Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Election 2010
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Jun 27, 2011Today, the Supreme Court struck down an Arizona public financing law similar to the one in Connecticut. But campaign finance reform can be a little dry and hard to follow, so first, a little colorful history:
Former governor John G. Rowland in his ultimate guilty plea, stipulated to his role... read more
Martha Dean
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May 20, 2011Martha’s legal practice is dedicated to helping clients understand and comply with complex regulatory schemes, successfully challenge inappropriate government action, and recoup losses, while furthering their economic and individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Clients include industria... read more
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May 17, 2011George C. Jepsen has been a practicing lawyer for more than 26 years and currently serves as of counsel to the Hartford law firm of Cowdery, Ecker... read more
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Mar 30, 2011WBD: Episode 2
This week's radio show includes libertarianism and political parties. Characters that came up were Christine O'Donnell and Ron... read more
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Mar 10, 2011The Bridgeport Mayor's Election Advisory Panel released a report today (Thursday) detailing dozens of recommendations to change how Connecticut ru... read more
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Mar 7, 2011Farai Chideya has been following the intersections of race and gender, pop culture and politics for years. During the 2010 campaign, she hosted a... read more
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Jan 6, 2011It's an oddity of recent Connecticut political history that, in a state where registered Democrats far outnumber registered Republicans, the voters... read more
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Jan 6, 2011GOVERNOR DANNEL P. MALLOY
INAUGRUAL MESSAGE TO THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
“SHARED SACRIFICE; SHARED PROSPERITY”
January 5, 2011... read more
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Jan 6, 2011
For the first time in more than two decades, Connecticut is swearing in a Democrat as Governor.
As Dan Malloy takes office, Where We Liv... read more
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Jan 6, 2011Before he was sworn in, Governor Dan Malloy was treated to a short parade to the state armory. WNPR’s Jeff Cohen was there.
So, it wasn’t exac... read more
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Jan 3, 2011We love our show, but one complaint we get is that our 1 p.m. time slot is not convenient. So we began asking Mr. Dankosky, our fearless leader, if... read more
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Dec 21, 2010In the press, we like public figures who make life interesting. And Martha Dean is never boring.
She and I have not always been each other's cu... read more
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Dec 9, 2010In his first WNPR interview since the election, governor-elect Dannel Malloy went a little further than he has in the past in talking about the rel... read more
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Nov 23, 2010Gov-elect Dan Malloy will face a nearly 3.8 Billion deficit when he takes office on January 5th. But is it really that bad???
Well yeah, it’s... read more
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Nov 17, 2010Bridgeport residents had a chance to speak at a public hearing Tuesday night about problems at the polls on Election Day. They told city officials... read more
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Nov 9, 2010
Today on Politics, Burgers, and Beer, we cover elections results and Connecticut's resultless elections with Rich Hanley from Quinnipiac Univ... read more
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Nov 8, 2010Right after our show today, we found out Republican Tom Foley was ready to concede the gubernatorial election to Dan Malloy.
But the story isn... read more
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Nov 5, 2010In Bridgeport, the votes are in. 17, 800 for Democrat Dan Malloy. 4,075 for Republican Tom Foley. But again, it’s unofficial.
Going into the... read more
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Nov 5, 2010I remember saying -- less than two years ago -- that my reason for staying alive was the 2012 election, at which time I assumed that Richard Blumen... read more