Click above to watch riveting legislative action! The General Assembly is supposed to vote on energy assistance legislation today.  However, after coming in this morning, it appears that the plan has hit some road bumps in the negotiation process, and the difficulty is lasting into the evening as legislators and staff await the session to convene. As Brian Lockhart reports at the Stamford Advocate: House and Senate members were still meeting privately Friday evening over proposed bills to divvy up the $75

Six-Point Plan Offers Millions for Fuel Assistance, Small Businesses, Conservation Thousands of Connecticut families will not be left out in the cold this winter under an energy assistance plan unveiled today by House and Senate Republicans that directs an additional $25 million to insulate consumers from the rising costs of home heating oil, help pay electric bills and combat soaring gasoline prices. Republicans want to use an additional $9 million of the state surplus to increase the Operation Fuel accoun

House Speaker Jim Amann announced last week that the idea of considering placing tolls on our state highways is off the table, and suggested that House Republican Leader Larry Cafero and other GOP leaders were “proposing” tolls.  This is, of course, nonsense. What is interesting is that last summer Speaker Jim Amann was perfectly happy to consider tolls on the highways, as well as higher gas taxes which are hurting Connecticut residents and businesses.  House Speaker James Amann , D-Milford, said Mon