CONNECTICUT

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TODAY IN CT HISTORY: May 21, 1902: Connecticut Passes America’s First Speed Limit Law

FLASHBACK: Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law

JAHNCKE: Jahncke: Debt ceiling not the only barrier to fret over

POWELL: Tax cuts are a shell game that won’t transform cities

WARNINGS ABOUT WATER GUNS IN CT? : Assassin: Rite of passage for HIGH SCHOOL seniors or potential disaster?

Three people shot in one CT town (HAMDEN) on Friday night

Hartford students flood meeting with complaints about food, space and lack of teachers

‘Better Plan’ Needed For New London School After Asbestos Scare, Officials Say

FLASHBACK: MAY 20, 1823, the first classes were held at the Hartford Female Seminary, a revolutionary new school for girls founded by author and education pioneer Catharine Beecher

FLASHBACK: Much Good Might be Accomplished: Catharine Esther Beecher and the Pursuit of Domestic Economy

WATCH: TALK OF CT: GARY BYRON WITH JEANINE PIRRO

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CGA DAILY BULLETIN MAY 19, 2023

WATCH: APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

WATCH: HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE

FLASHBACK: WATCH: New England’s “Dark Day.” May 19, 1780

FLASHBACK: Dark Day – Today in History: May 19, 1780

Embattled CT Supreme Court nominee Sandra Glover withdraws amid abortion controversy

Distraction from Glover?: Return of the Whalers? 

KYIV POST: INTERVIEW WITH CT’S ALEX PLITSAS

BAD BATCH OF BILLS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

WATCH: HUNTER IN THE 860: GLENN BECK: “I’M STARTING TO WONDRER IF THERE IS ACTUALLY A FUNCTIONING JUSTICE SYSTEM AT ALL IN CONNECTICUT?”

Connecticut’s Bear Cub Controversy

About 1,000 police vacancies in CT as departments add new recruits

Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill Passes CT Senate Along Party Lines

CT plan to deal with dangerous bears passes Senate, hunting off the table for now

Flyers Spark Squabble Between Greenwich School Officials, Town Republicans 

CT senator’s cloned AI voice opens hearing; what if it provided a false endorsement, he asks

Adama Sanogo focused on controlling what he can, appreciating opportunity at NBA Draft Combine

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CGA BULLETIN THURSDAY MAY 18, 2023

WATCH: 10AM EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE

WATCH: 11AM CT SENATE SESSION

WATCH: CAPITOL NEWS BRIEFING WITH HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS PRIOR TO THE MAY 18TH HOUSE SESSION

WATCH: Capitol News Briefing with House Republican Leaders Prior to the May 18th House Session

WATCH: 12:30 CT HOUSE SESSION

WATCH: 1:30PM LAMONT NEWS CONFERENCE

YANKEE INSTITUTE: HB 6633 is an unrealistic proposal that will add drastic costs to local governments and would reshape nearly every town in Connecticut

Energy costs to drop for Eversource customers this summer

Eversource customers: Here’s how much your summer electric rate might go down

Plan to Encourage City Residency for Stamford Employees to Get a Vote

Teacher Shortages Worsening Across Connecticut, New Survey Shows

California congresswoman’s husband sentenced to prison in Connecticut fraud case

Former CEO of CT energy co-op first of three sentenced for misusing funds

Biggest tornadoes in Connecticut of the past decade

Lee Elci VOF New World Order 5/18/23

Mystic Memorial Day Parade will not take place this year

Connecticut House unanimously approves plan to deter wrong-way drivers on highways as deaths triple

Waterbury Muslim community requests for Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr to be official holidays for public schools

Legislature Unlikely to Lower Blood Alcohol Limit for Drunken Driving

Connecticut Cannabis Workers Unionize for the First Time at Advanced Grow Labs

FOX 61 Connecticut’s top stories for May 18, 2023 at 6 a.m.

