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Politics Submitted by Marta Collazo, House Democrats Press Office/CT General Assembly, on 2010-07-22.   State Representative Ted Graziani , house chair of the General Assembly's veterans committee, was honored with the "Legislator of the Year" award by the American Legion's Soldiers Sailors & Marines Fund at a reception held last week.

Three polls have been released in Arkansas this past week. Their reputations vary , but they all tell the same basic story: Blanche Lincoln is pretty much doomed in her Senate reelection bid.

Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, John Raese, left, accompanied by his wife Liz, in Charleston, W.Va., Friday, April 7, 2006.

The Democratic Governors Association will be playing this stirring video at Netroots Nation , the annual liberal blogger/activist convention that begins today in Las Vegas.

A small Long Island-based Indian tribe seeking federal recognition since the 1970s got some help Wednesday from a sympathetic federal judge, who ordered the Interior Department to indicate within 10 days when it might rule on an 11th-hour challenge to the tribe's efforts.

A Republican governor - a very Republican governor - has an idea for solving one of his party's conundrums.

The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department's two-year-long internal criminal probe into the U.S. attorney's scandal has closed without bringing criminal charges.

The Bush administration's Justice Department's actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges.

How low can politics go? That's what I've been wondering as I learn about Linda McMaho n, the professional wrestling entrepreneur and likely Republican nominee for the US Senate from Connecticut.

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State officials grow weary of Connecticut's tax roller coaster The Connecticut Mirror Without a last-minute surge that pumped an extra $110 million in tax revenues into the General Fund over the past two months, state government would have ... and more »

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It may seem surprising on the surface that the Connecticut Retirement and Trust Funds takes an interest in who is leading entertainment subscription company Netflix Inc., but state Treasurer Denise Nappier said Tuesday the state pension fund played an important role in the company appointing its first female director.

Subway Restaurant Backers Behind Plan For I-95, I-395, Parkways

The folks behind Subway restaurants began work Tuesday afternoon on a potentially lucrative deal with the state to overhaul, improve and run Connecticut's 23 highway rest areas.

A proxy war has erupted between casino interests in Connecticut and New York following an attempt by a mysterious Connecticut group to block a Long Island Indian tribe's path to casino ownership.

A developer who won a $12.4 million verdict against Branford only to see it reversed by the state Supreme Court in February, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.

The intersection of politics and the courts was the busiest place in Connecticut last week.

Florida has two very rich guys competing for high office who are self-funding their campaigns.

The 30th Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival gets under way today, with registration taking place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Murray, the cutest dog in the universe who was taught to speak by the Literacy Network of South Berkshire, looked up at me the other day and told me that he wanted to ask me some questions.

Top ranked women's tennis player, Serena Williams , needs surgery after she cut her right foot on broken glass at a restaurant.

Sunnie Bates had a distinguished career as a pioneer in television, her husband said, but she also was a lifelong advocate for women's rights.

I know what happens in politics, but we cannot let Linda McMahon buy a seat in of the United States Senate.

Sharon chats about why "America's Got Talent" is such a great show, even for those who don't win.

A variety of artists will teach multiple workshops at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival over the next two weeks.

July 16, 2010 Weezer could have a new album out in September. Rivers Cuomo tells the News Times in Connecticut that the band is about to sign with a new independent label, after fulfilling their contract with Geffen .

Connecticut voters still approve of the jobs Gov. Jodi Rell and President Barack Obama are doing, but both have seen their popularity dip.

Cabaret coach Giacomo Gates is one several guest artists who will be performing and teaching at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.

Here's how a pollster would like you to be: at home on a weeknight, patiently sitting by your land line waiting for it to ring, not screening calls, and willing to spend at least several minutes answering questions once you've found out it's a pollster on the line.

A new poll shows Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid with a slight edge over Republican opponent and tea party favorite Sharron Angle in the campaign leading to the November election.

I can't pretend to be an expert on Connecticut politics, but I have been bemused all year at the spectacle of Linda McMahon, wrestling impresario, as the GOP candidate for senator in this inimitably preppie state.

