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June 11, 2016
From: The Federation of ConnecticutTaxpayer
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BREAKING NEWS FROM
THE HARTFORD
COURANT
Case Ends With
Reprimand For Lawyer On Rowland's 'Fictitious
Contract'
Jon
Lender Contact
Reporter Government Watch June 11, 2016
Two years after
being classified as an unindicted co-conspirator in a campaign financing scheme
that led to former Gov. John G. Rowlands criminal
conviction, the lawyer who drafted what prosecutors called a fictitious
consulting contract that became evidence in Rowlands
2014 trial has finally been disciplined by state authorities. Continue reading
at http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-lender-lawyer-reprimand-rowland-20160611-column.html
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More on Politics from the Hartford
Courant
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CTMirror.org Reports
CT agencies told to start planning for big
cuts for 2017-18
By
Jacqueline Rabe
Thomas June 9, 2016
A few weeks
after balancing the state budget entirely with spending cuts the administration
of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is already warning state
agencies to start planning for big reductions in discretionary spending in the
following two fiscal years. Continue Reading →
Malloy vetoes tax breaks passed on final
night of session
By
Mark Pazniokas June 9, 2016
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed two bills Thursday siding with
municipalities on one that would have allowed 100 percent property tax breaks
in perpetuity for nonprofit and for profit arts entities. The other would have
enhanced legislative oversight over economic development incentives, and
Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo called that veto deeply
troubling. Continue Reading →
Read
more from CTMirror.org on the Budget/Economy
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Federal Appellate
Court Strikes Potential Death Blow to Privacy in New
Cell Site Location
Information Case
MAY
31, 2016 BY JENNIFER LYNCH Electronic Frontier Foundation
This week, the
full Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision that impacts residents in
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia held that you have no expectation of privacy in historical
location data generated by your cell phone. This decision which follows
decisions from four other federal appellate courts means that now in the vast
majority of states federal law enforcement agents do not need to get a warrant
to get access to this data from a cell service provider.
In the case United
States v. Graham law
enforcement officers relied on a simple court order to learn each place that
Mr. Graham and his codefendant had travelled for more than seven months. The
221 days worth of data officers obtained on the two defendants contained nearly
30,000 datapoints for each defendant data that
the ACLU
discovered could
reveal when the defendants were home and when they left home when their travel patterns
changed from the norm and even that Mr. Grahams wife was pregnant. This cell
site location information CSLI was generated every time the defendants
phones tried to connect with a cell tower to send or receive data. Continue
reading at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/graham-enbanc
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Leaders agree
Connecticut insurance commissioner has conflict
By
Ken Dixon Stamford
Advocate June 10, 2016
Speaker of the
House Brendan
Sharkey joined
Republican leaders of the General
Assembly on Friday in
calling for state Insurance Commissioner Katherine
Wade to recuse herself from participating in the merger of
insurance giants Anthem and Cigna.
Senate Democrats
however sided Friday with Wade a
former Cigna lobbyist who won approval from the Office of State Ethics to
oversee the possible marriage of the two companies. Continue reading at http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Leaders-agree-Connecticut-insurance-commissioner-7979160.php
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The Hill reports
Feds warn against
releasing Clinton aides immunity deal
The Justice
Department is pushing to keep the terms of an immunity agreement with a former
IT aide to Hillary Clinton under seal warning that release of the documents
could undermine its ongoing investigation connected to Clintons private email server. Read
the full story here
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How
Clinton Donor Got on Sensitive Intelligence Board
ABC
News By MATTHEW
MOSK BRIAN
ROSS CHO
PARK
Jun 10, 2016
Newly released
State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton
Foundation donor was
placed on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board even though he had
no obvious experience in the field a decision that appeared to baffle the departments professional staff. Continue reading at
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-donor-sensitive-intelligence-board/story?id=39710624
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The Los Angeles Times
Trump moves to block the release of his video testimony in university lawsuit
Attorneys for
Donald Trump are seeking to block the filing of a portion of his video recorded
deposition in a class action lawsuit by former Trump University
students a move that could prevent the public release of the videos according
to a court document filed Friday. Read
the full story here
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