Assistant Managing Editor Eric Cotton has covered the local political scene for the last 10 years. Since 2001, Cotton has directed coverage of state and local politics for the Record-Journal. He lives in Meriden and grew up in Southington. His column appears every Sunday in the Record-Journal.

Glenn Richter, senior copy editor at the Record-Journal, writes weekly.

Jeffery Kurz writes weekly for the Look section of the Record-Journal.

Barbara Parent joined the Record-Journal in 1984. Her column appears weekly in the Tuesday Look section of the Record-Journal.