By CHRIS POWELL Campaigns for next year’s elections in Connecticut for governor and Congress have begun already, 16 months ahead of Election Day. That gives them plenty of time to be meaningful. Hartford, Bridgeport schools urgently need state takeover State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?Continue reading “Are Connecticut Democrats as far left as Lamont’s rival?”
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Hartford, Bridgeport schools urgently need state takeover
By Chris Powell How could Aleysha Ortiz go through the Hartford school system and be given a high school diploma without ever learning to read and write? Who exactly was responsible in every grade that advanced her anyway? State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut? ProtestsContinue reading “Hartford, Bridgeport schools urgently need state takeover”
State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists
By Chris Powell Lobbyists in Connecticut have a bad reputation, and it may get worse with the recent report from the Office of State Ethics that spending on lobbyists exceeded $28 million in the first quarter of this year and may reach a record high by the end of the year. Does Trump’s budget really spell doomContinue reading “State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists”
Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?
By Chris Powell According to Governor Lamont, the federal budget just enacted by the Republican majority in Congress and President Trump is nearly the end of the world. Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor? TheContinue reading “Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?”
Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means
By Chris Powell Another protest was held at the state Capitol the other day against Israel’s war with Gaza (but not Gaza’s war with Israel). Participants again called for “free Palestine.” But no one seems to have asked what they meant by that and they haven’t explained. Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordableContinue reading “Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means”
Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does
By Chris Powell With Governor Lamont’s veto of the wide-ranging housing bill recently passed by the General Assembly, Connecticut towns aren’t likely to reach the “fair share” quotas of “affordable” housing the bill set for them. But the legislature’s failure to approve other legislation may ensure that each town ends up with another quota —Continue reading “Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does”
Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor?
By CHRIS POWELL Being so small, the Republican minority in the General Assembly struggles just to be heard. Making a difference is usually out of reach. Murphy smears an industry on which his state depends Democrats think Trump is a worse enemy than Iran If only Connecticut Democrats hated crime as much as gun rightsContinue reading “Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor?”
What nominated Mamdani in New York City is trouble here too
By Chris Powell Far-leftists in Connecticut’s Democratic Party are so excited by Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City that they are starting to think about challenging Governor Lamont if he seeks the party’s nomination for a third term. Murphy smears an industry on which his state depends DemocratsContinue reading “What nominated Mamdani in New York City is trouble here too”
Murphy smears an industry on which his state depends
By Chris Powell To hear Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy tell it, President Trump dispatched Air Force bombers and Navy submarines to destroy Iran’s nuclear bomb-making facilities because the “war industry” is so influential in Washington. Democrats think Trump is a worse enemy than Iran If only Connecticut Democrats hated crime as much as gunContinue reading “Murphy smears an industry on which his state depends”
Democrats think Trump is a worse enemy than Iran
By Chris Powell Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are probably right that President Trump should have sought the approval of Congress before launching last weekend’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear bomb-making infrastructure. That is the clear implication of the Constitution’s placing with Congress the power to declare war, and it is the command of the federalContinue reading “Democrats think Trump is a worse enemy than Iran”
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