Tonight @ 8pm: Speaker of the House Chris Donovan | Simon Schuster Author K Dawn Goodwin

Tonight at 8pm on NewsTalk Tonight: Rep. Christopher G. Donovan, Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, sits with Brian Parker to discuss his run for Congress. He was sworn in as Speaker on January 7, 2009, and began his second term as Speaker in January 2011. Author K. Dawn Goodwin, Until He Comes from SimonContinue Reading

OWS Quits: Asks Homeless to Take Their Place

The Occupiers Indianapolis can stand the heat – it’s the cold that is getting them worries. Armed with a strong sense of righteousness but only a weak sense of purpose, Occupiers are making clever arrangements to continue their movement thru the winter months without getting a chill. The homeless are being asked to take overContinue Reading

Occupy Is Terrorism?

After seeing the pictures of the OC Davis policeman pepper-spraying non-violent protesters, we were all upset with police action. Then we hear about Occupiers winging bottles of water at people who are just going about their day (link). The lines of “good” have become blurred. With the O.CA. (Occupy California) crowd vowing to crash allContinue Reading

NewsTalk Tonight | Lembo: Danger of Fed Debt-Ceiling for Connecticut

State Comptroller Kevin Lembo explains why Connecticut’s budget may be in jeopardy, again. CTNewsJunkie.com ran an article about the differing opinions of Gov. Malloy and Comptroller Lembo. With the federal debt limit being raised, the money Connecticut receives from Washington D.C. for Medicaid could be slashed. Lembo says we count on that money for reimbursementContinue Reading

OnTheHorn.com | Sen. Witkos Says Police Will Adapt to New “Pot” Laws

State Sen. Kevin Witkos, R-Canton, was the special guest Thursday on NewsTalkTonight with CTNewsJunkie’s Christine Stuart and host Brian Parker at the OnTheHorn.com studios in Glastonbury. The discussion covered Connecticut’s new marijuana laws and how police are dealing with them, the state budget, and other issues. Witkos, who serves as a Canton police officer inContinue Reading

Grenades thrown at Working Families Party | Green vs. Healy

Before leaving office as Chairman of the Connecticut State Republicans, Chris Healy lobbed a grenade at Jon Green, the executive director of the Working Families Party.  The Democrats running for office in 2010 split the cost of a political adviser and the complex SEEC (State Elections Enforcement Commission) rules where not clear on how theContinue Reading

On The HORN | Rich & Powerful Above the Law? | What’s next for Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Brian and Dave talk with guest Susan Campbell of the Hartford Courant newspaper about former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the news coverage of his arrest. Did Strauss-Kahn get special treatment by justice system and unfair coverage by the news media? What about the victim? Did she get  justice? Also on the show, the DateContinue Reading