by | May 19, 2020 4:00 pm | Comments (79)
“You’re fucked! How does that sound? Mind your own business next time!”
Those were some of the choice words State Trooper Matthew Spina had for a motorist he stopped on New Haven’s Q Bridge.
by | May 19, 2020 2:50 pm | Comments (67)
Thomas Breen photos
Protesters outside Skull & Combs barber shop on State Street.
Standing shoulder to shoulder outside of a State Street barbershop, several dozen protesters waved American flags and “Don’t Tread on Me” signs as they decried what one Branford salon owner described as the “dictatorship” of Gov. Ned Lamont.
by | May 19, 2020 2:48 pm | Comments (1)
Christine Stuart File Photo
Stefanowski on the campaign trail.
Bob Stefanowski discovered something more fun to do than running for governor: Handing out free masks.
Continue reading ‘Politician Transformed Into Mask Crusader’
by | May 18, 2020 2:32 pm | Comments (5)
It might be time to order that Flowbee after all, now that Gov. Ned Lamont has changed his mind about allowing barber shops and salons to open this week.
Continue reading ‘Guv Changes Mind On Opening Salons, Barber Shops’
by | May 17, 2020 5:30 pm | Comments (27)
Alexander Lacks.
Note: Osborn Correctional Institution is on lockdown after 105 asymptomatic inmates tested positive for Covid-19. An inmate there wrote the following.
(Opinion) I’m at the Osborn Correctional Institution. My story begins on April 20, well after the prison knew about the seriousness of the coronavirus.
by | May 15, 2020 8:49 am | Comments (4)
Contributed Photo
A teen in the Manson Youth Institution Zooms with Rep. Toni Walker.
Two New Haven state legislators went online to kick off a new state prison policy aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19.
Continue reading ‘State Reps Visit Incarcerated Youth Online’
by | May 14, 2020 5:19 pm | Comments (9)
Thomas Breen photo
Jordan’s Hot Dogs & Mac’s Corey Spruill Thursday, ready for business.
Outside J.P. Dempsey’s on State Street.
City officials and state business leaders are hustling to get the word out about the upcoming phased statewide “reopening” — which comes with a host of recommendations, rules, detailed planning, and apprehension around how this economic experiment can be done safely during a pandemic.
by | May 12, 2020 5:26 pm | Comments (25)
Paul Bass Photo
Myers at her salon Tuesday: “I’m not going to open” on 20th.
Samantha Myers can’t understand why the governor thinks she can safely reopen her popular hair salon next week.
Continue reading ‘Despite Guv’s OK, Stylist Fears Reopening’
by | May 12, 2020 12:11 pm | Comments (3)
JR Romano Monday on “Dateline New Haven.”
Connecticut’s Republican Party chairman called on the governor to cancel the Aug. 11 presidential primaries and vowed to work hard to unseat incumbent Democrats despite the limitations on campaigning amid a pandemic.
by | May 8, 2020 6:07 pm | Comments (4)
A New Haven state legislative candidate has joined a legal effort to allow candidates petitioning for election ballots this year to obtain signatures electronically — and get more time to collect fewer names.
Continue reading ‘Suit Seeks E-Signatures, Lower Threshold For Petitions’
by | May 7, 2020 12:20 pm | Comments (5)
Connecticut does not have counties, so who fills in during a crisis when local governments need to work together?
by | May 6, 2020 3:10 pm | Comments (2)
Pedro Soto appearing via Zoom on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
Pedro Soto made it through a rough bout of Covid-19 — and now is helping guide Connecticut’s economy to do the same.
by | May 5, 2020 9:40 am | Comments (10)
Note: Jason Bartlett (pictured) is challenging incumbent State Sen. Gary Winfield for the Democratic nomination this year.
As a former state legislator, it pains me to say this, but Connecticut’s General Assembly during the COVID-19 pandemic has abdicated its responsibilities, and should forego all salaries from the day they shut their doors to the opening of the next session. If you work hard you should get paid, but if you close your doors and decide you are not essential, why should you be paid? Maybe a better course would be to donate your salaries to the front-line workers.
