by | Dec 19, 2018 6:29 pm | Comments (4)
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Tim Herbst in the Shubert Theater post-debate spin room during the primary campaign.
When Tim Herbst knocked on doors on the shoreline this fall to help a Republican state legislative candidate, he learned that Democrats had beaten him to it. Three times.
Continue reading ‘Tim Herbst: Republicans Need A Ground Game’
by | Dec 19, 2018 4:40 pm | Comments (5)
If Gov.-Elect Ned Lamont listens to even half of what his transition team’s Shared Services Committee recommends, then the towns and cities of Connecticut may be in for major changes in the way things are currently run. But that doesn’t mean an end to the spirit or individualism of the municipalities that make Connecticut great.
Continue reading ‘Go Big or Go Home: Shared Services Will Be Disruptive’
by | Dec 13, 2018 1:31 pm | Comments (10)
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Sorority members at Wednesday night’s session.
Pat Dillon: “Hope is a choice, not an emotion.”
Mickens-Webber: “We will hold elected officials” accountable.
“Women in red” — aka the Deltas — push lawmakers on 2019 agenda, including minimum wage & expunging of criminal records.
by , and | Dec 11, 2018 4:17 pm | Comments (30)
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State’s latest vision for Union Station, with new garage.
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Bysiewicz: “New administration may have different opinions.”
The outgoing Malloy administration was at Union Station Tuesday putting plans for a new parking garage on a fast track, while the incoming Lamont administration signaled it wants to hear more from New Haveners calling to slow the construction train.
by | Dec 6, 2018 8:47 am | Comments (10)
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Joe Markley (center) with State Sen. Len Suzio and Tom Scott at the 2018 state GOP convention.
The advice came from Virginia. It bombed in Connecticut.
Continue reading ‘Markley: Out-of-Staters Misread Connecticut’
by | Dec 4, 2018 3:31 pm | Comments (1)
In his most important staffing decision to date, Gov.-Elect Ned Lamont has hired a senior manager at the world’s largest hedge fund to serve as his chief of staff.
by | Nov 29, 2018 9:08 am | Comments (10)
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150 Sargent Dr.: Tough to reach by bus or by foot.
Claudette Kidd of Mothers & Others for Justice testifies Wednesday.
Can these doctors, lawyers, and health CEOs solve a public transit problem? From right to left at Wednesday’s hearing: YNHH VP Jennifer Wilcox, Fair Haven Community Health CEO Suzanne Lagarde, YNHH VP Cynthia Sparer, Cornell Scott-Hill Health CEO Michael Taylor, Yale School of Medicine Associate Dean Stephen Huot.
Given New Haven’s broken bus system, how would car-less New Haveners get to a new primary care center planned for Long Wharf?
Yale-New Haven Hospital and the city’s two community health centers will have to answer that question over the next two weeks to win state permission to transform the way that New Haven’s poor get medical care.
Continue reading ‘Primary Plan’s Obstacle: Broken Bus System’
by | Nov 23, 2018 12:56 pm | Comments (18)
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State Sen. George Logan at a Veterans Day service.
George Logan’s mom wasn’t having it.
by | Nov 22, 2018 10:42 am | Comments (0)
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, at least when it comes to your municipality’s firewall.
by | Nov 20, 2018 1:34 pm | Comments (0)
Three ambitious building projects in New Haven have won competitive state grants to support low and moderate-income housing.
Continue reading ‘$10M Pours Into City For Affordable Housing’
by | Nov 15, 2018 3:19 pm | Comments (3)
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Gov.-Elect Lamont, Lt. Gov.-Elect Bysiewicz leaving Thursday’s announcement.
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David Salinas; Jorge Perez.
Gov. Elect-Ned Lamont has reached into New Haven’s government and business circles to help guide his plans for taking office.
Continue reading ‘Lamont Taps Perez, Salinas For Transition Team’
by | Nov 13, 2018 4:27 pm | Comments (5)
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Mayors (clockwise from top left) Harp, O’Leary, Martin, Ganim, Bronin emerge from Lamont confab in New Haven.
