Himes Assigned Seat On Financial Services Committee
Jim Himes looks around his new office at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on the eve of his swearing in as 4th District congressman. (LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE)

Himes Assigned Seat On Financial Services Committee

Jim Himes, D-4th District, learned Monday that he would be a member of the Financial Services Committee — a far-reaching group that plays to the dominant industries of his southwestern Connecticut district and also to his resume as a former banker.

Proposal To Extend Anti-Bias Laws In State

A proposal, to be introduced in the legislative session that begins Wednesday, would prevent people who in any way blur gender lines from being discriminated against in the workplace or while seeking housing or obtaining credit.

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Supporters of the factory and the surroundings of the Colt firearms complex want the site and its historic blue onion dome to get another designation - this time as a National Park.

Reader Poll Last week, the New York Yankees agreed to pay Mark Teixeira $180 million over an eight-year contract. Other teams, including the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, had tried to sign the first baseman and top position player in this year's free agent market. But Andy MacPhail, Orioles' head of baseball operations, said, "At the end of the day, it was just too much to pay for one player."


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