On this Super Bowl Sunday on Face the State we are talking trains and campaigns. We are joined by Ned Lamont and Oz Griebel for unique insight into what it takes to […]
Trains and Campaigns
Teeing it up with the Back 9 Network
The Back 9 network is a relatively new golf and entertainment channel that set up shop in downtown Hartford at the Phoenix Building with studios under construction at the scene of the […]
FTS Flashback: the Good, the Plaid and the Ugly
20 years ago this week WFSB was launching our coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. To show solidarity with the athletes and the CBS folks on assignment in the […]
Watch out, We’re Back on the Slopes
The House family went on a ski trip this past weekend, courtesy of our friends who have an amazing ski house at Okemo Mountain in Vermont. As Kara and I were packing […]
CT GOP Woos Black Voters
The Democratic party has been able to boast that it is the place for black voters to turn, but now the state Republican party is trying to change that. On this Sunday’s […]
Happy 250th to the Hartford Courant
a copy of the very first edition of the Hartford Courant This July the United States of America will celebrate its 238th birthday. When our nation was born, there were no sirens, […]
Winter Storm Chester and his Predecessors
WFSB Chief Meteorologist Bruce DePrest announced the winter storm hitting Connecticut this week is named Winter Storm Chester. It’s not named after our 21st president, Chester Arthur, who no doubt had the […]
Herbst Criticizes Nappier in Exploration of Treasurer’s Race
When Denise Nappier was elected state treasurer Bill Clinton was president, John Rowland governor and people were watching Melrose Place and Friends. It was the fall of 1998, and the Hartford Democrat […]
Hartford Archbishop Talks Abortion, the Pope, and Jesus in the Huddle
This Sunday on Face the State we were joined by the new Archbishop of Hartford, the most reverend Leonard Blair. Blair comes to Connecticut’s capital city from Toledo, Ohio. The Detroit native […]
Well Liked Whaler Back in Town
Hartford had a very different feel when the Hartford Whalers were here. It wasn’t unusual to run into one of the team’s stars at a store or restaurant and they were ubiquitous […]
The Top Posts of 2013
Who knew that a picture of a crashed car would be viewed thousands of times or that a Face the State interview about the state’s new gun law would be so widely […]
Couric & Connecticut
For some reason when I updated the Hartfordite posts from 2006 and 2007 didn’t migrate over. I’m not going to re-post all of them here, but thought I’d bring over a few […]
Do You Remember G. Fox?
There was nothing like it in Connecticut then, and there is certainly nothing like it now. We’re talking about the legendary G. Fox department store in downtown Hartford, that closed its doors […]
Connecticut Dems Raising Cash off Ann Coulter
Connecticut Democrats are using author, commentator, and native daughter Ann Coulter in a new effort to raise money. Coulter’s comments https://dennishouse.tv/2014/01/08/ann-coulter-on-her-home-state-and-2014/ about 2010 Connecticut Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Foley that appeared in […]
Walker Interested in Lieutenant Governor Run
Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker has been the subject of much speculation recently about a potential run for office. Walker, who worked in Washington during the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and […]
Boughton: Gov. Malloy has not Improved
Mark Boughton, mayor of Danbury and one time school teacher is now officially running for governor. Last year, he gave Governor Malloy a D grade for his performance in running the state, […]
Remembering Tom D’Amore
Connecticut lost one of its most respected politicos this week, Tom D’Amore. Praise and recollection poured in this week from Republicans, Democrats and independents at D’Amore’s sudden passing at 72. Read Colin […]
Bye Bye 2013, Hello 2014!
Our final edition of Face the State of the year features a look back at the top political stories of 2013 and a look ahead at 2014. We are joined by WFSB […]
Ann Coulter on her Home State and 2014
Best-selling author and commentator Ann Coulter is one of the most memorable pundits on television. In the vernacular of television producers, this outspoken conservative always leaves you with a great soundbite. Coulter […]
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