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CGA BULLETIN 5/17/23: WORKING FAMILY SOCIALIST MAJORITY LOBBY DAY

Capitol News Briefing with House Democratic Leaders Prior to the May 17th House Session

Former CEO of CT energy co-op first of three sentenced for misusing funds

Lawsuit over “sham” Dillon Stadium deal dismissed

POWELL: Has abortion really become Connecticut’s highest social good?

Local trails get funds for better access

Legislative Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee in Doubt

Rally Planned at Capitol to Address Teacher Shortage

Connecticut union to strike at homes serving disabled clients

5 Connecticut elementary schools fail racial diversity requirement

Sobering look at state debt

Violent Week at Hamden High

Connecticut disability pensioners earning six figures from outside income, according to audit

Fairfield RTM Members Butt Heads Over Rent Commission Proposal

I-Team study finds fecal matter on 30% of water bottles

WHAT??? CT pediatrician lied about getting his COVID vaccine, LOSES LICENSE TO PRACTICE

Connecticut Treasurer, Governor, lawmakers reach deal to fund baby bond program

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Capitol News Briefing with House Democratic Leaders Prior to the May 16th House Session

Capitol News Briefing with House Republican Leaders Prior to the May 16th House Session

Flashback to 2018: Democrat Senator Dick Blumenthal calls the sham Russia collusion hoax “a Watergate moment”

“His loss leaves a tremendous hole in our organization’s heart.” The Tolland Fire Department and community are mourning the unexpected loss of Capt. Dennis Carlson

CT GOP: The #DurhamReport is entirely damning. The weaponization of government it confirms is outrageous and unacceptable.

WEST HARTFORD GOP: The Crime of the Century – Watergate on Steroids Operation Crossfire Hurricane was a modern attempted coup against a duly elected President…

THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY BASE TO PROTEST BUDGET: Communists, Big Labor & Other Groups will Rally to Demand ‘Moral Budget’

Harrison and Weingarten: Tracking housing affordability under 8-30g’s 4 categories is unworkable

WEINGARTEN: State should work with towns to create housing

Lamont: CT needs more housing inventory, ‘we’re desperately short right now”

READ: Preserving the largest and most at-risk supply of affordable housing

READ: The U.S. Housing “shortage” from a local perspective

READ: 2023 FANNIEMAE MULTIFAMILY OUTLOOK

Lee ELci VOF Durham Report 5/16/23

Neighbors: Overnight crews working on Merritt Parkway disrupting sleep

RENNIE: Judiciary Committee delays vote on Lamont nominee for Supreme Court.

Connecticut High Court Nominee Regrets Signing Letter Supporting Amy Coney Barrett

Famous Soap Opera Star’s Family Shares Frustration Over Long-Term Care Policy

Mother from Ukraine talks about escaping war, adjusting to life in CT

5-year anniversary of tornadoes causing damage across CT

Redaction fees for body cam video advances out of committee

Whole Foods Withdraws Old Saybrook Plan, But Officials Say the Project is Moving Forward

Darien Officials Debate Horses, Liability, New Role as Residential Landlord for Great Island

POLICE: BRAZEN PURSE SNATCHINGS ON RISE

Y CT MATTERS: Ep. 52: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Bills to Take Action On with Bryce Chinault 

LEE ELCI SHOW 5.15.23

TALK OF CT WITH GARY BYRON – REP. TOM DELNICKI 5.16.23

Connecticut’s top stories for May 16, 2023 at 6 a.m

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CGA BULLETIN MAY 15, 2023

WATCH LIVE: 10AM: CT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING

WATCH LIVE: 10AM: CT APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

WATCH LIVE: 10:30AM: CT PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE HEARING

Dem Chris Murphy predicts ‘popular revolt’ if SCOTUS blocks gun proposals

‘Democrats Don’t Have Clean Hands’: NBC Host Pushes Back Against Dem Senator Over Border Crisis

Body of Brooklyn man murdered by brother found in Connecticut park after three-month search: cops

Body found in burning car in Target parking lot under investigation as untimely death in Lisbon

Connecticut police investigating cause of Stamford crash that killed 4

FOX61 Morning News at 8 5/15/23

DRUNK LEGISLATING: House Says ‘Yes’ To Making Cocktails-To-Go Permanent

How is Our State Government Using Artificial Intelligence?

