Biography
Rick Green is a longtime Courant reporter who most recently covered Connecticut casinos.
A Wary But Resilient Boston Keeps It Together, Defies Blasts That Tried To Tear It Apart
April 16, 2013
The bombs did not stop a field trip of first-graders from making a picnic lunch on the sidewalk outside the Old South Meeting House Tuesday afternoon.
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Time Is Ripe To Consider Liability Insurance For Gun Owners
January 21, 2013
As the gun debate heats up, one idea seems particularly suited for Connecticut to consider: liability insurance for gun owners.
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Malloy Faces New Tests As Another Legislative Session Begins
January 8, 2013
As he faces one of the toughest political jams of his career, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's challenge is to duplicate his gutsy performance during the crises that have marked his first two years in office.
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After Newtown, A Parent's Goodbye Kiss Feels Different
December 16, 2012
Monday morning, parents must do what for many will still feel excruciating.
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Connecticut's Few Remaining Ski Areas Adapt To Warmer Winters But Face Gloomy Future
December 8, 2012
The future of skiing in Connecticut may be as obvious as yet another warm day in December.
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Making Every Vote In Every State Count
November 26, 2012
Obama supporters, the final national numbers coming in show that your candidate won re-election by more than 4 million votes. That wouldn't matter, though, if just under 150,000 votes in the swing states went the other way.
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For Friends Of Richard Lapointe, Finally, A Break
October 1, 2012
Two decades ago, a handful of supporters watched a jury convict Richard Lapointe, a mentally handicapped man they said was run over by the wheels of justice.
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Turns Out, There Is More To The Campaigns Than Attack Ads
September 28, 2012
In a surprising development, Chris Murphy and Linda McMahon are now fighting over something that actually matters.
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Flexing Financial Muscle, McMahon Pummels Murphy
September 10, 2012
Despite what you've heard on TV, the U.S. Senate race between Chris Murphy and Linda McMahon is not about creating jobs.
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GOP Contenders Decry 'Legitimate Rape' Drivel, But What Could They Do In D.C.?
August 21, 2012
The two Connecticut Republicans with excellent shots at election to Congress this year — Linda McMahon and Andrew Roraback — on Monday were quick to denounce the ignorant comments about rape and women by the GOP Senate nominee from Missouri.
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Our Next U.S. Senator, Brought To You By The Women Of Connecticut
August 16, 2012
When I see the latest Linda McMahon ad, the one that reveals her as a thoughtful listener who "feels like your next door neighbor," I'm reminded of a few prominent male Republicans who have told me that women close to them will never vote for her.
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New Media Offer New Ways To Dodge Those Darn Reporters' Pesky Questions
August 9, 2012
We are approaching a moment when candidates running for Congress don't have to bother with old-fashioned media.
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Exploring The Common Good Where City And Suburb Meet
July 23, 2012
At a panel discussion recently I listened to downtown business owners complain about how the media portrays Hartford. They know there's more to the city than crime statistics, even if Hartford is safer these days.
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Rick Green: Teen Pot Use at 30-Year Peak – Are We Too Lax?
June 25, 2012
Decriminalizing pot and opening the door to medical marijuana seems like the right thing. We've wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in a futile effort to block use of something that seems less harmful than alcohol.
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Judge Took Calls About Grand Jury Investigation
April 30, 2012
In the long, unsolved investigation into the suspected murder of Mary Badaracco, the role of Superior Court Judge Robert C. Brunetti stands out.
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Tackling Tenure Worth The Fight, Though Even Larger Battle Looms
February 8, 2012
Let's all cheer the governor's tour de force speech Wednesday that finally placed — however fleetingly — public education at the front of Connecticut's agenda for the future.
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Dumb 'Tacos' Remark Distracts From Deeper Worries In East Haven
January 25, 2012
EAST HAVEN — The reality might be more complicated than the offensive remarks made by Mayor Joseph Maturo after the dramatic arrest by the FBI of four cops accused of abusing Latino residents.
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Study Shows Scales Of Justice Askew When It Comes To Death Penalty
January 12, 2012
Now that the Cheshire killers are headed to death row, we can all breathe easy, knowing that Connecticut sparingly, but justly, gives the worst of the worst the death penalty.
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A Neighborhood Endures, With No Power And Little Sympathy For CL&P
November 6, 2011
Among the brave 5 percenters — the unlucky folks in the Lake Garda neighborhood who might not get power for days — there was little sympathy for Connecticut Light & Power's dramatic failure.
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CL&P Exhibits Failure To Communicate
November 5, 2011
Connecticut Light & Power did one thing very well last week: the company turned many of its customers into angry crusaders for regulatory reform.
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Vernon's Mayor: CL&P Isn't Much Help As He Tries To Cope
November 3, 2011
Day five of the Halloween storm disaster, and this is Mayor Jason McCoy's life: Generators at the sewer plant and water company are about to blow, the emergency shelter is almost full, two dozen streets are still blocked, and lines are down at more than 200 locations.
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How Could CL&P Not Know What We Were In For?
November 3, 2011
The first priority is to get the electricity back on and to make sure all citizens, particularly elderly residents living alone, are safe.
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Death Penalty Debate: Too Many Things Can Go Wrong
March 8, 2011
If we get anything out of this latest death penalty debate, maybe it will be some honesty.
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Lapointe's Previous Lawyers Let Him Down
July 9, 2010
It's disturbing to sit in court and listen to how Richard Lapointe's lawyers failed him.
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Lapointe Case A Terrible Travesty
May 7, 2010
For the past four days I've watched a mentally disabled man sit in a Rockville courtroom doing simple word puzzles while lawyers, DNA experts and assorted criminalists debated the complicated circumstances surrounding the horrific crime he was convicted of.
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Investigators Suffer Memory Loss In Lapointe Murder Case
May 6, 2010
What happens 23 years after a crime is that people can't remember — or claim they can't — even when it is one of the more infamous murder convictions in recent Connecticut history.
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Richard Lapointe, Convicted In 1987 Murder In Manchester, Gets Another Day In Court
April 30, 2010
Richard Lapointe gently shook my hand, asked for my press I.D. and made a joke.
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A College Primer From Schiff
November 17, 2009
Not long ago I got into it with the YouTube investment wizard and U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff over college loans and the ever-increasing price of tuition.
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Is 'Moderate Republican' Oxymoronic?
May 1, 2009
In a startlingly honest e-mail to supporters this week, Rob Simmons described U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's jump to the Democrats as "devastating news" that "deeply injures our ability to be an effective minority."
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King David & 'Countess': A Disgraceful Show
March 27, 2009
The divorce of the century - David v. David - is oozing all over us.
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Dodd Needs To Say He Won't Run In 2010
March 20, 2009
If Sen. Chris Dodd truly cares about President Obama's reform agenda, Connecticut and his party, he will gracefully step back and not run for re-election next year.
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A Lot At Stake In 1st Congressional District
October 14, 2008
With extinction of the middle class, another Great Depression and the rule of law on the line, you would think we'd be hearing just a little bit more about the race in the First Congressional District.
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Cheshire Residents Make New, Profound Connections
July 20, 2008
Is it possible to change what comes to mind merely by saying just a single word?
