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Jordan Zappala
 Jordan Zappala is a graduate student majoring in print journalism at Boston University’s School of Communications. Back in Boston, Jordan worked as an intern with Body+Soul magazine, and published with the Boston Globe. In her final semester, she will be an intern for the non-profit Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and serve as a D.C. correspondent for the Connecticut-based Norwalk Hour. After graduating from Notre Dame in 2004, Jordan spent three years working in the District, and is happy to now be reporting on the place she considers home.
STORIES WRITTEN:
Gulf War veterans find vindication, but not much else
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 – U.S. Army veteran Donald Overton Jr. said he considers himself lucky that he was physically injured during the Persian Gulf War. Having been left legally blind and missing a few fingers as a result of a Desert Storm blast, the Norwalk native and executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group Veterans of Modern Warfare also suffers from symptoms of Gulf War Illness, such as hair loss, rashes, and muscle and joint pain. But without his physical injuries, Overton said, any attempt to receive disability compensation for the service-related illness would have been quashed by the years of bureaucratic red tape and government denial that Gulf War veterans have weathered.
Stamford native stands guard on Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – Connecticut native Charles Dunn stands guard for hours on a street corner here – keeping patient watch over the nation’s Capitol building. Daily, and without complaint, he endures extreme temperatures, wailing sirens and confused tourists – all in pursuit of his childhood dream.
Norwalk World War II airman laid to rest at Arlington
ARLINGTON, VA., Nov. 20 – On an appropriately cold, gray morning, Army Staff Sgt. Martin F. Troy of Norwalk was finally laid to rest with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, a full 64 years after his bomber crashed during World War II in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Connecticut delegation welcomes Himes, congratulates Larson
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 – Connecticut’s members of Congress officially welcomed Jim Himes, the 4th District representative-elect, to Washington Wednesday in a small, ornate room in the House wing of the Capitol that was overflowing with good cheer and aggressive hugs.
Thousands request tickets to Obama's swearing-in
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 – With Inauguration Day still two months away, tickets to the swearing-in ceremony are already nearly impossible to obtain.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 – Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announced Thursday that he would retain his position as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in the 111th Congress because “our economic crisis is the center of gravity to which all our problems are being pulled.”
Conn. election Web site ranks near the bottom
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 –Connecticut’s official election Web site received a failing grade in a study released this week by the non-partisan research group the Pew Center on the States.
4th District race is priciest House race in New England
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 – The fight for the Connecticut 4th District House seat is currently the priciest in New England and the 9th-most expensive nationally for the second election in a row, according to new data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
4th District foreclosure rate is .097 percent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 – Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District has a mortgage foreclosure rate that is lower than 63 percent of the country, according to new real estate data on the Web site hotpads.com.
Conn. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay couples' right to marry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 – The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to marry, making Connecticut the third state in the country to allow same-sex marriage, following Massachusetts and California.
Army issues policy for media coverage of funderals at Arlington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 – In the face of criticism, the Army for the first time has written a policy outlining media access to military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, giving clear but limited control to mourning families while reserving the final word for cemetery officials.
President welcomes Olympians to the White House
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 – On what he described as a “special day for the White House,” President George Bush Tuesday welcomed more than 500 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes on the South Lawn.
Shays says vote for bailout bill is 'a legacy vote'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 —Rep. Chris Shays knows that the vote he will cast Friday in favor of the emergency financial stabilization plan is one he will take to his grave.
Focusing on the crisis on Main Street
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 – If Tuesday’s Capitol Hill hearing on the financial crisis centered on so-called golden parachutes for failing corporate CEOs, discussion at the House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday swirled around another central point: the effect of the crisis on Main Street.
Local woman receives adoption award in Washington
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 – An Avon, Conn., professor received an award in Washington Wednesday for her work as an advocate for adopted children with special needs. Mary Beth Bruder was one of 180 persons honored with the 2008 Angel in Adoption award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. The award recognizes persons from around the country who have improved the lives of foster children and orphans across the globe.
Give peace a chance
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The United Nations International Day of Peace – an annual practice of global non-violence and ceasefire celebrated around the world – will be observed on Sunday.
Connecticut to get additional $6.9 million in LIHEAP funds
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 – President George Bush released nearly $121 million in emergency funds Wednesday, including $6.9 million to Connecticut, to help pay the heating bills of low-income people. The money comes from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide heating assistance to eligible households during the coming winter months.
Shays voted in favor of Democratic energy bill
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 – Rep. Christopher Shays (R-4th) was one of 15 Republicans to vote in favor of the Democratic-sponsored energy bill late Tuesday, despite his highlighting of what he described as the bill’s shortcomings earlier on the House floor.
House energy bill proposes off-shore drilling
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Rep. Christopher Shays (R-4th) spoke out against a Democratic-sponsored energy bill Tuesday, saying the Democratic leadership had rejected his and other efforts at compromise.
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