CT ’23: Local diver finds The Defender in the waters off of Old Saybrook coast

POWELL: More spending only delays improvement in state government

Witchcraft exonerations pass Connecticut House with amendment

CT marijuana prices decline, recreational sales up in April

Putting Down Roots: Creating native lawns in Connecticut

Stamford Board of Reps Moves to Consider Rules for Resignations, Replacements

Rennie: A CT state representative, ‘bold change agent’ or ‘plain mean’?

G. COLLI: Question for @GovNedLamont – Is Connecticut receiving buses of immigrants from the border? Any from NYC? Are we housing any in the state? If so, how many?

LISTEN: DOMINIC RAPINI TALKS TO SCOTT WHEELER ABOUT POTENTIAL POLITICAL MONEY LAUNDERING

Y CT MATTERS: Ep. 51: The Progressive Assault on Separation of Powers with Todd Gaziano

LEE ELCI: MOM 5/12/23

LISTEN: G. COLLI/TODD FEINBERG ON WTIC 1080AM 5/12/23

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FOLLOW DOMINIC RAPINI INVESTESTIGATING POTENTIAL CAMPAIGN DONATION SCHEME

FOLLOW CT 169 STRONG

LISTEN GARY BYRON (TALK OF CT) – TUNE IN TO HEAR G.COLLI EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7:10AM

LISTEN TO LEE ELCI (94.9FM) – TUNE IN TO HEAR G. COLLI EVERY OTHER FRIDAY AT 8:35AM

LISTEN TODD FEINBERG (WTIC 1080AM)

LISTEN TOM SHATTUCK (WTIC 1080AM)

LISTEN Y CT MATTERS PODCAST (YANKEE INSTITUTE)

LISTEN BURN BARREL PODCAST (TOM AND ALICE SHATTUCK)

LISTEN REIMAGINED REPUBLICAN (DAN MIRESSI)

LISTEN TONY DEANGELO PM COAST TO COAST

READ CHRIS POWELL

READ THE RED LINE (RED JAHNCKE)

READ SWICK SPEAK (BOB SWICK)

G. COLLI ON WITH LEE ELCI 4/21/23

NEW ENGLAND EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS RE

NATIONAL

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Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA astronaut moon lander contract to compete with SpaceX’s Starship

Witness to Jordan Neely chokehold death calls Marine a ‘hero’ — offers to testify on his behalf

NYC lost 5.3% of its population — nearly a half-million people — since COVID, with most heading South

President Biden looks confused, almost tumbles down stairs at G7 summit

The Queers Versus The Homosexuals

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. names Dennis Kucinich as 2024 campaign manager

Meet the Wall Street executive funding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s VACCINE RESEARCH group

Haley welcomes DeSantis to 2024 presidential race: ‘We’ve been waiting’

WATCH: Nikki Haley reacts to release of Durham’s final report: ‘Heads need to roll for this’

Trump hits DeSantis after governor’s 2 endorsed candidates lose

Hurricane Trump Is Coming — And Washington Hasn’t Bothered to Prepare

Youngkin fuels 2024 speculation with campaign-style video

Royal Friends Mock Harry and Meghan as NYC Car Chase Story Unravels

More than 30 million US drivers don’t know if they’re at risk from rare but dangerous airbag blast

Sam Zell, billionaire real estate investor, dies at 81

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Ex-Biden nuclear official Sam Brinton arrested for being ‘fugitive from justice’

WATCH LIVE: House Judiciary Committee hearing on ‘weaponization’ of federal agencies

WATCH: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Articles of Impeachment Against President Biden

NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn

Greene to file articles of impeachment against Biden

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expected to launch 2024 presidential campaign next week

DeSantis limits trans treatments, drag shows, pronoun use in Florida

Trump hits DeSantis after governor’s 2 endorsed candidates lose

Haley to launch Veterans for Nikki coalition during NH stop next week

Nikki Haley says governor of New York should pardon Daniel Penny after fatal NYC subway chokehold

Police sources weigh in on Harry and Meghan’s ‘car chase’ in NYC

Prince Harry and Meghan’s cab driver says paparazzi chase was ‘uneventful’

BBC: Meghan and Prince Harry looked nervous, says New York taxi driver

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Claims Trump Is Best Debater Since Lincoln

Marianne Williamson: From Third Way to Third Eye

Quirky, kooky, a joke … but why is Marianne Williamson so popular with the young?

