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Infrastructure jobs seen as key
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterAs President Barack Obama gets ready to give a major speech to the nation on the economy Thursday, The Tribune asked some local business and economics experts what they think the government should do to get the economy to produce more jobs. The group -...Tags: Employees, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Corporate Officers, Local Government
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A Connecticut candidate with a personal stake in the DOMA debate
The Defense of Marriage Act doesn’t allow the federal government to recognize gay marriages. It’s a harsh reality that’s having ripple effects all the way from the nation’s dysfunctional and politically toxic immigration system...Tags: Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Gays and Lesbians, Wesleyan University
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If Connecticut is to Improve Life for All Residents, We Need a Resurgent New Britain
As New Britain goes, so goes Connecticut. This could probably be said about a number of one-time industrial hubs that fell on hard times, like Meriden (silver), Waterbury (brass) or Danbury (hats). But New Britain, it seems to me, is a unique case....Tags: New Britain Museum of American Art, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Danbury, Building Material, New Britain
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High Stakes: Toby Moffett, online poker, billions in tax revenue and liberal ideals
Once upon a time, he was one of this state’s most liberal firebrands: a devotee of Ralph Nader, a founder of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, a post-Watergate Democratic congressman proud of his efforts to help stop funding for the Vietnam War....Tags: Corporate Crime, Casino and Gambling Industry, Barack Obama, Joe Courtney, Republican Party
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New poll: Majority disapproves of Malloy, almost as unpopular as Florida's and Ohio's GOP govs
Most eyes were fixed last week on the results of a new Public Policy Poll showing Democrat Chris Murphy beating Republicans Chris Shays and Linda McMahon in the 2012 contest for Joe Lieberman 's U.S. Senate seat.
While that horse race is just getting...Tags: Democratic Party, Linda McMahon, Chris Christie, Polls, Republican Party
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Drug Test: A Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate focuses on the failed War on Drugs
Anyone who’s watched Ken Burns’ new PBS documentary on America’s disastrous experiment with Prohibition may have noticed some stinging similarities to America’s 40-year-old war on drugs.
At least Silvester Salcedo hopes you have....Tags: Democratic Party, Ken Burns, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Organized Crime, File Sharing
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For Politicians, "Families" are the New "People"
House Speaker John Boehner is a master of euphemisms. Since taking back the House, he and his party have spurned every chance to pass a jobs bill but have somehow equated taxes with unemployment by insisting, at every opportunity, that the rich are "job...Tags: Minority Groups, Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, John Boehner
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Big Night For Democrats; Upsets In Middletown, Milford
Democrats swept to victories Tuesday in Waterbury, New Britain, Middletown and Milford as well-organized candidates pounded away on local issues and got their voters to the polls in the state’s big cities. In Middletown, Democrat Dan Drew...Tags: Louis DeLuca, Joseph Ganim, Pedro E. Segarra, Parties and Movements, Meriden
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'DON'T ASK' FIGHT GETS LIEBERMAN SOME SUPPORT
altimari@courant.comU.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is being lauded by many Democrats for his successful battle against the government's ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. The liberal blog My Left Nutmeg hasn't shown Lieberman a lot of love in...Tags: Democratic Party, Southington, Joe Courtney, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Coley named new Ivy Tech chancellor
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — Thomas G. Coley, a longtime community college administrator in the Midwest, was named Thursday as the next chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College’s north-central region. He will begin the job June 1. Coley has served as...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Social Sciences, Management Change, Elections, University of Maryland, College Park
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Sen. Joe Lieberman To Announce Retirement Plans
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Sen. Joe Lieberman was so determined to hang onto his seat in 2006 after losing the Democratic primary in Connecticut that he ran as an independent. Now he's leaving without a fight. The 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, who...Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Joe Courtney, Christopher Dodd, Saddam Hussein
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Fur Rondy Set to Feature Snowballs, Snowmachines
KTUU.comThe 76th annual Fur Rendezvous, starting Friday, won’t just be a city-wide winter carnival -- it will also herald Rondy’s emergence from troubled times as one of Anchorage’s enduring cultural cornerstones. Fur Rondy was started by...Tags: Sports, Sled Dog Racing, Physical Conditions, Snow Storms, Frostbite
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