Roger Sherman: An Old Puritan in the New Republic Roger Sherman is important in his own right, but his views on religious liberty and church-state relations are also representative of the 50 to 75 percent of the Founders who were Calvinists. He certainly reflects their views far better than the nominally Anglican Madison and Jefferson .
Category: Connecticut Government
Reports: Anthem/Cigna merger may be blocked
A federal judge is ready to block the proposed $54 billion merger of the Anthem and Cigna insurance companies, according to news reports. The New York Post cited sources on Thursday that said U.S. District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson intends to block the merger, possibly as early as Thursday.
Paid family leave debate continues in Connecticut
Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, gestures as state Sen. Len Suzio, R- Meriden, left, speaks with Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, center, looking on, during opening session at the state Capitol on Jan. 4. less Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, gestures as state Sen. Len Suzio, R- Meriden, left, speaks with Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, center, looking on, during opening session at … more Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano, R-North Haven, greets Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, during the opening session at the state Capitol.
Malloy: ‘Everything Has to be on the Table’ For Budget Talks
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, facing the prospect of negotiating a budget agreement with fewer fellow Democrats, said Friday that “everything has to be on the table” if lawmakers from both parties want to truly fix the state’s continuing spate of budget deficits and reduce the size of state government. “If we’re going to have a meaningful, bipartisan discussion about who we are, where we are and where we want to get to, then everything has to be on the table,” Malloy told reporters during a meeting in his state Capitol office, two days after he delivered his State of the State address to the General Assembly.