Women!
From a thick campaign mailing that arrived at my house yesterday: among 12 pictures in the glossy brochure, 8 of them featured smiling females.
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edited by: Judy Aron,
Connecticut Editor
Women!
From a thick campaign mailing that arrived at my house yesterday: among 12 pictures in the glossy brochure, 8 of them featured smiling females.
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So are you sufficiently panicked by the upcoming Snowmaggedon? I had to look up "Thunder Snow". Can you spell A-W-E-S-O-M-E? Surely another sign of [...]
One of the nation's most notorious examples of alleged wrongful conviction will soon return to center stage, perhaps finally providing an answer to a disturbing question.
Could convicted killer Richard LaPointe really have raped and murdered Bernice Martin?
[...]Naugatuck Deputy Mayor Tamath K. Rossi has launched her rematch against longtime incumbent state Sen. Joseph J. Crisco in the 17th district.
Rossi was seen by Republicans as providing one of the best chances for defeating an incumbent Democrat in 2008, but it never happened. Crisco, who has held the seat in [...]
THIS IS A LIVE BLOGI never liked that song very much.
It's imperative that the Phillippines maintain its embargo against "Lady in Red."
[...]WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama meets with top lawmakers from both parties today in hopes of launching a new jobs bill toward quick passage.
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"Nix on c-ing Rssia"
"Nmes of nwsppers:
NYTimes, WSJourn, WshTimes"
"mvrck!"
The New York Times photographer Stephen Crowley grabbed the money shot.
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Connecticut legislators will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the state’s campaign finance law Wednesday.
[...]After pouring through state records, the Yankee Institute reports that 1,137 state employees earn more than the governor's annual salary of $150,000.
In addition, 175 retired state employees currently receive more than $100,000 per year in pensions.
The information is detailed at www.CTSunlight.org, which is a new web site that is [...]
The New Haven Register’s parent company’s new CEO told his 3,100 employees that he’s bringing their newsrooms into the digital age. To start: Every reporter gets a video camera.
Click here to continue reading Paul’s report.
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Victoria Christgau and Warren Hardy discuss their work around the state using Kingian principles of nonviolence. Find out more at CTNonviolence.org.
Click here to download the MP3
[...]Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal obtained an order today on behalf of the Department of Agriculture (DoAg) permanently barring a man with a long history of animal neglect and abuse from ever owning or managing animals in the future.
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Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) – Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she is assembling a panel of state agencies, to be chaired by Senior U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas, to identify the cause and origin of the Kleen Energy power plant explosion in Middletown on Sunday, including any potential contributing [...]
East Haven, Conn. (WTNH) – State Representative Mike Lawlor, who represents the Town of East Haven in the Connecticut General Assembly, together with the support of East Haven Mayor April Capone Almon today called for state authorities to urgently determine whether the liquor license at an East Haven bar that [...]
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) – Some lawmakers are proposing new recommendations, in dealing with domestic violence. But as with everything, the problem is where to get the money.
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[...]What planet do Democrats live on?
Apparently, Harry Reid is considering growing some balls, and Obama is thinking of following suit, by giving recess appointments to the nominees that have been held up by the limitless holds to which Obama’s nominees have been subjected. But the Democrats are fearful that [...]
At the risk of beating a decomposing horse, I want to reply to a comment I received on my post about Susan Bysiwicz’s legal problems. Here it is, the first paragraph being a quote from my post:
Blumenthal responds that the amendment that made the AG a constitutional officer was enacted [...]
Rep. John Murtha, known affectionately as the earmark king, has died. Toward the end, he lost the ability to count heads and apparently was deaf as a door nail.
Welcome to CPR. Take a look.
I know that I'm still mostly a dead tree journalist working for an evil media company and I obviously don't get it, but this cute online name thing seems so 2009. Wouldn't all this be more credible (and honest) if all the reporters used their real names?
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Weather forecasts have prompted the legislature's transportation committee to reschedule its Wednesday public hearing.
Meteorologists are expecting a snow storm to hit Connecticut.
On Wednesday, members of the transportation committee were expecting to hear testimony regarding a bill that would require seat belts to be installed on school buses. Committee Chairman Rep. Antonio [...]
The Middletown energy plant that was heavily damaged in an explosion on Super Bowl Sunday would have been one of the largest in New England.
The plant has been controversial for years in Middletown.
Reporter Josh Kovner has details at [www.courant.com]
[...]Hartford (WTNH) – There’s a new on-line tool that helps every Connecticut resident keep track of state spending.
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[...]After the tears, after the grief, there will be a reckoning over Kleen Energy.
In that reckoning, there should be one more long look at the way things were done under John G. Rowland. This whole episode is a tragic reminder of the almost magical thinking that accompanied Rowland's resignation [...]
Rep. John Murtha, one of the best-known members of the U.S. House of Representatives, has died at the age of 77.
The Pennsylvania Democrat was a Vietnam War combat veteran, one of the most powerful lawmakers on defense issues, and a close friend of U.S. Rep. John B. Larson of East Hartford.
"In" [...]
Paid sick days will be an issue again this legislative session, and the matter has already got people, such as former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, talking.
Malloy, a Democrat who calls himself a potential candidate for governor, sent out a prepared statement Monday saying that he believes employers should provide paid sick leave to their employees. [...]
Washington (AP) – A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
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(Updated) Some have opined that 2010 is the Democratic Party’s best chance at taking the governor’s office. The Republicans see an opportunity too, as was clear when 100 of the party faithful from east of the Connecticut River gathered Saturday morning to talk about how they plan to [...]
The Speaker's domestic violence task force is recommending that shelters should be staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as part of a broader list of suggestions to combat the problem of domestic violence.
The Hartford Courant's Amanda Falcone has the details at [www.courant.com]
' [...]The Journal Inquirer and the Middletown Press are doing a great job providing readers with the latest on the horrific explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant
CT Mirror's Mark Pazniokas has a great write-up on the status of Ned Lamont's exploratory' [...]
Jury selection has been postponed once again in the murder trial of Steven Hayes, who is charged in the murders at the Petit family home in Cheshire on July 23, 2007.
The Hartford Courant's Alaine Griffin has details at [www.courant.com]
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