December 14, 2010

The taxes are too high and the temperature is too low. Sure, Connecticut “has some terrific places to live,” but not enough to keep it off a retirement website’s list of the 10 worst states in which to retire. TopRetirements.com says it weighed 13 factors, from taxes and climate to cultural activities and the likelihood […]

Republican Linda McMahon is reportedly planning a trip to Washington to meet with GOP strategists in charge of heading up their party’s 2012 Senate election efforts, yet another sign that the former WWE executive is seriously considering a second Senate campaign. Even on election night, as she conceded to Democrat Richard Blumenthal, McMahon openly invited speculation […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy told a Hartford business group this morning he is meeting today with the finalists for the presidency of the University of Connecticut, a post the board of trustees may fill before Malloy takes office on Jan. 5. Malloy also is meeting with executives at United Technologies today, part of a listening tour […]

Governor-elect Dan Malloy joined dozens of clergy and hundreds of people rallying for universal health care Tuesday evening, the night before a key vote on plans for the SustiNet health partnership. The rally at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hartford was held by the Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care, a group of clergy that has […]

Is it possible to wow the MetroHartford Alliance on a Tuesday morning, then make the Working Families Party happy on a Wednesday night? We’ll find out tomorrow. Dan Malloy got good reviews this morning for a clear-eyed speech about the state’s fiscal condition and economic climate to Greater Hartford’s major business association, the MetroHartford Alliance. […]

Environmental lobbyists have decided not to push for a bill to prepare coastal and riverfront municipalities for climate change this session, saying cities and towns aren’t ready for a law until they learn more about what’s to come. “I think we anticipate doing that, but probably not this year,” said David Sutherland, director of government […]

Gov.-elect Dan Malloy is a Democrat elected with strong union support, but a former Republican rival said today it is the business community that must give Malloy the “political cover” he needs to reform the state’s finances and boost its economy. Oz Griebel, who unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for governor last summer, welcomed Malloy […]

An immigration reform bill now stalled in the U.S. Senate could prove the perfect federal complement to a law Connecticut Democrats are eager to enact next year, backers of the state measure say. “I certainly hope it will pass the Senate,” said state Sen. Martin Looney, “Because what we’re proposing dovetails really nicely with the […]