Wednesday, May 22, 2013
 

Politics

Jury convicts Donovan campaign aide in bribery case

By Mark Pazniokas
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Robert Braddock Jr. and his lawyer, Frank RIccio II, at right, talk to reporters after the verdict.

Donovan asserts innocence in corruption case

By Mark Pazniokas
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Former House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, D-Meriden, asserted his innocence Tuesday in a surprise appearance outside federal court as jurors began deliberating whether a top campaign aide was guilty in the corruption case that derailed his 2012 congressional campaign.

Former House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan makes a surprise appearance outside U.S. District Court.

Scott Walker offers CT GOP a conservative prescription

By Mark Pazniokas
Monday, May 20, 2013

Does Scott Walker’s record as a conservative Republican governor of progressive Wisconsin make him a role model for GOP candidates in Connecticut? Walker thinks so. So does Jerry Labriola, the state GOP chairman who invited him to deliver a pep talk to a struggling party and headline its major annual fundraiser, the Prescott Bush Dinner.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addressing the Prescott Bush Dinner.
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U.S. House Democrats name Himes as lead fundraiser
By Ana Radelat Thursday, February 28, 2013

Washington -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the political organization in charge of raising campaign cash and planning strategy to get Democrats elected to the U.S. House, has named Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, as its lead fundraiser.

Himes will succeed Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., as the DCCC Finance Committee chairman, said Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., the DCCC chairman.

Schwartz has decided to run for governor of Pennsylvania.
Finally, a store that competes on price, vintage & lobbyist
By Mark Pazniokas Wednesday, February 27, 2013

America's leading wine retailer, Total Wine & More, opened its first outlet in Connecticut Dec. 6, hiring 50 employees to staff a 35,000-square-foot superstore in Norwalk.

With 88 other stores in 15 states, Total Wine tends to be a game-changer wherever it goes, offering everything from a $1.49 California sparkler to a Bordeaux that fetches $14,999. But its variety of 8,000 wines, 3,000 liquors and 2,500 beers is not enough to reshape the Connecticut market.
Ellen Camhi, longtime Democratic power in Stamford, dies at 73
By Mark Pazniokas Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Ellen Camhi, a political power broker in Stamford who helped guide the careers of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other down-state politicians, died Tuesday morning of what a friend says was a massive heart attack.
Bill would bar minors from violent video games in public
By Grace Merritt Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Mindful of the Newtown massacre, a legislative committee Tuesday considered a bill that would bar minors from using violent, point-and-shoot video games at public arcades and other businesses.
Malloy bags his Whale
By Mark Pazniokas Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy won't have to worry about the AHL's Connecticut Whale slipping out of town on his watch.
Fedele running for Stamford mayor
By Mark Pazniokas Monday, February 25, 2013

He couldn't win the job now held by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Maybe former Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele will do better taking a shot at the one Malloy used to hold -- mayor of Stamford.


Michael Fedele

Fedele, who was Gov. M. Jodi Rell's number two, announced his mayoral candidacy today. The GOP incumbent, Michael Pavia, is not seeking re-election this fall after one term.
Malloy to D.C. for NGA
By Mark Pazniokas Friday, February 22, 2013

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is in Washington, D.C., for the midwinter meeting of the National Governors Association, which began today and ends Monday with a session at the White House.

The governor returns to Washington with a profile raised by tragedy: He has had repeated contact with President Obama and Vice President Biden since the Newtown shootings.
With VP in town, Malloy outlines gun control plan
By Mark Pazniokas Thursday, February 21, 2013

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy dismissed as unimportant the question of why he forcefully inserted himself Thursday into the unfolding legislative debate over gun control after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

"It's been 69 days since Sandy Hook, a long time," Malloy said at a late-afternoon press conference in Hartford, hours after he outlined a gun-control plan at a conference in Danbury, where 90 journalists gathered to hear Vice President Joe Biden deliver a keynote speech.

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