Paul Filson, May 18, 2017 Reverend Dr. Damaris Whitaker from the Center Church in Downtown Hartford celebrated the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass by dedicating a memorial plaque and a court yard at the church. The ceremony was attended by more…
Joe Lieberman Would Be an Awful Pick for FBI Director But Trump seems likely to pick him anyway Former Sen. Joe Lieberman is reported to be the frontrunner for the FBI director position that was left vacant when Trump fired…
Attempting to succeed in business without really trying Serafín Méndez-Mendez Central Connecticut State University Professor of Communication By all accounts Mark Ojakian, the President of the Connecticut State University System, is a great man. I fondly remember the evening I was…
A unanimous House votes for oversight bill vetoed last year By: MARK PAZNIOKAS | May 17, 2017 Connecticut’s legislators acted Wednesday for the second time in two years to require independent oversight of the millions of dollars in grants, loans,…
Advocates say cutting Connecticut energy efficiency funds a mistake By Luther Turmelle, The Middletown Press, 05/17/17 Officials with a regional energy and environmental advocacy group say diverting money from Connecticut’s energy efficiency programs to help balance the state’s budget will cause…
Dan Haar: A Scary Look At The State’s 4,200 Threatened Layoffs Dan Haar, Hartford Courant, May 17, 2017 What would 4,200 state employee layoffs look like? It’s scary, and not just for targeted workers and the people who depend on…
Keep Connecticut’s Bottle Deposit Editorial Hartford Courant May 17, 2017 A bill that would eliminate the refundable 5-cent deposit on bottles and replace it with a 4-cent per bottle tax is bad policy that will hurt the environment, the consumer and…
Lawmakers, ACLU, critical of Bridgeport police in shooting By Ken Dixon Tuesday, May 16, 2017, Bridgeport Post Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo HARTFORD — There are too many troubling questions lingering after the shooting last week of 15-year-old…
Dem congressman calls on Republicans to stand up to Trump By Eugene Scott, CNN Washington (CNN)A Democratic congressman said Tuesday he believes Republicans need to stand up to President Donald Trump in the wake of his apparent sharing of highly…
GOP asks far more of labor to offset eroding CT tax receipts By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | May 16, 2017 KYLE CONSTABLE / CTMIRROR.ORG House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, discusses the House Republicans’ proposed budget revisions. House and Senate…