Michelle Hackman
Staff Reporter
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New Haven vital for Democrats

On the night of the Democratic primary election, which he won over former Conn. Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz ’83, U.S. House Rep. Chris Murphy […]

First Reactions: Second Presidential Debate

President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney squared off in their second of three debates at Hofstra University in New York on Tuesday. […]

Senate candidates avoid specifics in debate

In their third of four debates, U.S. Senate candidates Chris Murphy and Linda McMahon continued to evade describing specific policies in favor of criticizing one […]

Students weigh voting options

As a freshman in 2009, life-long Democrat Diana Enriquez ’13 registered to vote in Connecticut. That November, her home state of Massachusetts elected Scott Brown, […]

Malloy ranked among top 10 in cannabis debate

Conn. Gov. Dannel Malloy may not have been on the cover of Rolling Stone this month, but the magazine just named him one of the […]

Murphy takes the lead in polls

In the latest poll published on the senate race between U.S. Representative Chris Murphy (D) and Linda McMahon (R), Murphy is pulling ahead with a […]

DeStefano sets record as city’s longest-serving mayor

John DeStefano, Jr. set a record Thursday just by walking into his office, which he has now held for 18 years and 279 days. That […]

Conviction reexamined in decades-old case

On the evening of March 8, 1987, Bernice Martin was raped and murdered in her apartment in Manchester, Conn. More than five years later, her […]

State increases housing permit issuance

In a sign of a housing market recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, the state of Connecticut issued 359 new building permits in Aug., up […]

State rep’s treasurer arrested

Four years after State Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, a New Haven Democrat, won his first term in the state legislature, his campaign treasurer was arrested for […]

Aung San Suu Kyi sells out Sprague Hall

Aung San Suu Kyi is speaking at Sprague Hall next Thursday, a venue that holds 680 people. Tickets went on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. […]