Mayor Harp: New Haven is important to the health of the state.
Andy Wolf helps show off the state’s cultural capital at the State Capitol.
Hartford—New Haven invited state lawmakers and others at the state Capitol Wednesday to have a slice of apizza pie — and learn why the Elm City is one of the most important slices of Connecticut.
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Apr 18, 2018 8:48 am
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Chris Mattei (left) pitches New Haven delegate Iva Johnson at Tuesday night’s table-hopping Democratic Party session.
One spoke of how his grandfather worked as a machinist for three decades at Winchester Arms. Another recalled being voted “most respected on either side of the aisle” in the legislature. A third boasted that his financial resume makes him the best state treasurer candidate — in history.
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Apr 16, 2018 8:01 am
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State Rep. Dillon inspects a crack in Cheryl Jackson’s house.
The State Bond Commission has approved Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s recommendation to release $1 million to provide grants to homeowners in Westville and Woodbridge to fix their sinking homes.
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Apr 10, 2018 7:53 am
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Thirteen states significantly out-performed Connecticut on fourth-grade math.
Most of Connecticut’s grade-schoolers were stumped by questions on a national math test; state officials are equally puzzled about what to do about it.
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Apr 9, 2018 6:57 pm
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Birks with Johnson and Malloy at Cross Monday.
Gov. Dannell Malloy declared in New Haven that investment in urban education paid off with six consecutive years of higher graduation rates. Under the next governor, who inherits a fiscal mess, will Connecticut keep it up?
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Apr 5, 2018 1:33 pm
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Next governor? Jonathan Harris, Sean Connolly, Susan Bysiewicz and Guy Smith at the Greek Olive.
Shawn Wooden makes pitch.
The challenge: convince well-connected Hispanic politicos why you’re the best candidate to represent them in statewide office — and do it in under one minute.
Winfield: Open carry in state parks doesn’t make me feel safe.
(Corrected) — While another active shooter drama unfolded on the West Coast Tuesday, Connecticut legislators debated whether to respond to the epidemic by restricting certain types of guns and accessories — or by allowing people to carry guns openly in state parks.
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Apr 3, 2018 8:24 am
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The billboard at night: It’s lit.
Hartford—New Haven State Rep. Pat Dillon said she received some criticism from colleagues when she introduced a bill that would reinforce cities’ authority to regulate the brightness of digital billboards. Weren’t there more important things for her to draft legislation about?
Then a new sign at Whalley Avenue and Emerson Street was powered on.
“I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings.”—Ella Grasso, quoted in Ella: A Biography.Susan Bysiewicz wrote the book on Connecticut’s first female governor. Now she’s looking to create a sequel — with herself in the leading role.
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Mar 27, 2018 4:10 pm
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Seventy-five years from now, when the streets are filled with driverless cars that never speed, how will governments make up for lost traffic ticket revenue?
In a world without car crashes, what will happen to auto body shops?
And will anyone ride the trains anymore if a comfortable, convenient, affordable rideshare service is just a phone click away?
More than seven months before Connecticut chooses its next governor, Republican Tim Herbst and Democrats Jonathan Harris and Sean Connolly broke from the pack in early unofficial match-ups.
In the Trump era, Connecticut needs a state attorney general who has served as a federal prosecutor with experience bringing corrupt politicians, gun traffickers, and predatory financiers to justice.
So argued Chris Mattei.
Who just so happens to be a former assistant U.S. attorney who worked on those kinds of cases.
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Mar 22, 2018 12:50 pm
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New Haven city officials, with the help of Yale Law students, are seeking to leverage the buying power of major nonprofits to boost business and job creation. But first, they say, the state’s law on worker cooperatives has to change.
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Mar 20, 2018 8:10 am
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Furlow testifies at the Capitol Monday..
The fate of a digital billboard erected on Whalley Avenue is clear. It’s not going anywhere.
But west-side neighbors and elected officials said the city should have more explicit power to regulate such future billboards, though outdoor advertising advocates say it already has such powers.
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Mar 19, 2018 4:39 pm
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Nemerson testifying: Techies will drive 15 minutes to an airport.
Hartford — New Haven officials urged lawmakers here to pass a bill that will allow a 1,000-foot extension of Tweed-New Haven Airport’s runway — and, the officials claimed, help the region and the state compete for high-tech jobs.
(Full official title: An Act Concerning The Legalization, Taxation and Regulation of the Retail Sale and Recreational Use of Marijuana and Concerning the Production and Regulation of Hemp.)
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Mar 15, 2018 5:41 pm
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Ganim, Walker and Harp pitch for Bridgeport and New Haven (top); Davis and Maynard pitch for tribal casino underway in East Windsor.
Hartford — Mayor Toni Harp and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim joined forces here to urge lawmakers to pave the way for a new casino for a region suffering staggering unemployment. They made a simple pitch: We need jobs.
Advocates of a tribal casino planned for East Windsor sought to complicate that narrative.
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Mar 15, 2018 8:32 am
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Still from body camera video released since law passed. Below, Gary Winfield, Kevin Kane square off at Wednesday’s hearing.
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Hartford — New Haven State Sen. Gary Winfield had some clean-up business to attend to in a law he authored enabling cops to wear body cameras. The state’s top prosecutor balked — and the two ended up sparring about whether cops deserve special rights to check their story before offering sworn statements.
