M. Jodi Rell News Archives

Gov. M. Jodi Rell refused Wednesday to explain a newly released e-mail that appears to contradict her statement to reporters two weeks ago that she didn't know that UConn professor Kenneth Dautrich was helping her campaign committee with a the preparation of a poll last spring until "I read it in the paper" earlier this month.

The director of the Quinnipiac University Poll this summer gave advance results to Gov.

A photo of two Democratic legislators playing solitaire has ignited controversy at the ConnecticutA state Capitol and in the blogosphere.

So apparently these are Linda E. McMahon's qualifications to be a U.S. senator - she became very rich by promoting a debased form of entertainment, she is willing to spend a good chunk of that fortune on advertising, and she is not Chris Dodd.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell is sounding alarms after a top debt-rating agency downgraded its outlook Connecticut's ability to pay its borrowings.

The senior member of Bridgeport's legislative delegation on Tuesday asked the attorney general to investigate the procedures used by two state agencies in selecting a city site proposed for a $15-million detention and treatment center for juvenile girls.

As the season's first wave of the H1N1 flu virus apparently struck and closed schools in Middletown and Guilford Monday, Gov.

Testing the state's new M-8 rail cars will likely keep passengers from riding them until late 2010 at the earliest, state Transportation Commissioner Joseph Marie said.

Citing persistent and frustrating delays in the distribution of H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines, Gov.

In case you want or need to know it - which maybe you don't - your friendly and diligent state legislator has some "news" for you.

The money will help pay for a train maintenance facility, paving the way for the upcoming release of the new M-8 rail cars.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell spends time with Darien Board of Selectmen candidate Jayme Stevenson at a luncheon at a private home Friday to support the Darien Republican candidates.

Hundreds of power brokers past, present, and future converged on New Haven for the opening of Yale-New Haven's new 14-story cancer hospital, as its top doc held out hope for eliminating the disease for good.

The state will lend a Berkshire Hathaway reinsurance subsidiary $9 million to help it move to another building in Stamford, Gov.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday that $15 million in bonding is expected to be approved for the design and construction of a new detention facility in Bridgeport for delinquent females.

The chief of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation said Monday the tribe's quest for federal recognition will not die, despite a federal ruling that rejected claims of undue political influence by Connecticut's top elected officials.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell was asked last week if she still has confidence in M. Lisa Moody , her widely feared, intensely political but infrequently seen chief of staff.

A Sacred Heart University political science professor says Gov. M. Jodi Rell could be hurt politically by the controversy over hiring a University of Connecticut professor to find government efficiencies.

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell vetoed a bill Friday that would have abolished the death penalty in the northeastern U.S. state.

The low bidder to build the first phase of the New Haven rail yard submitted a $125 million bid to do the job, well below the $291 million the state expected to budget to complete the facility, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The heat under Gov. M. Jodi Rell's administration was cranked up another notch Tuesday when a complaint was filed with the state Elections Enforcement Commission demanding it investigate whether a $220,000 state study was used to help Rell's GOP reelection campaign.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell apparently was on solid legal ground when she ignored normal competitive bidding procedures in awarding a $223,406 contract to a University of Connecticut professor, a state auditor said Tuesday.

Looks like our governor has a credibility problem. Ted Mann at The Day examined the Gov Rowland-Rell's paper trail in regards to her administration using taxpayer's money for political focus groups...and lets just say that someone has some serious explaining to do.

Rosa Annoints 'Messengers' Poll: Increase Income Taxes? October 13, 2009 5:27 PM Posted to Election 2010 A former Democratic lawmaker turned consultant filed a formal complaint against Republican Gov.

A Democratic political consultant filed an elections complaint today against Gov.

A continued downturn in slot machine play at Connecticut's two casinos could add millions in red ink to a $38 billion state budget that's already running a deficit.

Governor M. Jodi Rell announced yesterday a statewide "Day of Caring & Compassion" will be held on Saturday, November 7, when 15 fire stations around Connecticut will serve as collection centers for donations of non-perishable food to help replenish the state's two main food pantries.

This year's tumultuous and lengthy state legislative session brought us many spectacles and unprecedented sights.

Official investigations have begun - on two fronts - into University of Connecticut Professor Kenneth Dautrich's $220,000, taxpayer-funded contract with Gov.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has crossed the line in committing more than $220,000 in state funds for a 30-month study by University of Connecticut professor Kenneth Dautrich, ostensibly on ways to streamline state government.

An initial shipment of more than 20,000 doses of the intranasal H1N1 vaccine has begun to arrive in the state, said Gov.

Democrats Thursday blasted Gov. M. Jodi Rell for using a $220,000 taxpayer-funded state contract between her administration and a UConn polling expert to obtain political advice as she prepared her 2009 state budget message and continued to weigh a possible re-election effort in the 2010 election.

As the Democratic field for governor is getting more and more crowded, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she would wait until after the municipal elections on Nov.

As the merger of Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals moves closer, local politicians and business leaders say they're worried state officials aren't doing enough to prevent the possible loss of valuable biotech jobs at the pharmaceutical giant's campuses in southeastern Connecticut.

As much as any transportation project with widespread political support can ever be said to be, the completion of Route 11 is dead.Sources in state government familiar with the project confirmed its demise late last week on the condition their names not be used because they are not authorized to talk about the project's status.Transportation ...

Connecticut Watchdog Files Lawsuit Campaigns Set Up Headquarters Celebrating SustiNet Abolition Campaign: What's Next? Connecticut Watchdog Files Lawsuit Abolition Campaign: What's Next? Connecticut Watchdog Files Lawsuit October 4, 2009 10:38 PM Posted to State Capitol Abolition advocates, who came so close earlier this year toward reaching their ...

The state's cigarette tax and hundreds of fees just went up Thursday, but the state could already be accumulating a deficit of more than $500 million for the fiscal year that began July 1. That was the preliminary analysis from state Comptroller Nancy Wyman, who said that tax collections are far lower than originally expected for the year's first ...

How perfect is it that GOP chair Chris Healy has been caught creating fake Twitter accounts and bogus web pages for Democrats in the legislature.

The state House of Representatives approved a controversial bill Friday afternoon with several sections that are opposed by Republican Gov.

Hartford - 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.

The Democratic majority in the Senate last Thursday rejected an attempt to change the new Probate Court map to 55 districts, instead of the 54 approved the day before in the House.