by | Jul 20, 2022 1:56 pm | Comments (2)
Karen DuBois-Walton will get her check.
Maritza Bond has one more chance to get hers.
Continue reading ‘DuBois-Walton's Public Financing Approved; Bond's Still On Hold’
by | Jul 18, 2022 4:08 pm | Comments (21)
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State Rep. Roland Lemar at WNHH FM.
Not many people at the state Capitol talked about traffic-light timing at this year’s session. But quietly, legislators took a big step toward calming drivers’ nerves — and clearing the air.
by | Jul 14, 2022 9:37 am | Comments (5)
At Wednesday's endorsement: Town Clerk Karimah Mickens, State Rep. Josh Elliott, State Sen. Cabrera, The Village leader Melissa Atterberry-Jones, candidate Stephanie Thomas, Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett, and Hamden Legislative Council President Dominique Baez.
The Hamden political establishment has thrown its weight behind one of the two Democratic candidates for secretary of the state: Stephanie Thomas.
Mayor Lauren Garrett, State Sen. Jorge Cabrera, and State Rep. Joshua Elliott were among the town elected officials who endorsed Thomas Wednesday and accompanied her on a tour of small businesses and summer camps.
Continue reading ‘Top Hamden Pols Endorse Stephanie Thomas For Secretary Of The State’
by | Jul 14, 2022 9:16 am | Comments (2)
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Erick Russell accepting party nomination at May convention.
New Haven’s Erick Russell will receive $484,125 to help get out his message in his quest to become Connecticut’s next state treasurer.
by | Jun 30, 2022 3:19 pm | Comments (21)
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GOP guv candidate Stefanowski puts gas prices at center of campaign stops.
Stefanowski on "Dateline."
Bob Stefanowski is willing to discuss abortion and guns. But what he really wants to talk about? Gas prices and inflation.
by | Jun 27, 2022 9:19 am | Comments (2)
The state AFL-CIO bucked the Democratic Party establishment and endorsed Maritza Bond’s candidacy for secretary of the state.
by | Jun 21, 2022 6:01 pm | Comments (3)
Maritza Bond is preparing to ramp up her campaign staff and go full blast on media platforms now with an expected $400,000 cash infusion for her quest to become secretary of the state.
Continue reading ‘Bond: I Crossed The Public-Financing Threshold’
by | Jun 17, 2022 3:03 pm | Comments (14)
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Shafiq Abdussabur and Gov. Lamont at Brazi's lunch: 2 takes on a crisis.
Who needs a home in New Haven? Who can afford a home in New Haven? And whom should the state prioritize supporting with its housing policies and subsidies — biotech transplants or working-class first-time buyers?
Two different takes on those housing-focused questions came to the fore during a conversation among the governor, a top state housing official, and a now-former Beaver Hills alder.
Continue reading ‘Housing Q Reveals Upstairs-Downstairs Lenses’
by | Jun 16, 2022 2:08 pm | Comments (3)
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David Sepulveda donates the last $73 required for Bond to cross the $80k mark.
David Sepulveda wrote a check for $73 Wednesday night — and Maritza Bond hit a round number bringing her closer to public financing for her bid for secretary of the state.
After receiving a $73 donation from New Havener David Sepulveda, Maritza Bond, New Haven director of health and candidate for state secretary of state, has now crossed $80,000 in donations for her campaign.
Continue reading ‘Bond Breaks 80K In Secretary Of The State Quest’
by | Jun 9, 2022 5:02 pm | Comments (8)
Darryl Brackeen and Pat Dillon.
Darryl Brackeen Jr. won’t be mounting a Democratic primary challenge for a state representative seat after all, but he’s still eyeing the seat. He is now turning his campaign sights to November, after failing to gather enough qualified petition signatures to force an August Democratic primary against State Rep. Pat Dillon.
Continue reading ‘Brackeen's State Rep Primary Petition Drive Comes Up Short; Eyes General Election’
by | Jun 6, 2022 8:46 am | Comments (6)
Homes on largely Greer company-controlled stretch of Elm Street.
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Rabbi Greer, whose companies have now been turned down by the Elicker Administration for state tax credit program eligibility.
The Elicker Administration has now said no to steering more government-backed money to companies controlled by imprisoned sex predator Daniel Greer — after receiving clarifying guidance, and biting legal criticism, from the state agency that oversees an annual neighborhood-boosting state tax credit program.
Continue reading ‘City Rejects Greer Companies' Tax-Credit Bid’
by | Jun 2, 2022 5:05 pm | Comments (4)
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Commissioner Russell-Tucker and State Rep. Toni Walker with Gov. Lamont at SCSU Thursday.
Gov. Ned Lamont came to Southern Connecticut State University Thursday to announce that his administration has set aside $2 million in grants to help aspiring teachers a fighting chance at financially making it through school.
by | Jun 2, 2022 2:00 pm | Comments (21)
New Haven State Rep. Pat Dillon voted once to prevent cops from rolling an armored military tank onto the streets — and she’s prepared to vote no again, and debate the issue, if needed.
by | May 31, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (1)
Gov. Lamont surrounded by DMV chief Sibongile Magubane and deputy Tony Guerrera at Tuesday's event.