POMPEO: “We should end this thing. We have the capacity to provide them with the tools to stop the death of Ukrainian civilians. And instead this drags on.”

At Least 80 Calls to National Archives Since 2010 About Mishandling Classified Information

More than 422K SUVs recalled because rear view camera display may fail

YouTube TV issue causes fans to miss end of Celtics, Heat game

A Secretive Annual Meeting Attended by the World’s Elite Has Disruptive A.I. Top of the Agenda

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Drudge Reports Hannity to Replace Tucker in Major Shake Up — Fox News Responds

Jake Tapper’s humiliating volte-face: CNN host eats humble pie as he’s forced to admit John Durham’s report into flawed and biased FBI DOES ‘to a degree’ exonerate Trump (but that’s not what he always said!)

NYC Mayor: Nearly 50% of NYC hotel rooms are occupied by migrants.

Latest figures from NYC City Hall: 41,000 asylum seekers in roughly 150 “emergency sites”

TWO HOUR CHASE THROUGH NYC, EH?: Prince Harry and Meghan say New York City car chase was relentless

KELLY: “Police…say the whole episode only took about 20 mins & did not involve the amount of paparazzi they claimed”

WATCH: LEHREN: WOKE BANDWAGON! Is Miller Lite Woke Too?!

A Brief, Concerning Conversation With Dianne Feinstein

FLASHBACK: Shock as Biden forgets recent trip to Ireland, has to be reminded by a child: ‘Cognitively unfit by a mile’

BECK: Durham Report EXPLAINED: Here’s EVERYTHING we learned

BECK: 150 CRIMES THAT HUNTER BIDEN COMMITED: WATCH AT 15:43: “IN CONNECTICUT, OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS, THE PRESIDENTS SON HUNTER BIDEN HIRED 6 DIFFERENT PROSTITUTES…PROSECUTORS DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES”

Durham report on Trump-Russia investigation: What led to it and what happens next

Alan Dershowitz On The Durham Report: Good People Doing Bad Things

Ron DeSantis just made it clear he’s going to fight Trump on abortion

Trump is attacking DeSantis hard on policy, amid the flurry of insults

Nikki Haley’s financial disclosures detail speaking fees and corporate board role

Sununu joins GOP governors to oppose Biden rules protecting transgender athletes

How Vivek Ramaswamy made a fortune before pivoting to politics

VIVEK: A Bouncy, Fresh Brand of Trumpism

RFK Jr. says Dems have become ‘party of war,’ Americans can’t afford a $1,000 emergency

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Long-Shot Candidate Tough and Talented

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: I never thought I would see this state of desperation in the US

CNBC: 5 things to know before the stock market opens Wednesday

McCarthy says House ethics should move ‘rapidly’ on Santos as Democrats push for expulsion

Capitol Police seek increased presence outside D.C. to handle threats

WILD: TITANIC: FIRST EVER FULL-SIZED SCAN OF WRECK

FLASHBACK: “HAUNTING” FOOTAGE OF THE TITANIC WRECK

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Adams says migrants could be put in 20 NYC school gyms

Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says it’s “common sense” to make sure boys and girls use different showers and locker rooms at school. Except Cardona’s agency is …

“What’s your understanding of the status of FBI efforts to investigate parents who show up at school board meetings?” Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona: “There is no update”

REP. BANKS: “Is Abraham Lincoln a white supremacist?” CARDONA: *won’t say*

GOP HOUSE OVERSIGHT: “…we now have learned that the fed gov’t may have retaliated against a whistleblower…”

