Tag: Connecticut

Matthew Corey says when it comes to the Second Amendment, there is a stark contrast between himself and his opponent, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut.

Bob Stefanowski, formerly a chief financial officer of UBS Investment Bank and a senior executive with General Electric, won the Connecticut Republican nomination for governor Tuesday.

“I’m the only candidate on the Republican side that has demonstrated the chops to take on the Hartford insiders, that has been unabashed and unafraid in calling out people in both parties when necessary, and who has said he is completely committed to dismantling the status quo – that’s what sets me apart from the rest,” Herbst said, referring to his four Republican opponents in the state’s primary election on August 14.

The Republican candidates for governor of Connecticut agree the state is in dire economic condition, and each is putting forth his own plan to change its course as the primary approaches August 14.

Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York are fighting the $10,000 federal deduction cap instituted under Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax overhaul.

A jury awarded a woman struck in the head by a bowl of pasta at a Connecticut restaurant more than $100,000.

“It’s one thing to teach civics and to teach history and to teach current events,” Stevenson explained. “But it’s another thing to encourage minors, whose maturity level is not that of an adult, to take a position one way or another.”

A Catholic high school student has been allowed to remain at school and display her sticker in support of abortion giant Planned Parenthood.

Anti-Catholic bigotry has been stirred over a Catholic student who was told to remove a Planned Parenthood sticker from her laptop.

Tayler Ivy Boncal, a student teacher at Conard High School in West Hartford, Connecticut, has been charged with sexual assault after she engaged in a consensual sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student.

Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut has nominated Associate Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald for the post of Chief Justice of the state’s high court, an individual viewed by many as a progressive “judicial activist.”

A group of secularists who regularly dispute public displays of religion during the Christmas season sent a letter to a Republican Connecticut senator condemning his volunteer efforts as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army. They claim he is promoting an “overtly Christian mission.”

A pair of 20-year-old friends may have just become the youngest black Republicans ever elected to public office in Connecticut, according to reports.

A Connecticut college student who allegedly smeared bodily fluids on her roommate’s things is now facing criminal charges in an incident that is being labeled as a hate crime.

A dog was overcome with excitement to see his owner, an Air National Guard member, when she came home from a recent deployment, according to a video.

MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough officially left the Republican Party and registered as an unaffiliated voter Thursday in his home state of Connecticut.

Eight Democratic state lawmakers in Connecticut have broken with their party to back a budget crafted by their colleagues across the aisle in what the state’s Senate Republican leader calls a “change of course” in Hartford.

A photo of a Connecticut police department giving its K9 officer an emotional farewell before he is put down is tugging at the heartstrings of many social media users.

Stamford, Connecticut, could be the latest city to outlaw texting while walking if city officials get their way.

Food stamp enrollment went down over the past year in 46 out of 50 states, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment.

An ex-convict living in a halfway house is being praised for jumping off a city bus to run to the aid of a car accident victim despite knowing that he would miss an important job interview in the effort.

A former Connecticut high school teacher appeared in court Tuesday alongside her husband after she was accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old special education student.

Moody’s credit rating service warned on Wednesday that new tax hikes by Illinois’ Democrat-controlled legislature, which over-rode a Republican governor’s veto, may still leave the state insolvent and subject to its debt being the first in the nation to be downgraded to “junk.”

As Orange County, Ca. was making its final bankruptcy bond payment to end its 23-year bankruptcy reorganization; Illinois, Connecticut, and Maine went into default shut-downs after failing to pass state budgets before the start of their July 1st fiscal years.

The editorial board of the Connecticut Law Tribune is recommending state lawmakers consider the regulation of homeschooling in order to evaluate the potential for child abuse by parents and assure the level of instruction is “equivalent” to what is offered in public schools.

A woman leaped in front of a car barreling into pedestrians on a sidewalk to save a boy’s life, police say.

Aetna confirmed Wednesday it will move its corporate headquarters out of Hartford, Connecticut, due to “the fiscal problems and leadership of our state.”

An Imam in New Haven, Connecticut, is facing deportation after being ordered for removal out of the U.S. for allegedly defrauding a foreign national visa program.

A congressional candidate who formerly worked in IT but was replaced by an H-1B guest worker says Americans should have “some input” over their jobs being outsourced.

At the end of May, it will be three years since former tech employee Craig Diangelo was laid off and forced to train his foreign replacement through the H-1B visa.

Puerto Rico’s world-record $116 billion bankruptcy filing represents a massive liability risk for auditors who will likely demand that highly-indebted states — such as Connecticut, Illinois and California — disclose more liabilities, write down assets, and curtail debt issues.

A Connecticut police officer saved a man from committing suicide by jumping off a roof, according to footage taken from the officer’s body cam.

Keri Marie Carlson is a waitress at a Connecticut restaurant and was walking a customer to his table when he noticed she had trouble hearing him. Carlson told the man one of her hearing aids was broken, and the man

A married high school drama teacher in Connecticut had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student that included her performing sexual acts with the student on a classroom couch and a failed attempt at candle-lit sex behind a costume rack, police said.

A Connecticut man wore a T-shirt that reads, “Hold My Beer and Watch This” in his mugshot after he was arrested for allegedly riving under the influence (DUI) early Monday morning.