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Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri
The Hamas spokesperson says Israel is playing with fire in Jerusalem al-Quds.
"What is happening in Jerusalem [al-Quds] and the attacks against the al-Aqsa Mosque are Israeli crimes that have gone beyond all red lines. The results of such attacks will" [...]
EU foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, attends a news conference at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in Cairo, March 15, 2010.
The European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, has criticized Israel for endangering the fragile Middle East peace process by announcing plans to expand “illegal settlements.”
"Recent" [...]
Many of the top office-seekers in the state are scheduled to appear Thursday night at a candidates forum at the Canton Community Center.
The list of scheduled speakers includes three leading Democratic candidates for governor : Greenwich cable television entrepreneur Ned Lamont, former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, and Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman.
Three candidates [...]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Tel Aviv on March 15.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has refused to visit the grave of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.
In response to the rebuff, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman [...]
As Jews sit at the Passover table this year, they should take Rachel's words to heart.
By Neve Gordon
Seven years ago, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, along with [...]
Attorneys and advocates called Wednesday for Connecticut to become the fourth state in the nation to eliminate the civil statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases.
The current age of 48 was established by the legislature in 2002 when lawmakers said that a victim should have 30 years to make a claim upon [...]
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) – The State Labor Department has prosecuted over 350 businesses in the past two years for mis-classifying workers as independent contractors in order to avoid paying unemployment taxes, workers compensation premiums, and health care benefits.
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[...]Hartford, Conn. (AP) – Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele says if he’s elected governor this fall, he would impose four-year hiring and spending freezes, and renegotiate benefits packages for Conn. state employees.
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Sen. Thomas Gaffey, D-Meriden, the co-chairman of the legislature's education committee, knows what it is like to get a concussion.
He played football for Maloney High School in Meriden in the 1970s when he was injured.
"It was the scariest injury I ever had," Gaffey said, adding that he was lucky [...]
Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele tried to separate himself from the pack of gubernatorial candidates seeking the Republican nomination Wednesday by boldly announcing, if elected, he will not propose tax increases.
[...]Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) – The trial to determine if Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is qualified to run for Attorney General has been tentatively set for the first week in April. A hearing is set for Tuesday, April 6.
Bysiewicz wants a judge to declare her 11 years as [...]
Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele called for deep cuts in spending Wednesday, including four-year hiring and spending freezes, merging state agencies, capping the lucrative pensions of state employees, and eliminating the current bonus payments for state employees.
Fedele, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he would propose no tax increases if he [...]
(Chion Wolf photo-illo)
I guess a lot of them closed before the Winthrop - Pine Bluff game; but if you have any wiggle room, listen to our show.
Mike Pesca just might be the quickest, smartest, funniest sports guy in the nation, and we had him the whole way. [...]
Washington (AP) – Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama’s much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and Catholic nuns declared their support in an unusual public break with the bishops.
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[...]Hartford, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers are pushing legislation that would subsidize higher education to help reduce unemployment.
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[...]The NYT reports:
To close a deficit that he asserted was approaching $11 billion, Governor Christie called for the layoffs of 1,300 state workers, closings of state psychiatric institutions, an $820 million cut in aid to public schools, and nearly a half-billion dollars less in aid to towns and [...]
Surprising no one, the state Board of Chiropractic Examiners has rejected a proposal that would have required patients be warned about the remote risk of stroke due to a popular neck manipulation procedure.
By a 4-to-1 vote, the board turned back a request for a "declaratory" [...]
(Updated) With a long list of ways to increase the state’s revenues, a coalition of community groups, labor unions, and religious leaders says it has a solution that targets those in the state with the greatest ability to pay.
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Both U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-CT and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal are making double talk an art form.Â
Larson, the blustering lieutenant to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been omnipresent in recent days predicting a Democratic victory on the health care vote. But in less than 24 hours, [...]
Since everyone is Irish today, we wish all of our readers a Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Based on our daily traffic counts, we know that thousands of you are coming here every day to get the latest news from the state Capitol. Thanks for coming back.
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Hartford Courant columnist Jim Shea opines on the boats of the candidates.
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Dan Haar, the Business Editor for the Courant, sat in front of an audience at a Hartford forum on job creation last month and said with a straight face that targeted employment initiatives for Connecticut communities with the highest unemployment rates would hurt residents of those [...]
State prisons commissioner Brian Murphy called Wednesday for passage of a comprehensive bill that is designed to increase the safety of prison guards and improve operations in the prisons.
The state is calling for stricter penalties against inmates who assault prison guards with bodily fluids, which is known as "fluid throws'' at the" [...]
This reverses a 37 - 27 percent Simmons lead in a January 14 survey. [...]
If you are a politician hoping to expand your sphere of influence, get logged into Twitter right away! Twitter is the latest phenomenon, of course, but it’s not necessarily for celebrities and teenagers exclusively. Any savvy businessman or woman has recognized that Twitter is the conversation [...]
Washington (AP) – Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama’s health care plan, in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion.
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The city's elected officials are getting a refresher course in the Freedom of Information Act in May. The need is all too obvious after last week's City Council meltdown.
Mayor Art Ward said he plans to reappoint the entire Bristol Downtown Development Corp.'s board of directors to new terms next month. See the story here.
Carmen Cotto, a worker and member of UNITE/HERE at the TJX Distribution Center in Bloomfield, CT, discusses the issues surrounding the March 10 rally – such issues as treatment of workers, wages, and health benefits.
Click here to download the MP3
[...]The $100 million in federal funding for the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington is not guaranteed.
The state would need to apply for it - competing against other states.
[...]Hamden, Conn. (WTNH) – The latest Quinnipiac University poll on the Connecticut Senate race has Linda McMahon leading former Congressman Rob Simmons for the Republican nomination, but both would lose to Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the general election.
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[...]WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama celebrated St.
Patrick’s Day by welcoming Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to the
Oval Office and joking it’s the one day in America when everyone’s
Irish.
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[...]WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declined to say Wednesday if Democrats have enough votes to pass historic health care legislation, but hinted that they’re poised to use an arcane parliamentary process to get it done.
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