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HRP Associates Inc., a Farmington engineering and geology consulting firm, has promoted Jason A.

Peter Kaufman of Stamford has joined the Milford accounting firm of Cohen, Kaufman & Associates

The law firm of Wiggin & Dana has named two attorneys to its Executive Committee: New Haven

Republican Linda McMahon's first advertising attack on Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the U.S. Senate race is a mailer that casts his admitted misstatements about his Vietnam-era service as calculated lies.

The mass mailing began arriving Tuesday, as

Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon were no-shows, leaving Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff to debate each other and two minor-party candidates tonight.

Simmons arguably made news for uttering a simple, declarative sentence: "I am running for the U.S.

Connecticut's transportation network is facing its own perfect storm of aging infrastructure, heavy usage and harsh weather conditions - all compounded by a slumping economy and shrinking government funding, according to a draft report from the

A Superior Court judge Tuesday rejected Michael Jarjura's effort to block Kevin Lembo from using public financing in their Democratic contest for state comptroller.

The terse order by Judge James T. Graham frees Lembo to begin spending the $375,000

Superior Court Judge James T. Graham said he will rule by 5 p.m. today on a request by Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura for an injunction blocking his opponent in the comptroller's race, Kevin Lembo, from spending $375,000 in public financing.

Jarjura said he will not appeal if

The state got some welcome economic news Tuesday--an estimate that the surplus for the fiscal year that ended June 30 has jumped to $393.3 million, up nearly $150 million over the past month--but hardly enough to offset the massive deficit bearing

State government is on pace to close the books on the last fiscal year $393.3 million in the black - $260 million higher than the surplus projected when the new budget was adopted in early May - Gov. M. Jodi Rell's administration reported today.

The

For most of this year's gubernatorial contenders, discussion of state government spending is focused on ways Connecticut can tighten its belt--and Democrat Dan Malloy is no exception.

But in one vital area, tourism promotion, Malloy announced

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy trails Ned Lamont by 9 percentage points among likely Democratic primary voters with less than four weeks until the Aug. 10 primary, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Tom Foley's

WEST HARTFORD - Oz Griebel and Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele tag-teamed Tom Foley during a televised debate Wednesday night, quizzing the GOP front runner about past arrests and business struggles.

"I am not a perfect person, and anyone who wants a perfect

WASHINGTON-Republican Linda McMahon put another $7.5 million of her personal fortune into her U.S. Senate campaign over the last three months, helping to ensure the Connecticut contest will be among the most expensive in the nation.

McMahon's loans

A major state and municipal employees' union today announced its endorsement of Democrat Dan Malloy for governor, with a union spokesman calling his selection over Ned Lamont a "wrenching choice" for many leaders.

Malloy and Lamont each had been

The public financing of campaigns in Connecticut survived a dizzying day of court rulings Tuesday, but lawyers will begin conferring with a U.S. District Court judge this afternoon on the new rules of the road going forward to November.

The early

There are all kinds of fiscal crises in state government.

And on Tuesday, state Sen. Gary D. LeBeau wanted to know what kind of crisis Connecticut was in if it could afford to buy a soccer field for Middletown and a community arts center in Vernon -

In a dizzying one-two punch of state and federal court decisions today, the public financing of campaigns in Connecticut was upheld, but key provisions that

With just $99,318 in his campaign account, Oz Griebel joined Tom Foley in a legal action Monday to block their rival in the GOP race for governor, Michael C. Fedele, from $2.18 million in public financing.

Lawyers for Griebel and Foley told Superior

As Connecticut struggles to control the cost of retirement benefits, one item under consideration may be a health insurance program generous by state government standards and rare in the private sector: discounted lifetime coverage of retirees and

Superior Court Judge Julia Aurigemma said this afternoon she will rule tomorrow by 5 p.m. on GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley's effort to block challenger Michael Fedele from receiving public funding for his campaign.

At the judge's request, Fedele's campaign agreed not to

Democrat George C. Jepsen announced this morning he has raised the preliminary funding necessary to qualify for a $750,000 grant from the state's Citizens Election Program to support his bid for attorney general.

The former state party chairman and

First, it was Susan Bysiewicz. Now, it's Michael C. Fedele. For the second time this year, the fate of a major candidate for statewide office is in the hands of a Hartford Superior Court judge.

Judge Julia L. Aurigemma will hear arguments at 2 p.m.

The biggest danger posed by the massive state budget deficit looming just 12 months away, according to Ned Lamont, is the uncertainty.

Fear over what's to come paralyzes businesses, municipal governments, and even households.

Facing the budget:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley asked a Hartford Superior Court judge Friday to block his rival, Michael Fedele, from spending the $2.18 million in

A Suffield prison inmate serving an 86-year sentence for sexual assault has been blocked by the state's top correction official from obtaining names, addresses and other personal information of state Sen. John A. Kissel's campaign

The Northwestern University study concluding that the pension funds of Connecticut and 19 other states will be broke by 2025 is fundamentally flawed, failing to account for future contributions to cover unfunded liabilities, according to the National

The State Elections Enforcement Commission approved public financing of nearly $2.2 million today for the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Michael C. Fedele.

Fedele was given a grant of $1.25 million for the primary, plus a supplemental award of

Is Mary Glassman working from the same script as her running mate, Ned Lamont?

Glassman, the Democratic challenger for lieutenant governor, proposed a four-way debate during a radio appearance yesterday on WTIC with former Gov. John G. Rowland,

Michael Jarjura said Wednesday he has raised the $75,000 in small contributions needed to qualify for the public financing of his campaign for comptroller. Read more

The front runner in the latest public Democratic gubernatorial primary poll, Ned Lamont, is refusing to participate in a live televised debate two weeks before

BRANFORD -- Democratic gubernatorial contender Dan Malloy wants Connecticut to upgrade its wastewater treatment plants, invest in public transportation, clean polluted sites and encourage alternative energy sources.

Those wants and wishes face the

BRANFORD -- Democratic gubernatorial contender Dan Malloy unveiled an environmental protection plan today that emphasizes investments in clean water, public transportation and brownfield remediation and redevelopment. Read more

Waging an independent campaign for governor, Tom Marsh doesn't have access to the funding, volunteers and other resources routinely available to major party candidates.

But the Chester first selectman, who abandoned his bid for the GOP nomination