by Zachary Janowski | Nov 6, 2012 | General, Politics
Chris Murphy is the “son of a public school teacher” as a recent ad claims, but he is also the son a lawyer who leads one of Hartford’s prestigious law firms. Scott Murphy is managing partner of Shipman & Goodwin. He has carved out a niche...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 5, 2012 | Politics
Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon held a rally Monday at Coil Pro in Southington, not far from my house, along with state Sen. Joe Markley and other local candidates. After the rally, I asked McMahon about her legislative priorities if elected to the U.S....
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 5, 2012 | Features, Politics
Connecticut’s court administrators have denied access to a list of residents exempt from jury duty because they are not citizens of the United States, inhibiting a media effort to determine if non-citizens are registered to vote in the state. Media organizations in...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 24, 2012 | Blog, Politics, State Budget
Connecticut is looking for a new victim advocate and state officials are willing to pay the right candidate as much as $30,000 more than the person he replaces. The current victim advocate, Michelle Cruz, lost favor with Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration by...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 19, 2012 | Politics, Taxes & Spending
Next time unions and their allies complain about money in politics, remind them unions invented political action committees. History professor Maury Klein writes for Bloomberg: The first organization to call itself a political action committee was formed in July 1943...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 18, 2012 | Politics, State Budget
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is one of the country’s most fiscally successful governors: “Many states and some localities are never ever going to be able to honor obligations they made,” Daniels said. “That will never be the case in...
