Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 9:27pm
The consequences of a bankruptcy by the “Big Three” U.S. automakers would be felt nationwide, and Connecticut’s Sen. Chris Dodd has been center-stage in congressional debates on a possible bailout. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut has held hearings on a proposed plan to help the floundering...
President-elect Barack Obama hosted the nation’s governors in Philadelphia on Tuesday and Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell was amongst those who attended. The group chatted about how the federal government can help the states make it through the ongoing economic crisis and what sort of relief might be feasible. As for the terms proposed: The governors want $136 billion for...
With the economy in recession, Connecticut, like nearly every other state in the union, is turning to the federal government for help. Gov. M. Jodi Rell joined 40 other governors meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden in Philadelphia on Tuesday at a meeting of the National Governor’s Association. Last week, Rell announced that she...
Action by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will force a proposed 50-mile natural gas pipeline to bridge New York and Connecticut without crossing the Long Island Sound. The Court rejected an appeal yesterday afternoon from Islander East, an interstate natural gas pipeline project. The decision upheld the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s choice to...
HARTFORD – Sen. Joseph Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67 on Wednesday tried to close the book on a difficult chapter in his political career – namely, his support of Republican Sen. John McCain’s presidential candidacy. Speaking to a roomful of reporters in downtown Hartford, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee turned self-proclaimed Independent Democrat spoke highly...
HARTFORD — State leaders gathered in a lame duck session last Monday to close Connecticut’s estimated $350 million budget gap for the current fiscal year. In negotiations characterized by Speaker of the House James Amann as going “surprisingly, extremely well,” lawmakers were able to agree on a deficit mitigation measure that will close the current deficit...
State officials negotiated a plan to close Connecticut’s budget gap last week, but one group of legislators was noticeably absent: Republicans. According to members of the General Assembly interviewed by the News, negotiations on last week’s budget gap mitigation measure were exclusively between House and Senate Democrats and the office of Republican Gov. M. Jodi...
HARTFORD — State leaders gathered in lame duck session on Monday to close Connecticut's estimated $350-million budget gap for the current fiscal year. In negotiations characterized by Speaker of the House James A. Amann as going "surprisingly, extremely well," lawmakers were able to agree on a deficit mitigation measure that will close the current deficit without...
NORWALK, Conn. — Last night was a good night to be a Democrat in Connecticut. Record turnouts, propelled by the historic nature of this year’s election, helped bring victory to the party’s candidates up and down ticket. Among the most significant wins occurred in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District, where the Democrats claimed the last Republican House seat...
BRIDGEPORT — Campaigning for what many are calling the most inspirational presidential candidate since his uncle was running, Ted Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address at the largest Connecticut rally since early September in support of the Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. The rally, held at the Mount Aery Baptist Church in this shoreline...
It takes but a minute to cast a ballot, but Connecticut’s preparations for Election Day have been a long time in the making. Officials are forecasting a record-breaking voter turnout this year in the Constitution State. State-issued reports have predicted that as many as 90 percent of the over 2 million registered voters will cast a ballot Tuesday. Already, both...
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — With a week left to go until Connecticut goes to the polls, New England’s last Republican congressman is fighting to preserve his political career. Rep. Chris Shays has represented Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District since 1987. But the vulnerability of incumbent Republicans is glaringly apparent here in Fairfield County, where the most...
