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Q-Poll shows Lamont maintains lead over Malloy

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Published June 10, 2010 at 5:20 a.m.

UPDATE!I was up at Quinnipiac University today, and I found the actual "Q-Pole"! The latest Quinnipiac Poll shows Ned Lamont continuing his significant head-to-head lead over Dan Malloy; while in the Senate race Dick Blumenthal easily destroys Linda McGraphicSex&Violence.Lamont 39/Malloy 22Lamont maintains a 17-point advantage among Connecticut Democrats.Malloy Fav 26/5/68Lamont Fav 43/9/ ...

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21 Arrested During Rally for Spectrum Workers

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Published June 2, 2010 at 10:18 a.m.

21 Arrested as Community Leaders Block Scabs to Support StrikeBy Steve Thornton(June 1) On the 48th day on strike at a Connecticut nursing home, twenty one community leaders, labor activists, clergy members and elected officials were arrested while blocking scab workers from entering and leaving the Park Place Health Center [ ... ] ...

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Kevin Sullivan On The Property Tax Burden

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Published June 1, 2010 at 8:24 a.m.
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"By any measure, Connecticut has one of the worst property tax burdens in the nation, routinely much higher than national average. With a state income tax that hits lower- and middle-income wage earners the hardest, over-reliance on property taxes adds immensely to the overall unfairness of tax burdens in our state. Property taxes perversely undercut "smart growth," drive expensive sprawl and foment no-win competition for development among cities and towns." - Kevin Sullivan ... Kevin Sullivan,

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Lamont opens lead on Foley in poll

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Published May 8, 2010 at 2:14 p.m.

On Wednesday Rasmussen published the results of a telephone poll of 500 likely voters in Connecticut, and here's the results:Ned Lamont (D) 42Tom Foley (R) 35Some other 11Not sure 13Dan Malloy also has a lead, although slightly smaller, over Foely:Dan Malloy (D) 38Tom Foley (R) 35Some other 11Not sure 16Margin of error is 4.5%, putting the candidates in a theoretical dead heat. The last Rasmussen ...

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Election year state budget passes

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Published May 6, 2010 at 8:07 a.m.

Nobody is saying this is a big win by any means.The other night the Connecticut legislature finally passed this year's budget, and Gov. Rell said she'll sign it. But the budget doesn't address the huge gaps projected in the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years.From CT News Junkie:It doesn’t address the structural deficits in 2012 and 2013, but next year’s $19 billion budget is balanced with $177 million in ...

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Ned and Mary?

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Published May 1, 2010 at 7:08 p.m.

The Connecticut blogosphere is all a-Twitter today with reports that Ned Lamont may announce Mary Glassman as his choice for Lieutenant Governor (hey, this is the very first time I ever typed the word "lieutenant" without my automatic spell checker gettin' all red-underliney on my ass! Hurray for me!)Lamont's campaign sent out a press release today telling us that he will make a "Major Campaign ...

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Defending Education in CT – an Interview with Student Organizer Wesley Strong

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Published April 29, 2010 at 1:19 p.m.

On Thursday March 4th, students, faculty, staff and parents on campuses throughout Connecticut and the nation rallied as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Education ... Wesley Strong, a graduate student at UCONN, is one of the national organizers for the Defend Education campaign ... In the first half of this split interview, conducted before the March 4th actions, he outlines the state of the modern education system today (K – post graduate university), and from what forces that

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Q&A with Rosa DeLauro

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Published April 28, 2010 at 7:26 a.m.

Bloggers sat down with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) on Saturday to discuss the issues ... This video is about an hour long, and consists of the question and answer portion of the talk. I think Connecticut Man 1 has video of Rosa's initial remarks; I was delayed slightly by an accident on I-95 and missed the start. Also check out CT Blogger's videos on My Left Nutmeg and Hat City Blog ...

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Thanks, Readers

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Published April 22, 2010 at 8:34 a.m.

Thanks, readers, for supporting Urban Compass as “best local blog” in the readers’ poll for the Advocate’s Best of Hartford 2010. It came in third place behind Colin McEnroe’s To Wit and Victoria Failla’s Gluten Free Vegetarian Connecticut. Kerri Provost at Real Hartford highlights a few winners and runners-up in the city of Hartford ...

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Paid Sick Day Legislation

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Published April 20, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

A press release from the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHARTFORD – A new report released today from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) in Washington, D.C., shows that implementing a paid sick leave bill would actually save Connecticut businesses nearly $73 million each year.IWPR and the Permanent Commission [ ... ] ...

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