More school dollars and faster New Haven-New York trains were at the topic of the agenda Tuesday at the first face-to-face meeting between big-city mayors and Gov.-Elect Ned Lamont.
by | Nov 9, 2018 8:17 am | Comments (6)
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Toni Walker at the state Capitol.
Democratic Gov.-elect Ned Lamont has tapped a 17-year-veteran of New Haven’s state legislative delegation to help lead his incoming administration’s transition into power.
Continue reading ‘Toni Walker To Co-Chair Lamont Transition Team’
by | Nov 7, 2018 4:47 pm | Comments (0)
While the last 24 hours have been something of a whirlwind, once the dust has settled, Connecticut will have a new governor, and a new power balance in the state House of Representatives and State Senate.
by | Nov 6, 2018 8:36 am | Comments (11)
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Mayor Toni Harp at Sunday evening’s get-out-the-vote rally at Bella Vista.
Mayor Toni Harp supports more state funding for transportation. She doesn’t want to create a “lockbox” to do it.
by | Oct 23, 2018 1:44 pm | Comments (2)
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Comptroller candidate Kurt Miller.
Kurt Miller has his grading pen ready if voters make him the state’s next fiscal watchdog.
by | Oct 17, 2018 12:09 pm | Comments (10)
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Toni Harp; Len Fasano.
The state’s leading elected Republican is back poking at New Haven’s mayor again, calling for a forensic audit of city finances.
by | Sep 3, 2018 10:04 am | Comments (4)
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Unemployment in Connecticut is at a post-recession low but many families continue to struggle in the Nutmeg State where wage growth remains low, according to a new report from the New Haven-based Connecticut Voices for Children.
by | Aug 10, 2018 1:47 pm | Comments (2)
Nicole Karides-Ditria and Themis Klarides at the state Capitol.
“Are they going to call the bill today?” Themis Klarides’s kid sister Nicole Klarides-Ditria asked.
And asked. And asked.
Nicole walked up from the back row to ask Themis. She texted her to ask her. Every day.
by | Aug 10, 2018 7:57 am | Comments (12)
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State Rep. Josh Elliott.
Josh Elliott took down names. But he didn’t broadcast them.
by | Jul 26, 2018 8:40 am | Comments (8)
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Jazmarie Melendez, sister of cop-slain Jayson Negron, at Albertus.
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Ganim, Lamont debating Wednesday night at Albertus Magnus.
A gubernatorial debate in New Haven turned testy after protesters pushed Joe Ganim about his handling of cops who kill and Ganim pushed his opponent Ned Lamont on how he finances his campaign.
by | Jul 24, 2018 4:26 pm | Comments (9)
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GOP candidates at Tuesday’s debate.
Fairfield— Can Connecticut really afford to eliminate the income tax?
With the days winding down toward the Aug. 14 Republican gubernatorial primary, the five candidates on the ballot offered differing views on that question as they worked hard Tuesday in a debate to make their position on taxes and state spending stand out from each other.
Continue reading ‘Eliminating Income Tax: Doable? Or “Fantasy”?’
by | Jun 15, 2018 3:43 pm | Comments (16)
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The new Hartford Line departs from New Haven’s Union Station.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (center) cuts the ribbon for the new train line at New Haven’s Union Station alongside city and state officials.
The first new passenger rail line to open in Connecticut in nearly three decades made its inaugural ride from New Haven to Hartford, carrying with it promises from the governor and the top state transit official of an economic and quality-of-life “renaissance” for future state residents.
Continue reading ‘Hartford Train Launches From Union Station’
by | Jun 13, 2018 2:28 pm | Comments (0)
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State Rep. Sean Scanlon, who championed the bill, at the Capitol with Herb Kolodny and Brenda Novak.
Brenda Novak looked at the clock. In four hours, the state legislature would adjourn for the year.
Continue reading ‘How To Make Friends & Influence Government’
by | Jun 13, 2018 7:55 am | Comments (5)
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Troy Jackson, New Haven office coordinator for Joe Ganim, drops off petitions Tuesday at the Registrar of Voters Office at 200 Orange St.
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Joe Ganim with his box of petitions at WNHH FM.
Joe Ganim couldn’t convince 282 delegates at a Democratic Party convention to support him for governor. So he went out and got 32,000 Democratic voters to sign petitions.