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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
by | Jun 7, 2018 2:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Malloy: The state must continue to invest in its infrastructure.
With the days of his administration winding down, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has been keeping up a steady schedule of public appearances.
He latest local appearance was Thursday, when he came to the New Haven-West Haven town lines to mark the opening of the West River Bridge on I‑95 and press for the continued modernization of the state’s infrastructure.
Continue reading ‘I-95 West River Bridge Opens Ahead Of Schedule’
by | Jun 7, 2018 7:53 am | Comments (1)
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Gov. Malloy the Graduate Club Wednesday.
Connecticut can’t prosper if some groups get left out of the equation, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told a crowd in New Haven Wednesday evening.
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by | Jun 5, 2018 7:57 pm | Comments (1)
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Maria evacuee Ferdinando Voltaggio with State Rep. Candelaria.
Ferdinando Voltaggio said he probably wouldn’t be alive if he had not left Puerto Rico when he did.
by | Jun 4, 2018 12:00 pm | Comments (9)
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Governor signs first “Second Chance Society” bill surrounded by local pols on DIxwell Avenue.
Mike Lawlor has three goals for criminal justice reform in Connecticut: Reduce crime. Reduce spending. And restore the public’s confidence in the system.
by | Jun 1, 2018 8:16 am | Comments (6)
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Crown St. Garage.
(Updated) Two forbidding downtown concrete parking garages will get brighter lights as part of a $5 million state grant approved Friday.
by | May 25, 2018 4:12 pm | Comments (2)
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Amputee organizers Brenda Novak and Herb Kolodny.
State measures to protect women’s and children’s health from federal Obamacare cuts and requiring insurance companies to cover prosthetic devices became law Friday with the signatures — and a warning — from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
by | May 21, 2018 4:56 pm | Comments (5)
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State Rep. Pat Dillon.
State Rep. Pat Dillon recently wrote the following message to her constituents to explain why she deemed possibly “controversial” no votes on two environmental bills that passed in the recently concluded legislative session. (Click here and here to read news stories about those two bills, House Bill 5360 and Senate Bill 9.)
by | May 18, 2018 12:06 pm | Comments (3)
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Arunan Arulampalam.
The state lottery may hold one key to solving the state government’s pension problems.
by | May 17, 2018 12:24 pm | Comments (1)
Remember those pending 10 percent train fare hikes and 14 percent bus fare hikes that had New Haven riled?
Ain’t going to happen after all. At least for now.
by | May 15, 2018 1:04 pm | Comments (0)
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Oz Griebel.
Another gubernatorial nominating convention takes place Tuesday — this one with a more predictable twist.
Continue reading ‘Griebel Organizes A “No Party” Convention’
by | May 11, 2018 1:35 pm | Comments (11)
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Rep. Toni Walker huddles with colleagues on session’s final night …
… while Sen. Martin Looney listens to floor debate.
Hartford —Dreamers got financial aid. Women got a shot at pay equity. Westville homeowners will get sinking-home money.
A bottle deposit on nips? Tweed-New Haven’s runway? Bitcoin regulation? Didn’t quite make it. But they got on the agenda and will return next year.
by | May 9, 2018 2:50 pm | Comments (34)
Hartford—A last-minute effort to show support for a bill allowing paving another 1,000 feet of Tweed New Haven Airport’s runway wasn’t enough to cross the goal line this legislative session.
by | May 8, 2018 8:37 am | Comments (25)
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Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola, who spoke against the Tweed expansion resolution.
With just 48 hours left to get a bill that would expand Tweed-New Haven’s runway out of this year’s state legislative session, alders threw a Hail Mary, passing a resolution in support of the airport’s future growth.
by | May 7, 2018 4:20 pm | Comments (21)
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Aaron Goode outside 200 Orange polls: Legislators eventually agreed to join national compact.
Aaron Goode traveled to the state Capitol five times and sent hundreds of emails to try to convince legislators to have Connecticut join a national movement to bypass the electoral college in choosing a president. Those years of lobbying by him and other New Haven pro-democracy activists have now borne results.
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by | May 7, 2018 8:05 am | Comments (8)
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Bysiewicz meets potential voters at Manjares Sunday.
Susan Bysiewicz lost New Haven Mayor Toni Harp’s endorsement for her quest to become Connecticut’s next governor, but she demonstrated support Sunday in the heart of high-voting Westvile from people who pull the vote for progressive candidates.
Local supporters included, from left, Westville Ward Co-Chair Janis Underwood, Gabe DaSilva, Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr., Co-Chair Amy Marx, activist Hilary Grant.
by | May 3, 2018 5:00 pm | Comments (41)
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Lamont and Harp at Thursday’s endorsement.
Ned Lamont has snagged a prize in his quest to win the Democratic nomination for governor: the endorsement of New Haven Mayor Toni Harp.
Harp, in return, has snagged an ally in her quest to expand airport service in New Haven.
by | May 3, 2018 7:44 am | Comments (4)
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The General Assembly’s legit electronic billboard shows the House vote on the billboard bill.
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The new Whalley billboard.
Spurred by public opposition to a blinding blinking billboard on New Haven’s Whalley Avenue, state legislators voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would allow cities and towns to regulate the illumination of public advertisements, so long as those signs have the technological ability to calibrate their own brightness.
by | Apr 30, 2018 7:35 am | Comments (2)
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Shawn Wooden, at left in photo, woos party delegates at a forum this month in New Haven.
Shawn Wooden wants you to know he has worked in government — even though he’s running for government office.
Continue reading ‘Treasurer Hopeful Considers Government Experience A Plus’
by | Apr 26, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (76)
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Larson describes neighborhood concessions.
One argument: Start-ups and out of town developers who see a potential for profit shouldn’t dictate the fate of a neighborhood.
A counter-argument: Neighbors who knowingly move near airport shouldn’t be allowed to hold the city and the state economically hostage.
by | Apr 24, 2018 1:42 pm | Comments (9)
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Ward 1 Alder Catalbasoglu at Monday night’s meeting.
Advocates for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Connecticut are pushing for the Board of Alders to move faster than the stereotypical stoner on a resolution in support of such efforts in the state.