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It's unfortunate that it came to this, but the legislature was unwilling to give the directors of the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation the protections that the members of any other state board or commission enjoy
Student loan group's board resigns May 27, 2009
Whether it's little or a lot, it is an illegal substance, and the governor does not support the bill
Conn. panel moves to decriminalize pot Apr 01, 2009
It does give one pause to question the wisdom of extending liquor service hours
Sailor charged in student's death Mar 09, 2009
This is heartbreaking news. The death of a child brings unspeakable grief and my thoughts and prayers are with the Rowland and Largay families on their profound loss
Former Conn. Gov. Rowland's stepson dies Aug 23, 2008
My family is here with me for the holidays and the doctors and I are ready. Nothing is going to keep me from cheering for the Huskies
Conn. governor has mastectomy Dec 27, 2004
Mary Jodi Rell (born June 16, 1946) is a Republican politician and has been the 72nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut since July 1, 2004. She was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut under Governor John G. Rowland, who resigned during a corruption investigation. Rell is Connecticut's second female Governor, after Ella T. Grasso. On November 9, 2009, Rell announced she would not seek re-election in 2010.
Born Mary Carolyn Reavis in Norfolk, Virginia, Rell attended Old Dominion University, but left in 1967 to marry Lou Rell, a U.S. Navy pilot. She moved to Brookfield, Connecticut in 1969 and later attended, but did not graduate from, Western Connecticut State University. She never graduated from college. She received honorary law doctorates from the University of Hartford in 2001 and the University of New Haven in 2004.
Rell served as a Connecticut State Representative for the 107th District in Brookfield from 1985 until 1995. She became Lieutenant Governor after the 1994 election and won re-election in 1998 and 2002. Becoming governor in 2004 after John Rowland's resignation, Rell was elected to her own full term on November 7, 2006. She received approximately 710,000 votes, the highest total for any gubernatorial candidate in Connecticut history.