Joseph Ganim

Benjamin Quinones was fired March 24 from his high-paying state job as a lieutenant on the police force at the state mental hospital in Middletown after an internal investigation concluded that he had put in for 528 overtime hours that he didn't work. Now...

All eyes Wednesday were on the inauguration of Connecticut's 88th governor, Dan Malloy. There was pomp. There was circumstance. There was all the optimism and good cheer that comes with the beginning of a new political era. But if you wanted a more...

Mayor John DeStefano, an outspoken political survivor and the longest-serving leader in the city's history, smiled Tuesday as he reflected on his 10 terms leading the Elm City and seemed at peace with his decision against trying to make it to 11. "You...

Former state Sen. Ernie Newton, a convicted felon who served time in federal prison on corruption charges, won the Democratic endorsement Monday night for his old state Senate seat. Newton defeated the incumbent, Sen. Edwin Gomes, and state Rep. Andres...

Ernie Newton's winning the Democratic Party endorsement Monday night for his old Bridgeport-centered state Senate seat is disquieting news. What are Democrats thinking? Which Mr. Newton will show up at the Capitol in Hartford if he parlays the convention...

Fairfield Fire Chief Richard Felner allegedly made comments about the way Assistant Chief George Gomola smells and also slapped him. An investigation report, viewed by the Fairfield Citizen, states that during a staff meeting, Felner brought up a “...

Connecticut hasn’t done very well at some stuff lately (think job creation or restoring storm-downed power lines), but we’ve definitely got a talent for rehabbing ex-con politicians. First it was our felonious former governor, John G....

Democrats swept to victories Tuesday in Waterbury, New Britain, Middletown and Milford as well-organized candidates pounded away on local issues and got their voters to the polls in the state’s big cities. In Middletown, Democrat Dan Drew...

He's still the mayor. There was Eddie A. Perez, off to the side in the high, bright atrium at city hall on Friday morning. He had just finished the coffee, the handshakes and the hugs and was ready to speak about a new mobile medical van that brings...

      HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Democrats planned to debate a resolution Wednesday evening that censures U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and asks the veteran politician to resign from the Democratic Party.       Audrey Blondin, a 30-year party veteran...

     The brother of former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim is facing domestic violence charges.      Police arrested Paul J. Ganim, 44, this weekend in Bridgeport.      Police say he was involved in an argument with his wife in front of the couple's...

When former Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison Friday, it underscored a sobering fact for Connecticut politicians: Federal law enforcement authorities are carting them off to penitentiaries at an unparalleled rate. ``I have said...