John McKinney

Connecticut would become the first state in the nation to mandate the recycling of mattresses, whose disposal has become an ongoing problem in major cities. The measure passed by 28 to 8 in the state Senate on Thursday afternoon, coming after...

Tension is mounting at the state Capitol this week as legislators battle over Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposal for a budget that would take effect as he is running in his 2014 re-election campaign. The stakes are high for both Malloy and lawmakers...

The state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to expand the state's racial profiling law to include more police departments. The measure comes one year after another bill had strengthened the law in other ways and was passed by large majorities in both...

Even if death and taxes are the only things certain in life, state legislators say they can never be certain about death taxes. With no crystal ball and no idea when spectacularly wealthy Connecticut residents might die, state officials make an educated...

The editorial in Saturday's paper described how state Republican leaders are just talking about the budget cuts and not really doing anything [May 11, "The Binds Of Bonded Debt"]. Senate Republican leader John McKinney and House Republican leader Larry...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy took to the airwaves this week, insisting on radio station WNPR that "we're going to end up with a very good budget, a very sound budget, that continues us down the path to restoring fiscal health in the state of Connecticut." Good...

You pay attention to the wrong things. That's what three politicians claimed when caught in betrayals of the public interest in the past two weeks. With no credible explanation for their bad acts, each branded their controversy a "distraction" as they...

Recently, Connecticut's legislature passed expanded gun control laws to punish law-abiding gun owners here in Connecticut. Among others, John McKinney and Larry Cafero, leaders of Connecticut's Republican Party, voted in favor. In 2012, they were both...

Beset by criticism, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Thursday that he is reimbursing People magazine with a personal check for $1,234 for a weekend trip that the magazine funded to Washington, D.C., for the White House Correspondents' Dinner last Saturday...

A weekend trip by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to Washington, D.C., for a White House correspondents' dinner Saturday night is raising legal questions and drawing political criticism because his expenses for travel, hotel accommodations and food — more...

Abraham Lincoln's birthday last Tuesday marked the start of months of local Republican organization dinners and fundraising events. The annual ritual of honoring Lincoln provides an informal start to the party's 2014 race for governor. Four candidates...

The 2014 gubernatorial campaign is not yet in full swing, but the budget debate over the next six weeks at the state Capitol could hint at the bitter political clashes to come. Three of the expected candidates in the governor's race will be at the...