20 years ago this month, Foxwoods was opening what would eventually become the world’s biggest casino. News was also breaking that Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn wanted to cash in on Connecticut casino […]
Dennis House
TV news anchor, political show moderator, Dad, hubby, native New Englander living in Hartford, Connecticut USA
Lumaj: “McMahon Unelectable; Shays Too Liberal”
The two big names in the race for the GOP nomination for the senate seat held by Joe Lieberman are Linda McMahon and Chris Shays , but there are officially five candidates […]
Education the Focus in 2012 Legislative Session
Last year the focus of the legislative session was taxes and concessions. This year, the focus is education. Sunday on Face the State, we will discuss Governor Malloy’s state of the state […]
Face the State Flashback: Patriots Announce Move to Hartford
Connecticut was an interesting case study in fan loyalty this past Super Bowl. The New York Giants certainly have their fair share of fans in our state, even if many can’t remember […]
New Use for Old WFSB Studio Prop
Like many people, Kara and I are big fans of recycling. If we have to get rid of something, we try to give it away, donate it, or put it at the […]
Murphy Backs Obama on Catholic Mandate; Calls an Election of McMahon “Disastrous”
We have long realized that many people are in church while Face the State is on the air because we get plenty of e-mails and comments indicating the broadcast is often watched […]
The Tax Refund Debit Card Controversy
It sounded simple enough when it was first announced this week: the state would issue debit cards instead of checks for income tax refunds. Then some lawmakers, radio talk show hosts and columnists […]
Face the State Flashback: the Banking Crisis of the Early ’90s
Bank customers lining up on Constitution Plaza on January 7, 1991 Two decades ago our state was mired in a banking crisis that was one of the worst in the nation. From […]
My Television Debut: If you Blinked you Missed it
As you watch CSI and Hawaii Five-O and other shows, notice all the people in the backgrounds of some of the scenes. These extras are portraying waiters, pedestrians, police officers, and the […]
Behind the Scenes at CBS This Morning with Gayle King
It would be an understatement to say we are big fans of CBS This Morning. That’s because one of us, a member of the Channel 3 family, is one of the hosts. […]
Almost 20 Years at WFSB, How is that possible?
A viewer wrote to me “reminding” me that I started at WFSB in 1992, and that would mean I’ve been here at Channel 3 for 20 years! Hold on…not yet. I was a sophomore […]
Oz is in the House
After our interview with East Haven Mayor Joe Maturo this Sunday on Face the State we are joined by Oz Griebel, the former candidate for governor and president of the Metro Hartford […]
Face the State Flashback: Dodd Endorses Lieberman, but…
The race for the U.S. senate in Connecticut in 1988 was the last time an incumbent senator in our state was defeated in an a re-election bid. Attorney General Joe Lieberman was […]
East Haven Mayor: Media Hurts Town by Airing Taco Comment
Embattled East Haven Mayor Joe Maturo says it is time to move on from his taco comment that made headlines across the country. During a taping of Face the State with Dennis […]
What Hartford Might Have Been
When I first moved to Connecticut in 1992, I was given this poster and told this is what Hartford would like in 1995. I recently found it in a box and it is […]
Starbucks to Malloy: Get your java in the suburbs
Starbucks has responded to Governor Malloy’s comment about its downtown Hartford store being closed on weekends. During an interview on the January 15th edition of Face the State, the governor was talking about how […]
2012 Hartford Mayoral Ball
Kara and I were honored to be emcees for the Hartford Mayoral Ball, celebrating the inauguration of Mayor Pedro Segarra. It was a sellout crowd of about 900 people from all over […]
The Complicated Case of Red Light Cameras
Police can’t be everywhere and that is one of the arguments behind a proposal to put cameras at red lights. Under the plan, as person runs a red light, his or her license plate […]
Former Obama Student Hoping Tong Fever Spreads
The field in this year’s Connecticut senate race is one of the biggest in decades, perhaps ever. With an open seat, and no annointed successor to the nomination like we had in […]
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