Motion Picture Association of America under the leadership of the Connecticut Democrat is

Dems swat Senate staffer who defended Rudy Giuliani

“Rudy has a point,” tweeted Chris Healy, the former state GOP chairman and now an upper-level state Senate staffer. “Our President has for 6 years either apologized or belittled the American

State treasurer divided from Malloy over $325M in borrowing

The least visible of Connecticut’s statewide office holders has just reaffirmed her presence in a bold fashion — and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy probably wished she hadn’t hadn’t. State Treasurer Denise

Malloy: Giuliani’s statement about Obama ‘despicable’

Gov. Dannel Malloy Friday called Rudy Giuliani’s statement that President Obama doesn’t love America “despicable,” and said the fact that Republican presidential candidates haven’t “rejected it

Jen Psaki returns to the White House as communications director

Jennifer Psaki is the new White House communications director, a post that assures the young Greenwich High School graduate a seat at the table for all the major issues confronting President Obama in

Boughton: highway tolls could cripple mall traffic

On the eve of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget address, Danbury’s circumspect Mayor Mark Boughton said New England’s largest mall could suffer acutely under the Democrat’s plan to raise revenues for

Murphy remains undecided on Netanyahu speech

Sen. Chris Murphy has not made up his mind about whether to attend the controversial speech next by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a joint session of Congress. “I’m very upset with

Christie, Bush test Foley’s allegiances

The bromance between Tom Foley and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is still going strong. Don’t think that Jeb Bush, who prepped with Foley at the prestigious Phillips Academy Andover and could compete