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Haskell is the Senate Chairman of the joint Transportation Committee, Vice Chairman of the Government Administration & Elections Committee and serves on several other state committees.

Haskell seeks intermission from Senate position to begin law school

Mishael Gill ’23, Paper Managing Editor January 6, 2022

Senator Will Haskell announced Jan. 3 that he will not be running for reelection and plans to take a break from public service to pursue law school. “There are a lot of exciting things going on, but...

Kavanaugh nomination backed, pending FBI investigation

Kavanaugh nomination backed, pending FBI investigation

September 28, 2018

Daniel Harizman '19 The senate judiciary committee voted to send the nomination of Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh, to the full senate pending a one week FBI investigation surrounding sexual...

An open letter to those protesting Judge Kavanaugh

An open letter to those protesting Judge Kavanaugh

September 21, 2018

By Andreas Lolis '21   Dear protestors at the confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,   While most Supreme Court nominations are contentious to a degree, Kavanaugh’s has...

Will Haskell accepts Democratic nomination for State Senate

Will Haskell accepts Democratic nomination for State Senate

May 31, 2018

By Kaela Dockray '18 and Layla Wofsy '18

Connecticut House approves bill banning bump stocks, legislation heads to Senate

Connecticut House approves bill banning bump stocks, legislation heads to Senate

May 3, 2018

By Kaela Dockray '20 The Connecticut House of Representatives voted in favor of passing a bill banning the usage of rapid-fire devices known as bump stocks on May 8. Lawmakers voted 114-35 to  approve...

Comey testifies to Senate Intelligence committee

Comey testifies to Senate Intelligence committee

June 9, 2017

By Sebastian Shuken '18   James B. Comey, who President Donald Trump recently fired as FBI director, spent approximately three hours discussing his communications with the president in a testimony...

Public school students condemn Education Secretary confirmation

Molly Mahoney '18, Staff Writer February 9, 2017

By Molly Mahoney '18 Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Education Secretary Feb. 7 when 50 senators voted in favor of her confirmation and 50 opposed it, forcing Vice President Mike Pence to cast his vote...

Justice Antonin Scalia, whose vacated position on the Supreme Court is causing a partisan rift

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Obama and Senate clash over Supreme Court nomination

Sophie Call, Staff Writer March 3, 2016

On Feb. 13, 2016 Justice Antonin Scalia died in Schafer, TX, leaving an eight person Supreme Court and a year for President Obama to fill the gap.   While it’s a rare thing for a justice to be appointed...

USA Freedom Act re-defines privacy argument

USA Freedom Act re-defines privacy argument

Kit Epstein, Web Opinions Editor June 8, 2015

On Tuesday, June 2, the United States Senate passed the USA Freedom Act with a majority of 67 to 32, after Section 215 and Section 206 of the USA Patriot Act expired on May 31st. According to Mark Jaycox...

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