Yale Daily News

Kennedy is running for the Connecticut State Senate in the 12th district, which comprises six towns, including this shoreline community just eight miles outside of New Haven.

September 26, 2014

Cradling campaign literature, plodding along a Connecticut back road and shaded by a canopy of trees on a hot afternoon toward the end of August, Alex Taubes LAW ’15 explained why he is soliciting votes here, in his hometown.

September 25, 2014

At its first meeting this fall, the governing board of the New Haven Democracy Fund, a public campaign finance program, elected Jared Milfred '16 its chair.

September 24, 2014

About 20 miles East of Yale on the I-95 lies a cluster of towns that, while geographically proximate to the county’s urban core, look and feel worlds away from New Haven.

September 24, 2014

When redistricting brought a student supermajority to a city council district in Berkeley, Calif., the 18-year incumbent offered to step aside in favor of an undergraduate candidate.

September 19, 2014

In deciding who will do its construction work, the University has the power to determine which businesses will benefit from some of the most lucrative construction contracts in recent state history.

September 17, 2014

Mayor Toni Harp dropped by a Monday meeting of the Yale College Democrats to ask students to do her a favor: Vote for Governor Dannel Malloy on Nov. 4.

September 16, 2014

New Haven’s public campaign finance system is preparing to analyze potential tweaks, clarifications and even overhauls of the opportunities local politicians have to capitalize on public funds.

September 12, 2014

Twenty-two years ago, a local lawmaker and graduate of the Yale School of Architecture ran for the Connecticut state senate in New Haven, seeking to unseat an incumbent whose roots in the district were as deep as his political resume was long.

September 11, 2014

New Haven Mayor Toni Harp traveled to the nation's capital today to pow wow with other public officials on public projects.

September 9, 2014

The government is accusing Rowland of violating federal election law by twice conspiring to conceal political consulting activities.

September 9, 2014