Click here to enjoy edited film of the Redding Lights for Liberty Event on Channel 79
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The Democratic Town Committee lost one of our longest-serving and most loyal members at the end of April with the death of Jane Ross. Jane, who served in leadership positions in many groups in Town—most notably the Redding Land Trust and League of Women Voters—still found time to be a regular attendee and scribe for the Redding Democrats for over 20 years. She was fearless in her support for candidates who represented the best Redding,…
Our bipartisan boards worked together, and voted unanimously to put forward their budgets for the Town Referendum this spring. Please come out and support our town by voting on May 7th. Polls are open from 6am-8pm at the Community Center. For more information visit townofreddingct.org . Read the legal notice.
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REDDING — The Redding Board of Education unanimously adopted a $22.1 million budget Tuesday — a 4.69 percent increase over the current year. The Board of Finance will now review the school board’s spending plan. Read more here in the News-Times.
The Oscar-nominated documentary film “RBG” will be shown at the Mark Twain Library on Wednesday, March 20, at 6:30pm. Sponsored by the Redding League of Women Voters and the Mark Twain Library. Register here
“Edward Miner Lamont Jr., an unlikely Democratic standard bearer as a wealthy Greenwich businessman whose family tree includes titans of Wall Street and a left-wing philosopher, took office Wednesday as the 89th governor of Connecticut, a state buoyed by great wealth and burdened by decades of fiscal mismanagement. Lamont, 65, who once said he looks like a Republican and thinks like a Democrat, faces the challenge of delivering on a campaign that promised a blend…
CT Post — “Under the gold dome of the state Capitol, 149 state representatives and 33 senators took the oath of office Wednesday morning, promising to represent their constituents and the state of Connecticut in the now Democrat-dominated General Assembly.” Read more from the CT Post…
Redding Democrats held their annual Century Club on Sunday under a crisp, early-autumn sky. Guests came to hear from the Democratic candidates on this year’s ballot, with Congressman Jim Himes and Senator Richard Blumenthal kicking off the fundraising event in preparation for the election on November 6th. Himes and Blumenthal spoke about the many pressing issues in Washington, and their work to protect the rights of every American, including minorities, women’s issues and the seriousness…
National, state and local candidates came together to march in Newtown’s annual Labor Day parade this weekend. Democrats are proud of the party’s roots in the labor movement — but the regressive policies of the right mean we have a fight on our hands. With an all-out assault on unions and all working Americans by the Republican Party, we must vote the Democratic line November 6th! Photo Credit: Paula Darlington