Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday signed into law changes to the state’s campaign finance system.
In the final days of the legislative session, state Democrats passed a package of changes that removed a cap on how much state parties can spend on publicly-financed candidates and doubled the amount donors may contribute to party committees. [...]
The state’s voters are against the legalization of keno gambling once again.
The latest poll by Quinnipiac University shows residents are opposed to the approved plan for legalizing electronic keno gambling in the same way that they have been opposed in the past.
Keno was included in the state budget at the last minute recently with [...]
Republican gubernatorial challenger Tom Foley leads incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy by 43 percent to 40 percent in the latest Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday morning as the two rivals prepare for a rematch.
Foley, a Greenwich millionaire and prominent Republican fundraiser who served as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, narrowly lost to Malloy in [...]
Bad weather was on the agenda Tuesday as Forecaster-In-Chief Gov. Dannel P. Malloy met with state’s utilities to plan for the next major storm.
Saying the state could face more severe storms this summer than usual, the Democratic governor met with utility companies behind closed doors for about an hour Tuesday in Hartford. Malloy and [...]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry arrived in Hartford on Monday, looking to make his pitch for why Connecticut companies should move to the Lone Star State.
Perry rolled up in front on Max Downtown a few minutes before noon and his staff said as many as 40 companies were invited to meet with him.
Connecticut Gov. [...]
Connecticut Democrats are using Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s jobs-poaching trip to the state in a fundraising email.
“This afternoon, Rick Perry will be in Hartford to try to lure Connecticut business away to Texas,” Jonathan Harris, executive director of the Connecticut Democratic party, wrote in an email. “This isn’t about gun manufacturers; he is meeting with [...]
On the sixth month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School gun attack, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced that the state will give Newtown $750,000 to pay for the design of a new school. The state bond commission is expected to approve the sum at its meeting next Friday.
The General Assembly this year also approved [...]
@Gettinviggyreports that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will woo Connecticut business on Monday at the place where they do business — Max Downtown:
The courtship will take place at the Max Downtown, a Hartford restaurant mere blocks from the Capitol and the office of Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the face of [...]
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, fresh off the bear trail, takes aim at Gov. Malloy in his blog:
Perhaps most troublesome, being the party in absolute power has revealed Governor Malloy’s authoritarian tendencies. Secret negotiations on secrecy laws, attempts to ban opposing political parties, and turning watchdog agencies into lap [...]
State lawmakers recently voted to hit the pause button on tax credits for the movie industry, but a quirk in the legislation could allow one company to get its cameras rolling with taxpayers’ support.
The nearly 6-year-old tax credit program, meant to create a thriving entertainment industry in Connecticut, will continue granting breaks to television [...]
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