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Richter, Ricci Ride To Republicans’ Rescue

by Nicolás Medina Mora Pérez | May 21, 2012 11:38 am | Comments (11)

A moderate hope flickered in Hartford. New Haven’s surviving band of Republicans headed north to catch it.

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Who Lost The Reval Fix?

by Thomas MacMillan | May 10, 2012 5:18 pm | Comments (29)

Hopes for East Rock tax relief died as the Capitol clock struck midnight, and finger-pointing and recrimination began.

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Senate OKs Reval Fix; Red-Light Bill Doomed

by Melissa Bailey & Thomas MacMillan | May 8, 2012 2:14 pm | Comments (45)

In a breakthrough compromise, the state Senate agreed to grant relief to East Rock homeowners bracing for a tax blow—as long as other homeowners get some relief, too.

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11th Hour State School Reform Deal Struck

by Staff | May 8, 2012 8:44 am | Comments (2)

It looks like Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will get a state school reform bill passed this year after all—though not as sweeping a plan as he’d hoped.

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Q: Whither Latinos? A: Talking Points

by Nicolás Medina Mora Pérez | May 7, 2012 8:03 am | Comments (7)

Lee Whitnum was asked about the economic hardships of Latinos in the U.S. Her answer: AIPAC is evil.

Susan Bysiewicz was asked about high unemployment among Connecticut’s Latinos. Her answer: Wall Street is too powerful.

So went the latest debate among Democrats running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Joe Lieberman: They brought talking points with them. And they stuck to their talking points—no matter what the question.

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Looney Rides To Cyclists’ Rescue

by Staff | May 3, 2012 8:11 am | Comments (18)

New Haven’s politically active cycling community got an assist in Hartford from hometown state Sen. Martin Looney.

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Get Ready To Buy Sunday Booze

by Staff | May 2, 2012 8:19 am | Comments (6)

If you’re desperate to buy bottled booze on Sunday, you won’t be “blue” much longer: Connecticut’s Senate voted Tuesday 28-6 to join the House to amend the state’s blue laws, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he’s signing the measure.

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Black Cop Leader Slams Malloy’s Profiling Fix

by Melissa Bailey | May 1, 2012 12:01 pm | Comments (3)

As Connecticut tries to salvage a disgraced racial profiling law, the leader of a national black cop group called the fix “a joke.”

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8 Turkeys, 2 Humans Show Up At Polls

by Allan Appel | Apr 24, 2012 1:00 pm | Comments (1)

As Mitt Romney’s and Newt Gingrich’s fates hung in the wind, eight wild turkeys marched up to a polling station in West Rock. Nary a human was in sight.

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Clock Ticks On Stymied Reval Rescue

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 12, 2012 3:07 pm | Comments (51)

Time’s running out on New Haven’s proposal to cushion East Rock homeowners from tax sticker shock, as hometown legislators hold out for key changes and the mayor accuses them of “myopia.”

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