Rep. Flexer: Where Is The Outrage On VAWA?
State Rep. Mae Flexer, chair of the Domestic Violence Task Force, hosted a roundtable discussion Tuesday with U.S. Rep. John Larson, CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and CT Sexual Assault Crisis...
View ArticlePress Release Politics: CT Politicos Rule
This is from an analysis of the 113th Congress, which just convened, by the University of Minnesota. Somebody tell Joe Courtney he’s not sending out enough press releases.
View ArticleThe Long, Winding Journey Of Edith Prague: Hired, Fired, Then Re-hired 20...
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...
View ArticleLarson Celebrates Books in Hartford
U.S. Rep. John Larson was at the state Capitol on Friday to to help launch Connecticut Humanities’ stewardship of the Connecticut Center for the Book. Larson, D-1st District, called the Library of...
View ArticleDisaster Relief Funds For Federal Parks, Refuges in Connecticut Finally OK-ed
Remember the national wildlife parks and refuges off the Connecticut coast that were damaged by Storm Sandy and later embroiled in a funding fight between the state’s congressional delegation and a tea...
View ArticleCT Delegation Expresses Outrage Over IRS
Several members of Connecticut’s all-Democratic congressional delegation expressed anger and disappointment Monday over revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups. U.S....
View ArticleLarson, Esty, Courtney, Blumenthal and Others to Talk Transportation in...
Larson Even as wind and rain from Tropical Storm Andrea closes in on Hartford, most of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation and other transportation bigwigs are scheduled to to come to the state’s...
View ArticleExclusive: Gun Lobby Withdraws Support For Coltsville National Park, Saying...
Saying that anti-gun legislators are hypocrites, a prominent gun lobby has withdrawn support for a federal bill that would establish the Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford. The National...
View ArticleLongtime Connecticut Veterans Commissioner Linda Schwartz Nominated For...
Longtime veterans commissioner Linda S. Schwartz, who has served under three governors over the past decade, was nominated Friday by President Obama for a high-level position in Washington, D.C....
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