Big gap between average 5th District voter and average 5th District candidate

By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Seven candidates are competing to replace Chris Murphy as Connecticut’s next representative in Congress from the 5th District. Four of them have personal wealth allowing them to give between $500,000 and $1.5 million – each … Continue reading

Barely a breath of 5th District scandal at AFL-CIO convention

By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter HARTFORD – You would never know there was a scandal brewing in the 5th District congressional race. There was only one hint Monday from one of the three Democratic candidates that something bigger than the … Continue reading

How the jobs bill died: Cafero says Chris Donovan is misleading people

By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Connecticut House Minority Leader Larry Cafero says that Speaker of the House Chris Donovan misled listeners on WNPR’s “Where We Live” program in blaming the death of a bipartisan jobs bill on Republicans taking too … Continue reading

Chris Donovan says he’ll back jobs bill, defends union ties on WNPR

By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Asked about a bipartisan jobs bill he’s been widely credited with killing in retaliation for the state Senate refusing to pass his proposed minimum wage increase, Connecticut Speaker of the House Chris Donovan instead blamed … Continue reading

Shots fired: Roberti blasts Donovan for killing Connecticut jobs bill

By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter Democratic House Speaker Chris Donovan’s move to hold up a jobs bill until the state Senate voted on an increase in the minimum wage is coming back to haunt him as 5th District congressional … Continue reading

Don Pesci: Chris Donovan’s Connecticut minimum wage ‘compromise’

By Don Pesci, Special to The Register Citizen Speaker of the State House of Representatives Chris Donovan, actively running for the U.S. Congress in Connecticut’s 5th District, apparently has “compromised” on his most recent bill that would have hiked the … Continue reading