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Connecticut Senate race generates nationwide interest

And according to Rasmussen, Senator Dodd would lose to every Republican, even Peter Schiff, whose financial media stardom hasn’t resulted in any name recognition in Nutmegland. Former GOP Congressman Rob Simmons is still his toughest opponent, leading Dodd 48% to … Continue reading

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Nurse-training program on the block

More hard choices coming up. These are only some of the first. Chantal Kouoh’s voice cracked Tuesday as she said how disappointed she was to be shut out of a state-subsidized nurse-training program because of budget cuts. “I feel like … Continue reading

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What’s Connecticut’s problem?

Heath Fahle at Connecticut Local Politics summarizes our State’s problem as only a taciturn New Englander can do: we have no money.

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Passing it down to the towns

Governor Rell is proposing steps to reduce the budget gap: In an attempt to halt the 2010 budget’s slide into deficit, Gov. M. Jodi Rell released a $337 million package of proposed budget cuts Tuesday afternoon, slashing funding to programs … Continue reading

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Area schools threatened with suit over graduations held in church

Oy vey. “Students and their families should not have to choose between attending graduation and being subjected to proselytizing religious messages,” said Alex Luchenitser, senior litigation counsel for Americans United, in a statement Wednesday. “Yet that is exactly the choice … Continue reading

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Budget woes trickling down to municipalities

According to this non-partisan State report, you are in trouble. Will a tax revolt this be the ultimate trickle-down economic effect? Revenue is drying up not only at the Federal level but is now doing so, as was inevitable, at … Continue reading

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New Haven church vandalized

Help support Bethel Temple Church Of God on Frank Street, in need of about $6,000 to replace stolen equipment. Pastor Larry Pinkard will invoke the prophet Nehemiah from the pulpit Sunday — and tell a tale about how walls will … Continue reading

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Farewell to a number of things…

IN his column today, The Courant’s Rick Green says farewell to the old economy, complete with a scary graphic showing that Connecticut has lost over 15,000 manufacturing jobs in the last year.  And then Mr. Green wonders if anyone is … Continue reading

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Black Rock Church expansion approved

After being turned down in 2005, Fairfield’s Black Rock Congregational Church has received permission for a major expansion from the Town of Fairfield’s Inland Wetlands Commission. At 85,000 square feet, the new church will be two and a half times … Continue reading

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Pfizer pulling out of New London – sorry, Ms. Kelo!

Although, as Tom Blumer points out in the NewsBusters blog, the media may be oddly reluctant to remember that there was a U. S. Supreme Court case – and a person – named Kelo.

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