State government’s finances remain in modest deficit two-and-a-half months into the new fiscal year, according to Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s budget office, which reported a $45.3 million shortfall on Monday. The new deficit, which is improved slightly from the $63.4 million gap reported one month ago, is due largely to the same problems being tracked […]

The state paid more than $31,000 over an 11-month period for calls made on two cell phones missing from a state agency, according to a new report from state auditors. In one case, officials noticed the phone misuse after just a few months–and $3,311 in bills–but apparent inter-agency miscommunication kept the phone from being shut […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy today accepted the endorsement of the Working Families Party, a labor ally that tries to draw disaffected unaffiliated voters to the polls. In a year when some Republicans are harnessing the angry energy of the Tea Party movement, Democrats say the Working Families Party might be a counter-balance on the […]

In the last decade, fuel cells–those extremely efficient electro-chemical devices that make power from hydrogen and oxygen–have been seen as Connecticut’s ticket to the alternative energy ball. The state remains a hub of the fuel cell industry, but it is a glass half full and half empty. Half full, it has created jobs and increased […]

While a new academic study finds that New England states can best grow their economies by choosing infrastructure and education investments over business tax breaks, Connecticut’s gubernatorial candidates say it could take a mix to revitalize the state. The report, written by a research professor at the University of Massachusetts Political Economy Research Institute, concluded […]

You wouldn’t necessarily know that Sen. Joseph Lieberman is in the middle of the fray over Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. After all, he hasn’t gotten any tweets from Lady Gaga, the pop singer who is creating political waves with her push for repeal of the Pentagon’s ban on gays serving openly in the military. Last week, she tweeted her […]