"Where do you live?" For most people, it's an easy question to answer. But for William A. DiBella, former state Senate Democratic majority leader and current chairman of the Metropolitan District, it's complicated. Critics are challenging DiBella's claim that after his 1996 retirement from the...
If Bernie Sanders wins the Oregon primary on Tuesday, his victory will have been secured back in April. Oregon has a closed primary, meaning anyone who wants to vote for a Democratic candidate needs to be registered with the party. The Sanders campaign, which has lost every other state with a closed...
Attending a rally for Bernie Sanders usually involves long lines and security screenings, but that wasn’t the case at an intimate, informal event Friday evening supporting the Vermont senator’s presidential campaign in a park here. Instead of metal detectors, entrance required burning ceremonial...
When the Supreme Court threw out major elements of the Voting Rights Act three years ago, Maricopa County in Arizona moved quickly to lower the cost of holding elections. Among its first moves was to reduce the number of polling centers from 200 to 60. With fewer locations, the state allowed voters...
The Connecticut Airport Authority is fighting to keep secret the details of its proposal to make Bradley International Airport the site of a new casino built by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes. The matter is heading toward a hearing in front of the Freedom of Information Commission,...
GRISWOLD — The tree-lined country lane of Lee Road travels through light woodlands to hayfields and their neat stacks of plastic-covered bales. Lichen-encrusted stone walls edge the road, interspersed with patches of blooming violets and forget-me-nots. Birds sing and orioles swoop, flashing orange...
HARTFORD — Billions of dollars in defense spending are expected to directly benefit Connecticut manufacturers and workers, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Friday. The Senate Armed Services Committee, of which the Democrat is a member, approved the National Defense Authorization Act Thursday....