HARTFORD, Conn. — Oscar-winning actor and longtime Connecticut resident Paul Newman has joined fellow actor Katharine Hepburn, humorist Mark Twa...
Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
Justices may not always read the law correctly, but they're meant to be more objective than someone who has to worry about campaign funds.
CBS | Posted 04.28.2009 | Home
A Connecticut middle school principal has laid down the law: You put your hands on someone -- anyone -- in any way, you're going to pay. A violent in...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business
On Saturday, the Working Families party is organizing a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous" bus tour of Connecticut homes belonging to executives fr...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
It seems to have finally dawned on government leaders that bonus recipients are not the only ones who should be afraid.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
The Republican Party is going to great lengths to tie Democrats -- and Sen. Chris Dodd in particular -- to the lavish bonuses issued by bailed-out in...
AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home
Built for basketball, the Big East is a big hit in March yet again. Louisville, Pittsburgh and Connecticut helped the league that was created decades...
Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living
Chances are you've met a child who has spent time in the uncertain and violent world of people without homes. You may not have known -- often they look very much like our own children.
AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics
HARTFORD, Conn. — As Connecticut lawmakers consider updating state law to conform with a court ruling that allows same-sex marriages, opponents ...
Michael Shaw | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media
The buck(shot) stops here? Well obviously it likens Obama to a monkey, playing on a long-standing African-American racist slur.
Brad Friedman | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
An official state investigation is now underway into multiple voter fraud charges against Rightwing author and one-time attorney Ann Coulter in Connecticut.
New York Observer | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
Both of Connecticut's U.S. senators were greeted with ominous new poll numbers on Tuesday. The new Quinnipiac University survey showed Chris Dodd, a s...
Mary Ann West | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment
In the you can't make this stuff up category, Connecticut's Governor Jody Rell has nominated WWE's CEO Linda McMahon to the 11-member state Board of Education.
Starre Vartan | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
It was with plenty of excitement for the revival of my inner marine biologist-girl that I read through the New York Times' coverage of Google Earth's new application.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics
Speculation about Hillary Clinton's successor in the Senate will soon be moot, but the debate about America's political dynasties is hopefully just starting.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.
Minnesota Independent | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman was in the news last week for applying thumb to nose at former Democratic colleagues who couldn't quite put their fingers on t...
ZP Heller | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
It is dangerous for Lieberman to remain chair of the Homeland Security Committee, particularly when that position gives him subpoena power to investigate the Obama administration.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
Sources indicate that Reid is not kicking Joe out yet because there are several Senate seats still to be decided. So what are Lieberman's options at this point?
AP | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut officials say there are problems with an election hot line that's been set up to report voting irregularities. ...
Mary Ann West | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home
In the quintessential town of Keene, New Hampshire, volunteers waved as cars honked in support while standing on the picturesque Village Common, hoist...
Nick Nyhart | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
The State Election Enforcement Commission in Connecticut announced that 75% of candidates for the state legislature have qualified and received funds under the state's Clean Elections program.
Kit Gallant | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living
Proponents of the view that "marriage is between a man and a woman" are losing ground. It comes down to the ever-important question: "Why does it have to be that marriage is only between a man and woman?"
Elissa Altman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
Thirty-one years ago, when I was fourteen years old and living in Forest Hills, New York, I had an experience that would forever change the way I thin...
Steve Parker | Posted 10.29.2008 | Entertainment
His movie bosses were never happy with his racing; it's not easy to get insurance on a production with a star who spends his weekends racing.
AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment