Minumum wage raised
CT State House passes the bill to raise the minimum wage over 2 years to $9.00 per hour. On it's way to the governor's desk for his signature.
All Star Race
Any NASCSR fans watching the Sprint All Star Race? What are your thoughts on it? Are you happy Danica Patrick wins the fan vote for the 2013?
Missing Eastern University Student Sighting
3:12pm--#Bridgeport CT--A person called police that the missing Eastern University student has been seen on Knowlton Street and Stillman Street are of town. She is said to be wearing a blue shirt, jeans brown shoes, looked scruffy like she hadn't changed her clothes in a while. Police are canvassing the area.
Harvick wins at Richmond
Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch exchange words after the race... Kevin Harvick celebrates his first win of the year! Bush hit by Johnson........
Give Blood for Boston
Many will want to give blood/platelets in light of Boston incident. Please call 1-800-RED CROSS to schedule an appointment in the days & weeks ahead. Website here....
Gov. Perry tells CT gun-maker to “come on down” to Texas
PTR Industries, a maker of military-style rifles, threatened to leave Connecticut after the passage of one of the toughest gun-control laws in the United States. Connecticut enacted the measure in the wake of the Newtown school shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six adults. "Hey, PTR," Perry posted on Twitter on Friday. "Texas is still wide open for business!! Come on down!" "There is still a place for freedom that is very much alive and well," the governor added. "That place is called Texas." The Connecticut law bans high-capacity ammunition clips of the kind used in the December school shooting and adds to the firearms covered by the state's assault-weapons ban. Reuters has the full story here.......
Enfield town chair boycotting GOP dinner over McKinney gun vote…
The chairwoman of the Republican Town Committee in Enfield is skipping the state GOP’s annual Bush dinner to protest the party’s decision to present Senate Republican leader John McKinney with its top award. “The man may have done many things in his career that would warrant this accolade,” Mary Ann Turner wrote in a letter to her fellow chairs from north central Connecticut. “But with the gun bill just passing and his finger printers [embedded] in the cement – I can’t support this total disregard for our constitution and our personal liberties,” she wrote. The Hartford Courant has the full story here......
Multiple people injured in Texas college stabbing incident
Multiple people were injured in a stabbing incident Tuesday morning at a Houston-area college, prompting officials to urge students to take shelter, the school said. At least 12 people and as many as 14 have been injured in the incident at Lone Star College's CyFair campus in Cypress, according to CNN affiliates KHOU, KTRK and KPRC, who are citing authorities. CNN has the full story here......
Broadcasters worry about zero TV homes
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don't even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. These people are watching shows and movies on the Internet, sometimes via cellphone connections. Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. AP has the full story here.........
CT income growth second worst in nation
Connecticut's personal income growth in 2012 was the second worst in the nation, behind only an agriculture state in the middle of a drought. "It indicates Connecticut has taken some hit in key industries, including manufacturing and finance," said Steven Lanza, executive editor of The Connecticut Economy at the University of Connecticut. HartfordBusiness.com has the full story here....