May 14, 2013   Canton, CT – The eleven towns that make up the eighth senate district in both Litchfield and Hartford counties held their biannual convention this evening to elect two members to the Republican Party’s State Central Committee. Two term representative, Rich Tutunjian of Barkhamsted won reelection to [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the American Conservative Union (ACU) released a statement from over two dozen conservative leaders in support of immigration reform after their meeting with Senator Marco Rubio this week. “It is an honor to bring together fellow conservatives who feel strongly that we need to act now to [...]

America’s Future: The Next Generation of  Conservatives New Challenges, Timeless  Principles WASHINGTON, D.C. – The  American Conservative Union (ACU) today announced that the legendary  Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is once again going back on the  road this fall, partnering with the Show-Me Institute and nationally syndicated  radio host Dana [...]

Congressman uses procedural measure in  effort to force debate on Student Loan Relief Act WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today pushed the full House of  Representatives to immediately consider his legislation, The Student Loan  Relief Act, H.R. 1595, to prevent the interest rate in subsidized Stafford  student loans from [...]

Bill will improve access to mental  health and medical services, reduce wait times for children to get the care they  need   WASHINGTON,  DC – Congressman Joe Courtney introduced legislation yesterday to renew the Pediatric  Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, a program designed to bolster the number of  pediatric mental health [...]

With seventeen days and counting of no rain despite the old adage of April showers, it has just been discovered that rain is avoiding the state of Connecticut in fear of taxation.

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s Director of  Communications Andrew Doba today released the following  statement:   “To  remove a needless distraction when there are far more important public policy  issues to deal with, Governor Malloy has made the decision to personally  reimburse People Magazine for the costs [...]

Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) who took over this formerly held seat by her fellow party member Connecticut U.S. Senator Chris Murphy after the 2012 elections, was speaking to a small circle of constituents in Litchfield County about some of the issues that came up this Saturday afternoon on her “Congress in Your Corner” tour.

Background: In a Hartford Courant “Government Watch” column posted on May 3rd, it was disclosed that Elizabeth Esty has accepted and continues to accept “tens of thousands of dollars” in donations from companies regulated by her husband, Daniel Esty, in his role as Commissioner of the State Department of Energy [...]

STATE OF CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OPM PROJECTS $198 MILLION SURPLUS IN FY 2013; $259 MILLION REVENUE DECLINE FOR FY 2014 (HARTFORD, CT) — The Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and the legislature’s Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA) today released consensus revenue projections [...]