NEWSMAX: TRUMP TONIGHT: Former President Trump reacts to the Durham Report…

BAFFERT IS BACK: Preakness Stakes post position draw, betting odds: Mage favored after Kentucky Derby win

MEGYN KELLY: Sorority Sisters Speak Out After Suing Over Being Forced to Welcome Biological Man as Pledge

BONGINO: IRS Purges Entire Investigative Team From Hunter Biden Probe

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In Final Report, Trump-Era Special Counsel Denounces Russia Investigation

READ IN FULL: Special counsel John Durham’s final 306-page report

CONGRESSMAN’S STAFFER ATTACKED WITH BASEBALL BAT

Before His Killing, Tech Executive Bob Lee Led an Underground Life of Sex and Drugs

3 New York City public school gyms to house incoming asylum seekers

NYC Converting Historic Roosevelt Hotel to Emergency Migrant Shelter

NYC loosens rules, ships migrants upstate and seeks federal aid amid a migrant surge; 40% of mid-level hotels in New York are used for emergency housing.

Scrambling to Shelter Migrants, Adams Says Floyd Bennett Field Is an Option

Migrants at NYC hotel busted on assault, disorderly conduct charges: sources

Outrage grows over vets evicted from New York hotels to house migrants

THE BABYLON BEE: Poll: Most Democrats In Favor Of Welcoming Immigrants Into Someone Else’s Neighborhood

Shocking footage lays bare US migrant crisis after end of Title 42 as El Paso processing center is bursting at the seams with SIX TIMES its max capacity – while a THIRD busload is dropped off outside Kamala Harris’ DC home

Witness says she went back to ‘thank’ Daniel Penny after Jordan Neely chokehold death, is ‘praying’ for him

10-2 OFF SUIT: Doyle Brunson: ‘The Godfather of Poker’ has died aged 89

TEXAS DOLLY: POKER LEGEND DOYLE BRUNSON DEAD AT 89

FLASHBACK: Amarillo Slim Defeats Doyle Brunson in Scooter Race at 2009 WSOP

CDC Finds Skin Infection Never Before Seen in US in NYC

Sean Hannity And Fox News Alum Megyn Kelly Open Up About Tucker Carlson’s Firing

Migrant kids mixed with single men in NYC shelter sparks safety concerns

This is so F-cking Offensive”: Megyn Kelly Reacts to Trans Woman Who Won the Pulitzer Prize

One Health: A Plan to ‘Surveil and Control Every Aspect of Life on Earth’?

Secret Service refuses to hand over emails naming Biden’s Delaware visitors

Sununu joins GOP governors opposing Title IV gender identity protections

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley says “we should not be separating families” at border

Nikki Haley Says Pledging to a Federal Abortion Ban Wouldn’t Be ‘Honest’

Ron DeSantis tiptoes around Iowa as Trump cancels visit amid tornado threat

DeSantis signs laws to ease 2024 run

Trump says he was surprised CNN was ‘traumatized’ by town hall

Trump wishes happy Mother’s Day to mothers of ‘Radical Left Fascists’

RFK Jr.’s unorthodox presidential bid exposes America’s deep dissatisfaction with Biden

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Harry Belafonte, and More

RFK Jr. says he can beat Biden in 2024 primary

Meet the Press: CHRIS MURPHY, DEBT CEILING, BORDER CRISIS, TRUMP TOWN HALL

FACE THE NATION: NIKKI HALEY AND BORDER CRISIS 5/14/23

China sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges

End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars

Back Bay to Nubian Square: 2 miles and a 23-year life expectancy gap

UNITER OR RACE BAITER?: Biden calls white supremacy greatest terrorism threat as 2024 race heats up

Vice Media files for bankruptcy to enable sale to lenders including Soros and Fortress

TSA tests facial recognition technology to boost airport security

Government says dogs can dine at restaurants outdoors, but not everyone is on board

Biden proposal would let conservationists lease public land much as drillers and ranchers do

NFL betting trends to get ahead of before Week 1: Underdog Aaron Rodgers

Jordan Neely Was on New York’s ‘Top 50’ List of Homeless People at Risk