Ken Dixon

Bridgeport

Reporter and Columnist at Connecticut Post

Government/politics reporter for Hearst CT Media, including Connecticut Post & New Haven Register. Retweets are not endorsements. Tips? [email protected]

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Connecticut GOP chairman wins third term after opponent doesn't get nominated

3 days ago | ctpost.com | Ken Dixon

Ben Proto of Stratford won a third two-year term as chairman of the Republican State Central Committee on Tuesday night in Berlin. Ken Dixon/Hearst Connecticut MediaA cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump stood next to the podium Tuesday night as GOP State Chairman Ben Proto accepted a third term.
Connecticut GOP chairman wins third term after opponent doesn't get nominated

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Ken Dixon

BERLIN - Potential opposition to Republican State Chairman Ben Proto withered in the summer heat on Tuesday night when challenger Jason Douglas was left fuming, outside of an air-conditioned banquet hall on the Berlin Turnpike.
Malloy: long odds for Bridgeport/MGM casino

3 days ago | middletownpress.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy doubts that the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans would agree to open up their exclusive deal for operating casinos in the state to allow an MGM Resorts casino in Bridgeport. “But perhaps they’ll come forward and say that’s what they want to do,” Malloy said Monday. “I can’t imagine any scenario under which the tribal nations would agree to open up the compact on those grounds.
Iran bombing puts U.S. on 'path to a war in the Middle East,' CT senator says

5 days ago | darientimes.com | Jessica Bravo |Ken Dixon

Criticism of President Donald Trump’s order to use bunker-busting bombs Saturday against three nuclear facilities in Iran was swift, with Connecticut’s members of Congress warning that the White House usurped the Constitution’s war-making authority to directly involve the United States into a potentially widening conflict on the other side of the world.
Iran bombing puts U.S. on 'path to a war in the Middle East,' CT Senator says

5 days ago | ctpost.com | Jessica Bravo |Ken Dixon

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, in a file photo. Dave Zajac/Hearst Connecticut MediaFourth District U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, in a file photo.
Gov. Ned Lamont ethics report gives peek into family's income

6 days ago | darientimes.com | Ken Dixon

The independently wealthy Gov. Ned Lamont continues to work for free, according to his latest filing with the Office of State Ethics. In his seventh year in office, Lamont has never taken a governor's salary, which could now total $226,711 a year, equal to Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Raheem Mullins.
Malloy asks lawmakers to reconsider “mini-budget”

1 week ago | middletownpress.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD — Admitting growing frustration with a General Assembly that has failed to work together to solve the state’s budget crisis, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday met with advocates for people with intellectual disabilities to underscore what is at stake. Malloy said the 650,000 people who depend on social services in the state are being held hostage by the divided House and Senate, which failed to negotiate in time for the start of the new fiscal year on July 1.
How one CT city's finances has turned into statewide political drama

2 weeks ago | ctpost.com | Ken Dixon

Views from the Ansonia Riverwalk along the Naugatuck River Greenway. James M. Shannon/Hearst Connecticut MediaSixth-term Ansonia Mayor David CassettiKen Dixon/Hearst Connecticut MediaOn the last night of the legislative session, state Rep. Kara Rochelle, D-Ansonia, stunned the House chamber, defeating attempts to remove her city from state financial oversight.
A look inside the hectic final days of CT's legislative session: Vampires, AI debates and beach chairs

2 weeks ago | darientimes.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD — The Connecticut General Assembly, so slow to act on some bills that can consume multi-hour debates — from the regulation of mobile home parks to the future of housing or the cost of electricity — can move very quickly under deadline pressure and changing political positions.
Gov. Ned Lamont hints at possibility of third term: 'I'm thinking about it seriously'

3 weeks ago | ctpost.com | Ken Dixon

Gov. Ned Lamont, in his State Capitol office on Thursday, came close to announcing his candidacy for a third four-year term. Ken Dixon/Hearst Connecticut MediaHARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday gave the strongest hint yet that he will seek a third four-year term that could put him on a glide path to become the state's longest-serving chief executive.