Capitol Bureau Chief
CurrentHartford Courant reporter since November 1990. Capitol Bureau Chief for 28 of the past 30 years, extensively covering the legislature and the past five governors - Lowell P. Weicker, John G. Rowland, Jodi Rell, Dannel P. Malloy, and Ned Lamont.Writing on the state budget, taxes, casinos, sports betting, highway tolls, marijuana legalization, minimum wage, pensions, and essentially every issue that comes to the state Capitol for resolution or funding.Covered numerous political campaigns for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, and state legislature, including the New Hampshire primary multiple times. Interviewed George W. Bush, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Ralph Nader, Joe Lieberman, and every Connecticut governor, House Speaker, and Senate President Pro Tem over the past 28 years.More than 450 appearances on local and national television and radio, including MSNBC with Lester Holt and Steve Kornacki, CNN with Candy Crowley, Fox News with Greta van Susteren, The News Hour with Judy Woodruff, CBS News, CNN's "Capital Gang,'' National Public Radio's "All Things Considered'' with Robert Siegel, "Talk of the Nation'' with Neal Conan, WABC-AM radio in New York, FOX CT, C-SPAN, and CNBC. Also, appearance on Kasie DC on MSNBC on the case of a Connecticut landscaper involved with President Trump, Lev Parnas, and the American ambassador to Ukraine.Covered courts fulltime for 18 months, including Beth Carpenter murder conspiracy trial in New London that involved two attorneys convicted of murder after hiring a hitman in a bizarre custody battle. Appeared in documentaries on A & E and Oxygen Network that featured the case.Named five times by The Washington Post's political blog as one of Connecticut's top political reporters in 2020, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2009.Won the Master Reporter Award, a career achievement honor awarded annually to one reporter in New England. Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who in America.
