Newtown Mother Tells Her Story At State Capitol; Supports Mental Health Bill

By On May 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Jennifer Maksel is a single mother who is seeking help because her family has been directly impacted by the tragedy of the Newtown school shootings.

“My youngest son escaped from his first grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary after seeing his teachers and best friends murdered,’’ an emotional Maksel said Monday. “The fact that the [...]

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CT To Become First In Nation To Mandate Mattress Recycling; Growing Problem in Cities

By On May 16, 2013 · 23 Comments

Connecticut would become the first state in the nation to mandate the recycling of mattresses, whose disposal has become an ongoing problem in major cities.

The measure passed by 28 to 8 in the state Senate on Thursday afternoon, coming after bipartisan approval in the state House of Representatives by 117 to 21. Some of the [...]

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Gov. Malloy Meeting Wednesday With New York City Mayor Bloomberg On Gun Control

By On May 14, 2013 · 68 Comments

Governor Dannel P. Malloy will be meeting Wednesday with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg regarding gun control.

Bloomberg is a national leader in the effort, and he will be discussing with Malloy the comprehensive package that was passed in Connecticut. No major gun control legislation was passed this year at the [...]

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CT Package Stores Vs. State Tax Commissioner Kevin Sullivan On Sunday Alcohol Sales

By On May 10, 2013 · 11 Comments

The state’s tax commissioner, Kevin B. Sullivan, announced recently that the state’s move to allow the Sunday sales of alcohol has been a success, citing increased tax revenue coming into the state coffers.

Sunday sales has been highly controversial as the state’s package stores association has questioned it for years, predicting that the stores would simply sell the [...]

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House Passes First-In-Nation Mattress Recycling As Citizens Discard More than 350,000 Mattresses Per Year

By On May 2, 2013 · 2 Comments

Most people don’t think much about their mattress.

But for cities and towns, mattresses can be a huge and costly problem.

Every year, more than 350,000 mattresses are discarded in Connecticut, costing more than $1.3 million for cities and towns for disposal. In order to solve that problem, the state House of Representatives voted Thursday [...]

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Malloy Reimbursement To People Magazine Is Almost 16 Years To The Day of John Rowland’s Meadows Music Ticket Fine In Hartford

By On May 2, 2013 · 4 Comments

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s decision to reimburse People Magazine for a trip to Washington, D.C. comes almost 16 years to the day that then-Gov. John Rowland was fined for attending six rock concerts in Hartford.

Malloy will reimburse the magazine for more than $1,200 in expenses for a 22-hour trip that included attendance at the White [...]

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Tom Foley Doesn’t Want To Talk About Guns; Instead Wants To Talk on Conflicts of Interest

By On April 23, 2013 · 25 Comments

Tom Foley is tired of talking about guns.

The former Republican gubernatorial nominee made it clear Tuesday, after holding a press conference at the state Capitol complex, that he prefers talking about issues like the conflicts of interest by state legislators in their outside employment.

“If I were governor, the gun bill would have been very different,” Foley told [...]

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State Switches Veterans Memorial To Hartford After Spending More Than $100,000 And Years Of Work On Rocky Hill Version

By On April 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

After spending more than $100,000 and postponing two groundbreakings for a veterans memorial in Rocky Hill, the state has scrapped those plans and moved the project to Hartford.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, and others tossed shovels full of dirt Monday at the official groundbreaking for the new memorial that will be built at [...]

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Former Sen. Fred “Ted” Lovegrove of Fairfield Remembered In The State Senate

By On April 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Former Sen. Fred “Ted” Lovegrove, Jr. was remembered Thursday in the state Senate chamber where he had served for 16 years.

Lovegrove’s death last week at the age of 73 marks the end of an era among Senate Republicans, where he served alongside two other longtime veterans, Sen. George “Doc” Gunther of Stratford and Sen. M. [...]

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With PTR Leaving Bristol, Gov. Malloy Says Gun Companies Are Still Welcome in CT

By On April 11, 2013 · 165 Comments

Despite the announced departure of a Bristol-based rifle maker, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Thursday that gun makers are still welcome in Connecticut.

“I’m concerned for the welfare of any legitimate business in the state of Connecticut,” Malloy told reporters at the state Capitol. “You want them to be successful. On the other hand, we lost [...]

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