A former social worker, Pedro Segarra always wanted to go into politics to help the sort of people he sees in his practice Christian Nolan The Connecticut Law Tribune July 16, 2010

When the Palladinos were planning their wedding, they found that traditional bridal magazines were all but useless in addressing their particular questions.

Published: Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 7:42 p.m. The Republicans' national chairman should go.

President Obama and Senate Democrats have decided to press ahead in the next two weeks with a scaled-back energy bill that limits carbon pollution by power plants but not by other industries in an effort to salvage the legislation before midterm elections.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele rebuked top Democratic spokesmen Thursday for personal attacks that go beyond the pale, including suggestions that Senate candidate Sharron Angle wants her political opponents to die and that he is rooting for U.S. defeat in Afghanistan.

Republican Rick Scott lost his bid Wednesday to have part of Florida's public campaign finance law overturned, but even the judge siding with opponent Bill McCollum conceded the 23-year-old measure may not survive this election season.

Tami Kesselman knew Texas Hold'em wouldn't cut it with her target donors: women hedge-fund executives, bankers, lawyers and other professionals.

Republican Tom Foley of Greenwich, Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele of Stamford , and Simsbury business executive Oz Griebel were asked questions by an NBC Connecticut panel, voters, and they had the opportunity to question each other.

When it comes to product safety, science, not politics, should rule. For years, scientists and health experts have pondered the safety of bisphenol A , a chemical product found in a wide range of plastic containers.

Rob Merkle, GOP candidate in the fourth district who also runs the Westport-based executive search firm Management Recruiters, is the Georgetown Saloon's fill-in bartender for an evening.

You're right, there does seem to be an awful lot of activity in the world of marijuana legalization this summer.

It was supposed to be the one major piece of legislation this year that Republicans and Democrats could see eye to eye on, and vote aye on together in broad numbers.

Carlos Mellott and David Dean, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1994/Municipal and County Government Employees Organization, picket the Holiday Inn in Gaithersburg on July 7. Members are holding signs showing rats - they also erected a 20-foot inflatable rat in the parking lot - because they say another union, the National ...

A federal appeals court upheld the framework of Connecticut's campaign finance system Tuesday but struck down key provisions, including a ban on political contributions by state lobbyists and the supplemental grants that allow participants to keep pace with opponents who exceed spending limits.

The family of a New Britain man who died while in police custody wants answers. The daughter of Anibal Rosario-Rodriguez , 61, led her family to the corner of Spring and North Streets in New Britain to put up flowers, pictures and candles at the spot where Rosario-Rodriguez was arrested.

Along with many other Arizonans I have been subjected to the ads produced by the "Friends of John McCain" which absolutely skewer J.D. Hayworth.

A federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday threw out part of Connecticut's public campaign financing law and further handicapped the concept of giving extra money to publicly funded candidates who are outspent by well-financed opponents.

The employees and political action committees of securities and investment firms like Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have given more than $577,000 to Florida members of Congress so far this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the 60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations , all but ensuring that he soon will sign into law one of the top initiatives of his presidency.

The Justice Department has filed suit against Arizona's controversial immigration law.

Republicans are poised to win more gubernatorial seats in 2010 than in any election during the past 90 years - a feat that would eclipse the 24 seats won during the "Republican Revolution" of 1994, a new study shows.

Republican Sens. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Richard Burr of North Carolina have introduced energy legislation focused on expanding the nation's use of natural gas and nuclear power.

As temperatures soared in Connecticut on Tuesday, firefighters in Bridgeport battled a blaze at a metal finishing company on Hancock Avenue.

Tea party movement making difference in Connecticut race Boston Herald Though not affiliated with either major political party, tea party activists espouse a political philosophy of less government, a free market, lower taxes, ... and more »

WTIC-AM radio turned over the microphone to John G. Rowland and his pastor Friday morning as the former Republican governor began the first of his three scheduled days as talk-show host.

Thanks to a Supreme Court that is resolutely stuck in Red State politics, America will be well-armed for the upcoming depression.

Folk icon Joan Baez performs July 22 at Warner Theatre in Torrington ; tickets are $60, $40 and $30. Jethro Tull singer Ian Anderson is there Nov.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Wednesday morning that Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph Marie had resigned from his post, just a little over two years after being hired after a nationwide search.