This afternoon the legislature’s Government Administration and Elections Committee refused to raise proposals by Governor M. Jodi Rell to consolidate a number of state agencies to eliminate service overlap, and achieve significant savings in this budget crisis. Today is the committee’s “JF Deadline” meaning it must complete it’s business today.
Republicans attempted to include the bills [...]
The Courant reports this morning that the state of Connecticut has posted job losses during February of 14,300, bringing the total jobs lost in Connecticut for the year to 52,000. This represents the single greatest loss of jobs in the state during a one month period in fifteen years.
This afternoon the Democratic Chairs of the Banks Committee have proceeded with their plan to bring Stephen Blake, head of human resources for AIG Financial Products to grill him over taxpayer funded bonuses handed out by the company using federal bailout money.
AIG has been using Connecticut law as the reason for their passing out the [...]
HARTFORD — House Republican Leader Larry Cafero today lashed out at inaction from legislative Democrats who insist on proceeding with attempts to grill AIG employees who got bonuses recently instead of fixing a state law the company cited in handing them out.
Even worse, Democrats have proceeded on this path — which Cafero compared to Geraldo [...]
Was a vote for Barrack Obama in November an endorsement for more fees at the grocery store? That’s what Rep. Kim Fawcett suggested Tuesday as she made the case for a proposal that would have Connecticut residents pay for plastic AND paper bags at the grocery store. As most residents of this state cope with [...]
House and Senate Republican Leaders, State Rep. Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. and Sen. John McKinney, today said state laws cited by insurance giant AIG to justify $165 million in “outrageous” employee bonuses must be re-written and they pledged to take action as early as next week when the legislature convenes.AIG in recent days has cited [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. Christopher Coutu today testified during a Judiciary Committee hearing where legislators considered the controversial topic of microstamping guns. Coutu, of Norwich, was among 200 or so people concerned that microstamping would infringe on rights afforded by the second amendment. Such technology would use lasers to make microscopic engravings on the breech face [...]
SOMERS — State Representative Penny Bacchiochi and Sen. Tony Guglielmo invited more than 200 veterans from this community as well as Stafford and Union to receive special wartime service medals today. Dating back to the Civil War Connecticut had a history of handing out these beautiful medals honoring returning soldiers. The state issued them after [...]
Governor M. Jodi Rell today issued a statement supporting changes to the state’s Sex Offender Registry, and submitted testimony to the legislature’s Judiciary Committee on her bill to make those changes.
The measure, HB 6384, would require the state to conform with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection Act by putting in place much more stringent [...]
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