President Barack Obama gets his lowest approval rating in Connecticut in a Quinnipiac University poll released today. The performance of the Democratic president, who carried Connecticut in 2008, is approved by 50 percent of voters and disapproved by 44 percent. A month ago, the split was 53 percent to 42 percent. Gov. M. Jodi Rell […]
July 16, 2010 @ 12:00 am
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Q-Poll: McMahon down by 17 points, but ‘inching up on Blumenthal’
Democrat Richard Blumenthal has a 17-percentage point lead over Republican Linda McMahon in the Senate race, but the GOP front-runner is slowly narrowing the margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In a separate survey of likely Republican primary voters, McMahon is leading the race for the GOP nomination with 52 percent, compared […]
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Candidates question if debate format helps voters make the right choice
Oz Griebel was frustrated. He saw the latest gubernatorial debate as another futile exercise, illuminating little about the abilities of the candidates to lead Connecticut. “To me, it’s how does a person think?” Griebel said. “What are their experiences? How do they react in difficult situations? How do they react in emotional situations?” None of […]
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Urban schools begin to close the achievement gap
The lagging achievement of low-income and minority students in Connecticut’s cities remains a daunting problem, but that did not dampen the mood Thursday at a press conference announcing the latest test results in Hartford. For the third year in a row, the city’s public schools – made up mainly of black and Hispanic children from […]
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New Medicaid patients could test state’s physician network
Connecticut stands to see its Medicaid patient caseload surge starting in 2014 as national health care legislation opens the door to as many as 150,000 new patients over a six-year period, according to a new study.