Thirty years ago this week tens of thousands of protestors gathered at the state capitol to demonstrate against the state’s new income tax. The man who was the target of the protestors, […]
Meeting Lowell Weicker
Remember Trump vs. Weicker?
Donald Trump has been in the headlines all summer for the controversial things he’s been saying as a presidential candidate. 22 years ago Trump was making news here in Connecticut for a […]
Weicker: Don’t Fly the Flag Every Day
Former Governor and former U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker continues to make headlines, even as he enjoys life from the political sidelines at age 83. Forty years ago this summer, he was becoming […]
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 […]
FTS Flashback: Governor Weicker Won’t Seek Re-election
Some thought Senator Lowell Weicker was out of politics after he was defeated by state Attorney General Joe Lieberman in 1988. Two years later Weicker launched a political comeback, being elected governor […]
Face the State Flashback: DeStefano's First Day as Mayor
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano’s decision this week not to seek an 11th term rocked the state’s political scene and the Elm City. This week on Face the State take you back […]
Diane Smith is Positively on Face the State this Sunday
This Sunday we are joined a woman who has chronicled Connecticut more than anyone I know, Diane Smith. Smith is the face of CT-N, the state television network that broadcasts all things […]
Foley Gives Governor Malloy an "F," Talks Rematch in '14
It seems campaigns start earlier and earlier. Election day is now six months away, and soon after, the campaign for the next race for governor in 2014 will start to percolate. This Sunday […]
Weicker: One Party Rule to Blame for State's Fiscal Mess, GOP Irrelevant
The Republicans have lost nine U.S. senate elections in a row in Connecticut. This week on Face the State were joined by the last Republican to win a senate seat, Lowell Weicker. Weicker, who turns […]
Face the State Flashback: Weicker Flirts with White House Run
Chris Dodd ran for president, so did Joe Lieberman. Prescott Bush’s name was tossed around as a potential presidential candidate, so was Brien McMahon’s. Senators from Connecticut are no strangers to White […]
Dems Show No Love for Dodd; GOP Ditto for Weicker
Chris Dodd was the longest serving senator in Connecticut history. He ran for president in 2008, was briefly considered as a vice-presidential candidate, and campaigned on behalf of Democrats in our state […]
Shays Confident He Will Win Convention and Primary
Buoyed by new poll numbers showing him a stronger candidate in the general election than Linda McMahon, former congressman Christopher Shays said tonight he will defeat the 2010 nominee at the state […]
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 […]
Face the State Flashback: Weicker’s Tumultuous First Year as Governor
Twenty years ago our state was marking the end of the first year of our new governor, Lowell Weicker, and what a year that was. It was a period of tumultuous change […]
Is Malloy Powerless to Fight Massachusetts Casino Threat?
It appears there is little Governor Malloy can do to fight the financial threat facing Connecticut from the legalization of casino gambling in Massachusetts. Bay State casinos and slot parlors are expected […]
Denise’s Vintage Voting Vestments
Election Night 2014 is almost here and the Channel 3 Eyewitness News team will be there to bring you up to the minute results from cities and towns across Connecticut. Denise and […]
Flashback: The Hartford Rams?
Yes, that is an NFL stadium pictured in the Downtown North neighborhood of Hartford. Not the one New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft said he was bringing his team to in 1998, […]
Face the State Flashback: Income Tax Rally of ’91
Twenty-six years ago this fall an estimated 50,000 people turned out at the State Capitol to protest the state’s newly passed income tax. Any way you look at it, this was an […]
Murphy Willing to Debate Senate Opponents
Gone are the days of boring senate races in Connecticut. Remember the races of 1986, 1994, even 2004? I didn’t think so. After the Lieberman Lamont slugfest of 2006 and tumultous 2010 […]
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