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Naked Ambition
Spin CycleWhich was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion? 1. E.D. Hill, anchor on Fox News, suggesting a fist bump between Barack Obama and wife Michelle could be seen as a "terrorist fist jab." 2. The ???Media Matters??? organization starting a......Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, Barack Obama
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Dave: Get over it!!! You're not alone. (Updated)
Spin CycleReading that Gov. Paterson objected to being called the "accidental governor" and suggested that he was being pejoratively singled out in his speech to the NAACP, we decided to check. He's totally wrong. We found 337 stories on Nexis......Tags: NAACP, Richard J Codey, New Jersey, John Tyler, Government
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Oklahoma could produce all-women gov race
The Swampby Mike Memoli Oklahomans head to the polls today for the first of three potential votes to choose a new governor. And for the second time this year, we could have a historic outcome -- two female nominees representing the......Tags: California, South Carolina, Arizona, Oklahoma, Jari Askins
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Bill May Restore Double-Dip Pension For East Haven Mayor Branded As 'Taco Joe'
The Hartford CourantA little-noticed bill, given final approval by legislators on June 4, could reinstate the disputed pension of controversial East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. – who made national news in 2012 by saying he might have some tacos on the day four of his...Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, Retirement, Republican Party, Executive Branch
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Ritter's Lobbying Raises Questions
The Hartford CourantWhen is a lobbyist not a lobbyist? The answer, according to the complicated state laws that determine who's allowed to influence government officials in decision-making (which is what lobbying is, pretty much), is: When a person lobbies a public official...Tags: Eddie A. Perez, Regional Authority, Government, Kevin Rennie, Laws
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Developer Suggests State's Controversial Land Swap May Be Revived
The Hartford CourantLast year, conservationists celebrated the death of the so-called Haddam land swap — a controversial deal approved by the state legislature in 2011 to let private developers acquire 17 acres of state-owned land overlooking the Connecticut River in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Parties and Movements, Government, Regional Authority, Edward Meyer
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Connecticut's Hotel and Convention Industry Unites At A New York Landmark
The Hartford CourantNEW YORK — In a dimly lit room inside Grand Central Station, with a high, ornate, painted wood ceiling and a stone fireplace with a carved, winged lion insignia, a piece of the Connecticut economy came to life. There, in a gathering late Thursday,...Tags: Greenwich, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Hotels and Accommodations, Government, Downtown (Brooklyn, New York)
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State's Leaders Talk Cuts, Enact Spending
The Hartford CourantThe state's political leaders may not set out to confuse the public, but they don't mind if that's one result of their conflicting declarations and policies. It may be easier to win the hefty new Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences that were handed out...Tags: Andrew W Roraback, Parties and Movements, Judges, Kevin Rennie, Republican Party
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To Fill Budget Gap, Malloy Might Need To Resort To Borrowing
The Hartford CourantNo one expected Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to offer solutions to the state's $1.1 billion budget shortfall for the coming year on Wednesday, and he didn't do so. We'll hear the unpalatable options soon enough. One of them could be borrowing hundreds of...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Civil and Public Service
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As Another Base-Closing Threat Looms, Groton is Ready
The Hartford CourantThe Pentagon is likely to seek another round of base closings in Obama's upcoming budget proposal and this time, unlike last year, it won't go away easily. That's the assessment from Bob Ross, director of the state's Office of Military Affairs -- who'...Tags: Joe Courtney, The Pentagon, Military Equipment, Leon Panetta, Bob Ross
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Massacre Puts Spotlight On Law To Seize Guns From Mentally Unstable
The Hartford CourantHere are a few items from Connecticut's annals of guns and mental illness: —A man who once was arrested for weapon violations was reported to Berlin police in 2004 by his landlord for having allegedly said, "I am going to kill myself and take a...Tags: Weaponry, West Hartford, Suicide, Judges, Southbury
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Roraback Clear Choice In 5th District Battle
The Hartford CourantThe 5th Congressional District will tell us if voters mean what they say. You've heard it, you may have uttered the same sentiments yourself. Why can't our elected officials stop being so partisan and nasty? Why won't they work together? If that's what...Tags: Andrew W Roraback, Litchfield County, Same-Sex Marriage, Elizabeth Esty, Joe Biden
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