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....
Himes Statement on President’s Remarks on Gun Violence Prevention
Himes Statement on President’s Remarks on Gun Violence Prevention.....What are YOUR thoughts? “I stand with the President in urging my colleagues in Congress to come together and pass legislation that will prevent the next Newtown. Over 100 days after 26 innocent lives were cut tragically short, it is long past time for Congress to act. Nobody should be able to purchase a gun if they are a criminal or mentally ill. No civilian needs a military-style gun with a magazine that holds 30 bullets. No parent should have to fear for their child’s safety while he or she is at school. I remain frustrated that the House Majority has yet to bring up a single gun violence prevention measure for…
Jobs report: Hiring slows severely in March
The unemployment rate slipped to 7.6%, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. But it's not good news: It's because nearly 500,000 people dropped out of the labor market. CNNMoney has the full report here.......
No more school shootings since CT Senate, House Approve New Gun Bill
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws. New York and Chicago had the toughest gun laws with over 400 killed in New York City and over 500 killed Chicago in 2012. No report on how those in the hood should turn in their illegal guns or how this will prevent another Newtown incident but both parties are patting each other on the back for approval. Republican Senator McKinney leads the way.
State Senate Approves Historic Gun Bill; House Next To Act
HARTFORD — After a debate that was at moments impassioned and agonized, the state Senate Wednesday evening approved an historic and far-reaching gun-control bill that proponents said was their toughest-in-the-nation response to the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre. Approval of the bill came at 6:38 p.m. by a 26-10 vote – with two of 22 Democrats and eight of 14 Republicans opposed. The measure was sent to the House, where approval was expected early Thursday. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will sign the bipartisan bill once both legislative chambers approve it. New Haven Register has the full story heree........