Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she'll likely call state legislators back to the Capitol to make further cuts to the state budget before the regular legislative session begins in February.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state needs to know when the federal government plans to ship more flu vaccine.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she'll prepare a new plan to reduce the state budget after receiving a report that says the current fiscal year is already $388.5 million in deficit.
My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
I listened to the first edition of WNPR's "Politics, Burgers and Beer" program recently, which featured Ken Dautrich getting grilled by everyone, including The Day reporter Ted Mann who broke the story regarding Dautrich's shady contract with Rell, and I was appalled. It is as clear as daylight that Rell's contract with Dautrich was meant as a means of paying him for political advice with...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell's exploratory committee for the 2010 election has raised $14,760 over the past three months.
My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Remember all the federal stimulus funds that were supposed to flow to local school districts to help offset locally-incurred school budget cuts? Well here in Connecticut you can forget it .(subscription) Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R-CT) has set up a shell game, reducing state funding for local schools by 14% each of the next two years, and supplanting those funds with the $542 million federal education funds...
The Essence of Politics (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Well it seems as if there is some fraud and waste or at least some misuse of the stimulus aid taking place in many states across America. However the states under criticism for allegedly misusing stimulus dollars are stung about the accusations just as much as many of us probably are. Nonetheless several states are defending their use of federal stimulus money after receiving an official scolding from...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Democrats said Governor M. Jodi Rell hired a pollster to conduct focus group sessions on the state budget.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
HARTFORD - Governor M. Jodi Rell ordered Connecticut’s flags lowered to half staff yesterday to honor a Hamden native who was killed fighting in Afghanistan.
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
The Associated Press: Officials called to conference on Calif. drought Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that mindset would just lead to more environmental lawsuits and delays. She said global warming was behind the drought conditions the state was experiencing. "We have a problem, ladies and gentleman, and it won't be solved by saying, 'turn the pumps on, turn the pumps off,'" Feinstein...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
In a Sept. 26 story about Michigan's looming budget deadline, The Associated Press reported erroneously the surname of Connecticut's governor. Her correct name is Jodi Rell, not Rendell.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
LAINGSBURG, Mich. -- In a Sept. 26 story about Michigan's looming budget deadline, The Associated Press reported erroneously the surname of Connecticut's governor. Her correct name is Jodi Rell, not Rendell.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
The battle over Connecticut's budget is not quite over. Even though the General Assembly finally passed a two-year, $37.6 billion plan on Sept. 1, following a monthslong impasse with Gov. M. Jodi Rell, lawmakers were still working behind closed doors on the details of the tax and spending package into early Friday.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the U.S. Navy has accepted plans for the state to invest more than $7 million for upgrades at the submarine base in Groton.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The U.S. Navy has accepted Connecticut's offer of $7.65 million for upgrades at the submarine base in Groton, the first time a state will fully pay for construction projects at a Navy facility, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Thursday.
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