Continue reading ‘Opinion: Legislators Should Get To Work Or Forfeit Pay’
by | May 1, 2020 2:48 pm | Comments (7)
April Capone on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
April Capone has a story to tell voters. And she has a story to tell her potential future colleagues in the state legislature.
One story is about a hurricane. The other story is about a town that endured a national controversy over violent, racist policing — and emerged stronger.
Continue reading ‘Capone Taps Irene, Policing Experiences For Senate Run’
by | May 1, 2020 10:41 am | Comments (7)
Justin Farmer on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
The state has at least 1,500 prisoners it can immediately release from behind bars during the Covid-19 pandemic to keep them, and everyone else, safer, in the view of Justin Farmer.
Continue reading ‘Farmer: Free 1,500 Prisoners To Save Lives’
by | May 1, 2020 10:25 am | Comments (0)
Connecticut Department of Labor data
New Haven unemployment claims that have been processed by the state between January and mid-April.
Nearly 5,600 New Haveners applied for and received state unemployment benefits between March 15 and April 12, marking a tenfold increase since the same time period last year.
Continue reading ‘City Unemployment Up 1,000% Since Last Year’
by | Apr 29, 2020 12:34 pm | Comments (2)
State Rep. Themis Klarides on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
Themis Klarides didn’t duck the question.
Continue reading ‘Klarides Seeks Covid Clarity, Eyes Higher Office’
by | Apr 24, 2020 10:04 am | Comments (0)
While towns and cities have been fighting the spread of Covid-19, delayed economic plans and property taxes have limited local government revenues. State Office of Policy and Management (OPM) Undersecretary Martin Heft plans to help local governments get out of the financial crunch.
Continue reading ‘State Helps Local Govt’s Get Covid Money Back’
by | Apr 22, 2020 12:39 pm | Comments (1)
McCrory, Hawkins, & Hill on “Dateline New Haven.”
Doug McCrory watched government money wash ashore to help businesses survive — and mostly flow away from minority-owned businesses in Connecticut’s cities.
So he, Howard K. Hill and Kim Hawkins decided to start a new stream of emergency dollars. They know more upstream swimming will be needed.
Continue reading ‘Black-Business Boosters Seek Covid-19 Stimulus $’
by | Apr 17, 2020 6:07 pm | Comments (1)
Now it’s Aug. 11.
by | Apr 17, 2020 5:36 pm | Comments (2)
Zoom
Friday’s virtual press briefing.
The newly opened CVS rapid-testing site on Long Wharf is slated to have tested between 500 and 550 people for the novel coronavirus by the time the site wraps up its first day taking patients.
by | Apr 17, 2020 12:33 pm | Comments (11)
Sam Gurwitt Photos
Curt Leng.
After Hamden Mayor Curt Leng released his proposed 2020 – 2021 operating budget last week, Hamden’s state legislators questioned one of the key assumptions that would stave off a large tax hike.
by | Apr 10, 2020 1:19 pm | Comments (4)
Gov. Ned Lamont issued a series of statewide renter protections in his latest Covid-19 executive order — extending the state’s eviction moratorium through July 1, requiring landlords to grant a three-month grace period for April rent payments and a two-month grace period for May rent payments, and allowing tenants who have been impacted by the coronavirus to use parts of their security deposits to cover unpaid rent.
by | Apr 2, 2020 5:34 pm | Comments (5)
Denise Merrill Thursday on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
“His or her” — those three monosyllabic words could make a difference in how this year’s elections turn out.
Continue reading ‘Merrill: Covid-19 Requires A “His Or Her” Excision’
by | Apr 2, 2020 5:23 pm | Comments (1)
Emily Hays Photo
New Haven’s downtown remains quiet as neighbors practice social distancing.
Spend now. Tax the wealthy later.
Connecticut Voices for Children delivered that straightforward message Thursday during a virtual press conference at which the advocacy group released details from its latest report.
The report put forward several recommendations on how the state and federal government should respond to a coronavirus-linked recession and how to recover from it. (Read the full report here.)
Continue reading ‘CT Voices: Recession Likely, Depression Preventable’