Unlike in the past, there was no line wrapped around the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Wethersfield the day after Memorial Day — but Gov. Ned Lamont was there, to claim credit.
Continue reading ‘Good-Bye, Lines: DMV Racks Up 750K Online Transactions’
by | May 27, 2022 2:41 pm | Comments (10)
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Rosa DeLauro (second from right) Friday at Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence with parent-survivors (from left) Michael Song, Marlene Pratt-Miller, Pamela Jaynez, Celeste Robinson Fulcher
“This brick represents my son,” Pamela Jaynez said Friday as she and other moms whose lives were changed by gun violence guided their U.S. Congresswoman down a path of remembrance — and campaign issue-framing.
by | May 27, 2022 8:30 am | Comments (3)
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Erick Russell at party convention accepting the Democratic endorsement for state treasurer.
A leading local labor advocacy group has thrown its political weight behind Erick Russell’s campaign for state treasurer — in advance of August’s contested Democratic Party primary, which will see two New Haveners on the ballot.
Continue reading ‘New Haven Rising Endorses Russell For State Treasurer’
by | May 23, 2022 4:04 pm | Comments (2)
At presser, from left: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rebekah Moore, State Rep. Sean Scanlon, State Sen. Martin Looney.
Rebekah Moore will get one $250 check — then her state and federal representatives will fight to have the government send more checks in the future to working parents like her.
Continue reading ‘1-Time Child Tax Credit Celebrated; Pols Promise To Press For Permanence’
by | May 18, 2022 11:15 am | Comments (2)
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State legislators Josh Elliott and Jorge Cabrera at WNHH FM.
Students will find more social workers and counselors in their schools. Mobile crisis centers will be on call 24 – 7. And some people wrestling with the long-term effects of trauma or addiction will get chance to see whether “magic mushrooms” can help guide them through the darkness.
by | May 16, 2022 5:30 pm | Comments (1)
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Karen DuBois-Walton at the state Democratic Party's convention in Hartford.
Two New Haveners will be on the Democratic primary ballot for state treasurer this summer — as Karen DuBois-Walton committed to staying in the race and continuing to challenge state party-endorsed candidate, and fellow Elm City resident, Erick Russell.
by and | May 7, 2022 6:00 pm | Comments (6)
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Stephanie Thomas at Saturday's convention.
Norwalk State Rep. Stephanie Thomas emerged from a crowded five-candidate field and three ballots’ worth of delegate votes to win the state Democratic Party’s endorsement for secretary of the state.
Continue reading ‘Thomas Tops Crowded Sec Of State Nominating Contest’
by | May 7, 2022 2:40 pm | Comments (6)
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Russell accepts Democratic Party nomination for state treasurer.
Erick Russell handily won the state Democratic Party’s endorsement for treasurer, with fellow New Havener Karen DuBois-Walton and Dita Bhargava notching enough delegate votes to tee up a three-way primary this August.
by | May 6, 2022 9:30 pm | Comments (1)
New Haven Dems at the convention on Friday. Clockwise from top left: Ward 25 Co-Chair Janis Underwood and Newhallville Alder Devin-Avshalom-Smith; former mayoral chief of staff Tomas Reyes and former state party chair Nick Balletto; Kevin Walton, Ward 29 Co-Chair Audrey Tyson, and DTC Chair Vinnie Mauro; a table full of Maritza Bond supporters.
An exciting time. And a tough spot.
New Haven Democrats wrestled with those two feelings on the first day of a state party convention where they’ll have a chance to pick between three fellow New Haveners running in two crowded statewide races.
Continue reading ‘New Haven Delegation Eyes Statewide Ballot’
by | May 5, 2022 3:57 pm | Comments (8)
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Mayor Elicker (center) and Bond.
Three New Haven mayors have thrown their support behind Karen DuBois-Walton’s bid for state treasurer — and the current occupant of the city’s highest elected office has also officially backed Maritza Bond for secretary of the state.
Treasurer hopeful Erick Russell, meanwhile, announced he too has won mayoral support — from chief executives of other Connecticut cities including Bridgeport’s and Hartford’s.
Continue reading ‘Elicker Backs Bond; 3 New Haven Mayors Endorse DuBois-Walton’
by | Apr 29, 2022 1:08 pm | Comments (3)
Aaron Goode and Caleb Kleppner help guide straw poll.
Westville Dems line up "Iowa Caucus"-style for Erick Russell.
An Iowa Caucus-type event in Westville offered a preview of next week’s Democratic Party state convention, as Erick Russell and Matt Lesser won landslide victories in a ranked-choice-vote straw poll held among nearly two dozen Westville Democrats.
by | Apr 29, 2022 9:55 am | Comments (7)
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Proposed housing slated to replace parking at 300 State lot. (Building on left would be new. Building on right currently exists.)
A Boston-based affordable housing developer’s plans to build 76 new apartments in the Ninth Square got a fiscal boost, thanks to a state award of $1.8 million in federal tax credits.
Continue reading ‘State-Chapel Affordable Apt. Plan Lands $1.8M From CHFA’