WASHINGTON (AP) — Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting of new securities transactions within 30 days, all part of an effort by Congress to boost its dismal approval ratings that are now in the teens. (more)
Connecticut workers ushered in 2012 with a new law that requires most employers in the state to provide workers with paid sick leave. (more)
A number of Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut have described Attorney General Eric Holder’s use of race to attack his critics as unacceptable, saying that he should resign or be fired. (more)
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A posse hopes to soon catch Waldo, a bull that escaped from a farm in July and has been on the loose in the coastal city of Milford, Conn. (more)
Considering the economic woes befalling most working-class Americans, it’s no wonder these three rich bankers look a little embarrassed about just winning hundreds of millions more. (more)
DERBY, Conn. (AP) — A typo has led to the election of the wrong man to a finance board in Derby, Conn. (more)
It’s getting ugly along the manicured lawns of Greenwich, Connecticut, says the New York Post. (more)
Happy Diaper Need Awareness Day! At least to all you Connecticutians. (more)
President Barack Obama is upside-down in the traditionally blue state of Connecticut, according to poll results published Friday. On Twitter, Public Policy Polling called the results “[a]rguably our most shockingly bad for Obama state level poll of the year.” (more)
About three-fourths of the 567 layoffs Sikorsky Aircraft plans to make worldwide will affect its Connecticut operations, The Hartford Courant reports. (more)
Former Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) told Roll Call he is “very interested” in launching a Senate bid to replace retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I). (more)
Starting next month, getting caught with a small amount of marijuana could cost Connecticut tokers as little as $150. (more)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 10 (UPI) — Police in Connecticut said a man who called 911 three times and then asked emergency responders to make a beer run was charged with misuse of 911. (more)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Federal civil rights officials are investigating complaints by Yale University students that the Ivy League university has a sexually hostile environment and has failed to adequately respond to sexual harassment concerns. (more)
Even in the unpredictable, anything-goes world of March Madness, this is a Final Four nobody saw coming. (more)
A Connecticut man who was halfway through a haircut allegedly stabbed another man in the back with a pair of scissors, according to police. (more)
For fashionistas and television fans alike, there is nothing more sacred than ‘Sex and the City.’ Now, new rumors are swirling that the smash HBO show and movie franchise could be hitting the big screen again — as a prequel starring Blake Lively. (more)
A millionaire donor of the University of Connecticut’s football program wants his money back, The Day of New London, Conn. reported Tuesday. (more)
Congressman Chris Murphy (D-CT) has launched his Senate campaign to replace Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and his new website describes his 2006 congressional race against then 24-year incumbent Nancy Johnson as positive: (more)
In the aftermath of Keith Olbermann’s abrupt departure from MSNBC, some are speculating on whether he’ll end up at another network or return to sports broadcasting. (more)
