Connecticut Local Politics

Connecticut Local Politics is officially moving to its new site, located at www.ctlocalpolitics.net , as of today, Wednesday, January 17th, ...

( Cross posted at the new site --comment here or there ) Hard to believe, but it's been exactly two years since I put up the first post ...

Political parties in towns that have elections this May are holding nominating conventions this week and next to determine their slates. All...

I've been busy over at the new site . Go check out the updates, or chat on the forum . What else is happening this weekend?

I'll be moving files over to the new site ( http://www.ctlocalpolitics.net ) on Saturday and Sunday. I will try to do this during low-tr...

Here's a sure-to-be-popular idea : The independent Commission on Compensation of Elected State Officials and State Judges is studying th...

The Secretary of the State's office has released its legislative agenda: Hoping to make Connecticut a national model for safe elections,...

Some legislative ideas published recently by the Associated Press: A penalty for not reporting lost or stolen guns , paired with a one-gun-p...

The following comment came in via email from reader CG (edit for format only): All this talk about Ken Krayeske’s recent arrest for interfer...

So it's official. Sen. Dodd announced his candidacy for president this morning on Imus in the Morning , which seems a strange place to l...

On MSNBC today, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain claimed that Senator Lieberman's defeat of Ned Lamont meant that the Ameri...

Stan Simpson’s column today is already provoking a lot of outrage and talk around here today, and for good reason. Here’s the most relevant ...

Judiciary Chairman Mike Lawlor will be liveblogging tonight on My Left Nutmeg. SpazeBoy has his press conference from yesterday in four p...

From the Courant : I. Charles Mathews, a blast from Hartford's political past, is expected today to announce his candidacy to run agains...

Much of the online coverage of the arrest of Ken Krayeske has, rightfully, focused on the existence of a "Threat List" kept by law...

Blogger was down for much of the late morning and early afternoon. This, if anyone is wondering, is why we are switching soon to our beautif...

Cross posted at the new site From the Courant : Several lawmakers said they were outraged, calling for legislative hearings and saying the i...

Let's see. This is from an article in the Stamford Advocate , but there's lots more in many other places: Lieberman and U.S. Sen. L...