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Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
Shawn Wooden Democratic endorsed candidate for state treasurer shook hands with union members at a campaign rally at his headquarters in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday August 4, 2018, before receiving an endorsement from Martin Luther King III.
Registration will allow you to post comments on newstimes.com and create a newstimes.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. FILE -- In this July 22, 2008 file photo, the blue dome of the former Colt firearms factory sits atop the Coltsville complex in Hartford, Conn.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on April 26. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on April 26. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaks after signing a two-year $40.1 billion budget bill into law at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaks after signing a two-year $40.1 billion budget bill into law at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
Bysiewicz signing paperwork to officially run for governor at the State Elections Enforcement Commission office in Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday Apr. 3, 2018. Bysiewicz signing paperwork to officially run for governor at the State Elections Enforcement Commission office in Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday Apr. 3, 2018.
Former Boston Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell and former New York Yankees and Mets starting pitcher Al Leiter spoke with lawmakers at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Tuesday April 24, 2018 to push for the legalization of sports wagering in Connecticut.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin gave a scalding opening remark about our country's current political state during the 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast at the Connecticut Convention Center Monday morning. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin gave a scalding opening remark about our country's current political state during the 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast at the Connecticut Convention Center Monday morning.
Connecticut's two U.S. senators are urging the Department of Interior to clarify that a joint casino venture between the Mohegans and Mashantucket Pequot tribes planned north of Hartford complies with a gambling compact with the state. The agency hasn't ruled one way or another on the legality of the project, creating a degree of uncertainty for the tribal owners of Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods as they look to build a casino in East Windsor to compete with an MGM resort that is scheduled to open next year in Springfield, Mass.
It happens every municipal election cycle. Everyone drags out the mystic runes and Ouija boards to try and divine what it all means for the next state and federal elections.
Hartford - Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has ordered flags lowered to half-staff until Friday to honor the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas. Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal on Monday both criticized their colleagues in Congress for failing to act to prevent gun violence, while also expressing their sorrow.
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Jonathan Harris, who left his job as state Consumper Protection Commissioner on Wednesday, will run for statewide office next year. The West Hartford resident is a former state senator and was head of the state Democratic Party when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy won re-election in 2014.
Edwin Gutierrez, a past Norwalk Community College student who was undocumented during much of his time as a student, at the college Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Norwalk Conn. NCC President David Levinson he will take a stand against any ICE action on campuses and support a protocol put forward late last month by Mark Ojakian on behalf of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities which states how the campuses should deal with President Donald TrumpA's executive orders on illegal immigration.
Here's your General Assembly , paralyzed, unable to agree on anything but the least-controversial legislation at a time when the equal distribution of Republicans and Democrats might not exactly bode well for you stricken, seething taxpayers. The only good news that can be offered here is that we might have survived the insult stage of this session, as the caravans of lawmakers make their way into the foothills, toward the mountain known to us as the $1.7-billion budget deficit, way up ahead, like a rumor in the mists.
Newly elected state Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, chats with Rep. Pam Staneski during a public hearing of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Committee at the Capitol in Hartford on Jan. 15, 2015. Kennedy, son of the Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy.