While holiday vacations continue, talk amongst yourselves.
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Connecticut Editor
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader says he’s “absorbing” the feedback he’s receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision.
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Governor Rell
Governor Rell is proposing steps to reduce the budget gap:
In an attempt to halt the 2010 budget’s slide into deficit, Gov. M. Jodi Rell released a $337 million package of proposed budget cuts Tuesday afternoon, slashing funding to programs for the poor and sick, [...]
Following a book signing at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford, Green Party darling Ralph Nader was asked if he would challenge U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd for his seat.
"Well, it's premature," Nader said. But in the same breath he also acknowledged the' [...] The state court system aims to close the Bristol courthouse by March a, 2011 in order to save $150,000 in lease and operating expenses, according to the chief court administrator.
Judge Barbara M. Quinn recently told the legislature’s appropriations committee that three courthouses – in Bristol, Willamantic and Norwalk – [...]
The Connecticut Green Party is hoping to woo Winsted native Ralph Nader into challenging U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, today, with homemade signs.
The group is expected to gather at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford Friday where Nader is scheduled to speak about his new book [...] 
Armed with an incriminating photo, a band of blackmailers hustled $200,000 from a prominent New Haven attorney. They demanded more -- then Det. Robin Higgins and her "take-down team" stepped in.
Seeking help after a year of torment, the attorney came to Higgins in October. [...] Since we are now officially in the holiday shopping season I thought the blog post I just read, — If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then? — would be my early Christmas present to you.
The blog is in response to the huffing and puffing Rupert Murdoch [...]
Hamden (AP) – Police say a Woodbridge selectman has been arrested after driving drunk and leading state police on a three-mile pursuit.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut’s Green Party is hoping to persuade its famous native son, Ralph Nader, to jump into the hot U.S. Senate race.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers want to know how the recession is affecting children.
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By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michaele and Tareq Salahi didn’t look out of place at Tuesday’s White House state dinner. They were all smiles as they rubbed shoulders with Vice President Joe Biden, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty and CBS [...]
While the highways, airports, and train stations fill with travelers, enjoy an evening open forum.
The Governor wants a special session before Christmas to overhaul the Citizens’ Election Program and re-balance the budget.
U.S. Senate candidate/prospective CT Governor candidate Tom Foley speaks.
Were you excited for the sales tax cut that [...]
(WTNH) - With his daughters at his side, President Obama Wednesday pardoned a turkey named ‘Courage’ at a traditional White House Thanksgiving event.
“Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha – because I was planning to eat this sucker – ‘Courage’ will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate,” [...]
(WTNH) – Gov. Jodi Rell said she will call the general assembly into special session on December 15th to work on plans to close a projected budget deficit of $466.5 million.
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[...]On one level, there isn’t much to say about the 2,000-foot-long, unnamed brook that begins somewhere in the storm drains above El Toro Drive and flows into the mushy ground at the base of Nelson’s Field.
It’s just one of scores of tiny rivulets that meander through the hills of [...]
Oy vey.
“Students and their families should not have to choose between attending graduation and being subjected to proselytizing religious messages,” said Alex Luchenitser, senior litigation counsel for Americans United, in a statement Wednesday. “Yet that is exactly the choice that the Enfield Schools impose on students and their families.”
From Connecticut House of Prayer:
This is a morning of prophetic and/or “harp & bowl” style of worship and intercession. As described in Tommy Tenney’s book, we spend one day each month “chasing after God”…..chasing the One Who chases after us! A New Song is being released in the land [...]
Covenant Church of Easton will host an interdenominational Bible study presented in four, 15-week segments covering a range of topics, including: Discipleship Defined, Created and Called by God, The Disintegration of Relationships, The Grace of God Provides a Way of Escape, and others.
Courses are held Thursdays beginning January 14 through [...]
Trenton, N.J. (AP) – Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey as “an intermediary step” that could lead to a run for the White House.
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A federal judge Tuesday ordered the City of New Haven to promote Frank Ricci and 13 fellow firefighters, ending a years-long freeze on advancement on the city's fire force.
Judge Janet Bond Arterton issued the order in U.S. District Court in New Haven on [...] Hartford (AP) – Connecticut’s healthcare advocate Kevin Lembo says he has filed paperwork to explore a possible bid for lieutenant governor.
