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Charges against former Virginia governor offer insight into FBI investigation at state Capitol
The U.S. Supreme Court has restricted the meaning of honest services fraud since Gov. John Rowland pleaded guilty to that charge a decade ago, but the same law could be at issue in an FBI investigation of House Republicans. George Gallo served as chief of staff under...
A Hypothetical Standoff
During the lead up to Connecticut’s stricter gun laws, my friend and I had a hypothetical conversation. Myself a gun owner and he a state police officer, I asked him what he would do if an all out ban was enacted on guns and the state police were required to go to...
Mystic Aquarium employees contribute to Democratic Party
Two Mystic Aquarium employees donated to the Connecticut Democratic Party’s federal account in January. As a recipient of state funding, Mystic Aquarium is a state contractor. This means certain decision-makers, known as principals, cannot contribute to state...
Obama Rewards Malloy with Trip to CT
On Wednesday President Obama will travel to Central Connecticut State University in New Britain to give a speech advocating for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. He will be joined by the governors of MA, VT, RI and of course CT. Last week...
Do hedge funds have a future in Connecticut?
Two Fairfield County state senators made the case Thursday that hedge funds are welcome in Connecticut, despite the sometimes icy reception the industry gets from politicians and the media. Sens. Carlo Leone, D-Stamford, and L. Scott Frantz, R-Greenwich addressed a...
Malloy Slams Jindal for Exposing the Emperor with no Clothes
In the aftermath of the now highly publicized showdown between Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Connecticut’s Dannel P. Malloy at the National Governors Association meeting, pundits on both sides have been scrambling to analyze which governor gained the upper hand....
Document Dump: FBI investigation of House Republicans
House Republican Chief of Staff George Gallo resigned last week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation subpoenaed his correspondence, among other documents. The investigation reportedly dates back to September 2013. CTNewsJunkie has the subpoenas here. There is not...
HealthBridge subpoenas Blumenthal, DeLauro, Jepsen and Malloy in RICO suit against union
The Connecticut nursing home company where striking workers became a political issue two years ago has subpoenaed several of the state’s top elected leaders, including Gov. Dannel Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen. HealthBridge, owner of eight Connecticut...
Republican campaigns paid Florida mail house under FBI scrutiny more than $500,000 since 2008
Republican candidates in Connecticut have paid more than half a million dollars to the Florida-based mail house receiving federal scrutiny, according to State Elections Enforcement Commission records. Kevin Rennie and the Hartford Courant first reported the...
Meyer Totes Grocery Bag Ban
As a senior state senator in your last term one would think that the end of your career would be spent attempting to have an impact on mitigating the plethora of financial problems facing your state including massive unfunded pension liabilities, rising education...