Report: Not a “shakedown,” but Esty donors’ relationships to DEEP is “complicated”

As Ana Radelat of the Connecticut Mirror reports, Republican Andrew Roraback accused his opponent, Elizabeth Esty, of shaking down companies her husband, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Dan Esty, regulates for campaign cash. Not so, according to an … Continue reading

WNPR series exposes 5th District candidates’ weak spots

By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Connecticut will be sending a new representative to Congress from the 5th District this fall, and the field for Republican and Democratic primaries on Tuesday, Aug. 14, is crowded and controversial. Yet there have been … Continue reading

Opinion: Labor’s loyalty keeps top Democrats from pushing Donovan out of 5th District race

By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Connecticut’s 5th District Congress seat is slipping away from Democrats, and prominent leaders of the party are unlikely to do anything publicly to stop it from happening. The indictment of former campaign finance director Robert … Continue reading