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[...]Washington, D.C. (WTNH) – Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) issued the following statement today welcoming Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States. Singh’s visit is the first official state visit of the Obama presidency.
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[...]Per CT News Junkie, State Health Care Advocate Kevin Lembo is running for … Lt. Governor?
“Sometimes the governor leaves office and no one has really vetted the lieutenant governor, who is suddenly charge of $18 billion budget,” Lembo said. “Twice in recent history, Connecticut’s lieutenant governor has been asked [...]
Hartford (WTNH) – Governor M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday a comprehensive deficit mitigation plan intended to erase a shortfall of nearly $470 million in the state budget that took effect in September. The plan includes both spending cuts made under Governor Rell’s authority and cuts requiring legislative approval, further “fund [...]
(Updated 8:24 p.m.) Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposed cutting $337 million from the $18.64 billion 2010 budget passed by the legislature just three months ago.
Rell's deficit mitigation plan released Tuesday afternoon assumes that the planned sales tax reduction from 6 to' [...] Hartford (WTNH) – With the departure of Sam Caligiuri from the race for U.S. Senate and Tom Foley likely to follow, the Connecticut Democrats issued the following statement:
“For an allegedly “vulnerable” incumbent, Chris Dodd may not seem like such an easy picking to the candidates running against him. In [...]
(WTNH) – A Connecticut businessman who is running for the U.S. Senate now says he is considering a run for governor instead.
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As expected, state Sen. Sam Caligiuri officially switched campaigns Tuesday afternoon and decided to drop his bid for the U.S. Senate and instead run against U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District.
"I have been deeply humbled by the outpouring of'" [...] State Sen. Sam Caligiuri announced his intent to end his bid for the U.S. Senate and instead run for the U.S. Congress in a press release today.
His new website can be found at: [www.samforcongress.com]
The move shakes up races for both the US Senate and the House. On the Senate [...]
Hartford (AP) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Caligiuri says he’s switching races and plans to challenge 5th District Rep. Chris Murphy instead of Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd in 2010.
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Tom Foley, the former Ambassador to Ireland, Bush fundraiser, and Republican U.S. Senate candidate released a statement Tuesday saying he is considering entering the race for governor.
"We no longer have an incumbent Governor seeking re-election. I have had a number of conversations with" [...] The Hartford Courant reports that according to Kevin Rennie’s Facebook page, one of his friends says that:
GOP Senate hopeful Tom Foley told the West Hartford Republicans last night that he is considering hightailing it into the less competitive race for governor. He’ll decide in 2 week’ developing…’sounds like decision [...]
From: New Fairfield Citizen-News, November 18, 2009
Stop Digging
Why It’s Time To Try A Different Kind Of Budget
Not even two months have passed since the new state budget was implemented, and yet the State of Connecticut already finds itself $624 million in the red.
To remedy this situation, [...]
In what he acknowledges to be an unusual move, Kevin Lembo, the state's Healthcare Advocate, filed papers today seeking the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
Lembo hasn't joined any of the six (possibly seven) Democratic candidates exploring a run for the governor's office' [...] 
After an "unbelievable" closed-door session, the New Haven Democracy Fund slapped a $500 fine on the mayor's campaign for a late filing. Then it gave him a pass for "flying in the face of" the spirit of the clean elections law by moving cash [...] Hartford (AP) – A watchdog group that was created to review Connecticut state government contracts in the aftermath of scandals in former Gov. John Rowland’s administration has not met this year because of the state’s budget problems.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Chief Capitol Correspondent Mark Davis sat down with Senator Joe Lieberman, Monday, to talk about health care.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state’s foreclosure mediation program she championed with the co-chairs of the Legislature’s Banks Committee continues to help thousands of Connecticut residents avoid the loss of their homes.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama said Monday the nation’s economy is in good shape for the long term thanks to “core strengths” such as its universities, its innovation and a dynamic workforce.
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[...]Does anyone have access to information released today about the breakdown of delegates by Town for the GOP Convention. I was told that this information was to be released today, but haven’t seen head nor tail of it. Heath?
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Before leaving to spend Thanksgiving in Colorado Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Wednesday afternoon that she would be calling the General Assembly back Dec. 15 to vote on her deficit mitigation plan and fix the state's fledgling campaign finance law.
In August 
