Revelations about The Hartford Courant’s high rate structure for mandatory public advertisements continue, with an East Hartford lawyer claiming that he had to pay a higher fee for a Courant legal notice than for any…
Connecticut judicial officials are preparing to pressure The Courant into providing lower rates for foreclosure advertisements or face the loss of more than $1 million a year in advertising revenue. Hartford County Superior Court Judge…
Victims of foreclosure in Central Connecticut are required to pay The Hartford Courant at least twice as much for foreclosure ads as what real estate agents are charged for similarly sized ads. Real estate attorneys…
CtNewsJunkie.com reports that Journal Inquirer of Manchester moved its plagiarism lawsuit against the Hartford Courant from state to federal court after The Courant sought to dismiss the suit in Superior Court on the grounds that…
Despite that fact that Connecticut newspapers in general are avoiding writing about what their publishers consider to be a huge issue for democracy, the truth is starting to come out. CtMirror.org, a new online political…
For several days I have been wondering about why the Hartford Courant and other daily newspapers are so worked up about the possibility of losing money from municipal public notices. Neither the Connecticut Council Of…
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Amey Marrella announced today a $1.8 million settlement with an industrial laundry facility for emitting toxic substances that threatened public health. Blumenthal sued G&K…
This may come as a surprise to many of you – it certainly did to me – that stores in Connecticut are permitted to sell used mattresses and box springs without disclosing that they are…
While I am sure that small package store owners are wonderful people, I can’t figure out why governments should be protecting them. The only reason that Connecticut forbids alcohol sale Sundays, after 8 p.m., on…
Toyota waited until Jan. 19 to disclose to U.S. safety officials that millions of its vehicles could accelerate on their own – a problem they had known for one year, the Wall Street Journal disclosed…
The Hartford Courant is continuing its campaign to defeat proposed legislation that would permit towns to save millions of dollars in advertising costs by posting legal notices on government sites instead of in daily newspapers….
I am nominating my old employer – The Hartford Courant – for the Chutzpah Award in advertising for 2010 for its full-page ad today asking readers to contact their state legislators. Why? Well it seems…
Connecticut Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. has issued a summary suspension of the controlled substance registration of Scott W. Houghton, M.D. of Old Saybrook, and has ordered a hearing regarding Houghton to determine if…
This is the year that those in the higher income brackets with traditional IRA plans need to look at the pluses and minuses of a unique opportunity to convert the IRA into a Roth IRA. Robert A….