House GOP Leader Larry Cafero Blasts Democratic Plan For Keno; “What’s Next? Cockfights and Jai Alai? Greyhound Racing?”

By On May 30, 2013 · 6 Comments

Four years ago, Democrats blasted Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposal to generate state tax revenue by legalizing keno gambling.

Today, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Democrats are considering the same idea, which would raise an estimated $28 million to help balance the second year of the state’s two-year budget.

House Republican leader [...]

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GOP Concerned About Potential Removal Of Independent Party of Connecticut

By On May 29, 2013 · 19 Comments

Republicans were outraged Wednesday by a Democratic-written bill that would effectively eliminate the Independent Party of Connecticut.

The bill, which is a working draft, says that the word “independent” would be removed from any political party in Connecticut. The reason given is that “independent” is often mistaken with the word “unaffiliated,” which is how hundreds of [...]

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The Long, Winding Journey Of Edith Prague: Hired, Fired, Then Re-hired 20 Years Later

By On March 28, 2013 · 3 Comments

Edith Prague never gives up.

At 87, she came full circle Thursday in a remarkably improbable journey that saw her hired, fired, and then re-hired to the same position 20 years later.

An outspoken liberal Democrat, Prague was named by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy as the commissioner of the newly reformed state Department on Aging. It was a complete [...]

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Radio Veteran Steve Kotchko Starts 40th Year At State Capitol; Interviewing Governors, Presidents

By On January 8, 2013 · 6 Comments

Steve Kotchko, the longtime dean of the state Capitol press corps, is marking a milestone as he starts his 40th year of covering Connecticut politics.

Kotchko’s career goes back before the days of Governor Ella Grasso, and he is the only current member of the press corps who interviewed former U.S. Senator Thomas J. Dodd, [...]

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Senators McCain, Levin, Lautenberg, Blumenthal Reflect On Sen. Joe Lieberman’s Career

By On January 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

After 24 years in the U.S. Senate, Joseph I. Lieberman will serve his final day on Thursday.

His successor, Democrat Christopher Murphy, will be sworn in at about noon on the Senate floor.

Murphy and a series of other elected officials have offered their thoughts recently on Lieberman’s 42-year career, which dates back to his victory [...]

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