June 9, 2010

WASHINGTON – The federal government is preparing to dole out $400 million in extra Medicare money to low-spending hospitals around the country, thanks to an 11th hour provision added to the sweeping health reform law to win over a handful of wavering lawmakers. Connecticut hospitals won’t see a dime of that money, but other hospitals […]

Despite being locked between two of the country’s oldest sports markets, Fairfield County would be a more attractive site for a Major League baseball franchise than Milwaukee or Denver, two MLB host communities, according to the latest quarterly economic report from the University of Connecticut. But don’t buy those season tickets just yet. Economics Professor Steven […]

Connecticut State University trustees will begin a review next week of a controversial policy that allowed Chancellor David G. Carter to dismiss Southern Connecticut State University President Cheryl Norton last fall. The trustees have scheduled a special meeting Monday to name a committee to review the policy, which critics contend puts too much authority in […]

It’s not every day that a campaign shares internal polling showing its candidate trailing by 13 percentage points. That’s what Republican Linda McMahon’s U.S. Senate campaign did Tuesday, in an attempt to discredit polls that give Democrat Richard Blumenthal an even bigger lead. It’s a page from the same playbook used two weeks ago by […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed a bill that would have barred state hiring managers from asking applicants their criminal background or researching their background until the last step of the hiring process. Current law allows the question, “have you ever been convicted of a felony” to appear on the application for both private and […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed into law a bill intended to streamline issuance of state permits and licenses. Rell’s office said the bill, a compromise between industry and environmental groups, will “expedite job creation by breaking through bureaucratic backlogs without undermining environmental protections.” The relatively uneventful passage of the bill was an unexpected conclusion […]