For a state formerly known as “Corrupticut,” Connecticut has become a national leader in clean, transparent elections with its model public financing program, the Citizens’ Election Program (CEP).

The case for an independent commission to investigate Russia’s interference in last year’s election, perhaps including “wise men” (and women) like Colin Powell, Sandra Day O’Connor, George Mitchell, and Jimmy Carter, plus a special prosecutor, is getting stronger by the hour.

The Wall Street Journal offers a timely and sobering account of the painfully inadequate broadband many of our schools rely on.

Miles Rapoport got a big send-off Sunday from his home state of Connecticut, where he has lived for decades and served as a state legislator and secretary of the state before joining Common Cause as its new president earlier this month.

Stephen Spaulding, vice president of policy at the good government group Common Cause, told The Daily Beast that the Sheehy-Zinke relationship—consisting of major campaign contributions, federal contracts, and favorable legislation—was the exact kind of “pungent mix” that gives voters the impression that elected officials put corporate money over the public interest.

Americans, Spaulding said, are “rightly turned off” by such relationships.

“It’s what gives rise to corruption and the appearance of...

Cheri Quickmire, executive director of the voter advocacy and election watchdog organization Common Cause in Connecticut, says the primary will be a test for Trump supporters and mainstream Republicans. "I don’t think he should be on the ballot," Quickmire said of DiGiovanni. "I think anyone who participated in an insurrection against the U.S. government should be disqualified."

Cheri Quickmire, giám đốc điều hành của tổ chức giám sát bầu cử Common Cause tại Connecticut, cho biết mặc dù những người bảo thủ ở Connecticut không táo bạo như các quan chức được bầu ở các bang đỏ, nhưng việc họ tham gia các nhóm Facebook cho thấy công chúng cần phải cảnh giác hơn.

“Chủ nghĩa cực đoan không chỉ tồn tại ở một số tiểu bang như Florida và Arkansas, mà còn hiện diện ở Connecticut,” Quickmire phát biểu hôm thứ Sáu khi xem xét báo cáo. “Tôi thấy điều này thật đáng lo ngại.” Bà nhớ lại cuộc tranh cãi năm ngoái về việc giảng dạy tiếng Anh tại Mỹ...

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Trump thought Democrats would cave if he shut down the government. But with your help, we’re proving him wrong. Common Cause members have made thousands of calls urging Democrats to refuse to write Trump the blank check he’s demanding. And it’s working, with seven Senate Democrats voting differently than they did in March – and nearly every Senate Democrat rejecting Trump’s budget. That’s no small thing. But Trump is betting the longer this drags on,...