Connecticut judges say they don’t expect a raise this year given the budget crisis. But after fiscal conditions improve, it’s time for a new system with annual raises that match those given to managers across state government. The Compensation Commission for Elected State Officers and Judges, a legislative advisory panel, unanimously endorsed the proposal it […]

If you haven’t guessed, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is big on communication. In good times and in bad, in snow storms and during West Nile virus outbreaks, expect to hear directly from the governor. “That’s what I do,” Malloy said today. Malloy delivered live televised briefings at 6 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. as a […]

WASHINGTON–John Olsen is having a King Solomon moment. The Connecticut labor leader’s dilemma doesn’t involve two women and a baby. Instead, it involves two congressmen and a Senate seat. That would be Reps. Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy, who represent Connecticut’s 2nd and 5th districts respectively. Both men were elected in 2006, defeating Republicans in […]

A proposal to cut state legislators’ pay by 10 percent stalled as soon as it was raised Thursday. The Compensation Commission for Elected State Officers and Judges, an obscure legislative advisory panel that typically meets only once or twice at the start of each, two-year legislative term, quickly dispatched the proposal, which came from one […]

New administration, new routines. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy still turns heads just by standing in line in the Legislative Office Building cafeteria, fetching his mid-morning coffee. A WTNH cameraman spotted Malloy today, and started recording the visit. The governor made the rounds in the cafe, introducing himself to some employees and bantering with those he’s […]

State legislators, who spent much of the past campaign pledging to make job growth a top priority, now have to decide how often they want to be reminded of that. The legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis, which analyzes every bill to determine its potential cost to state government, recently filed a plan outlining how […]

A fast-moving Nor’easter slowed near Cape Cod this afternoon, delaying an end to a storm that state officials say dumped 14 to 30 inches across Connecticut. Snow is now expected to continue until 7 p.m. over parts of the state. As reported by the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, these were the estimated […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday night that the state was on the path to normalcy after a record-breaking storm that forced the closure of state offices, schools, courts and many companies as it dropped more snow on Connecticut in 12 hours than the state had ever seen in a full day. “Connecticut will be […]

The state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security reported this morning that snowfalls exceeded 20 inches in Rocky Hill and Newtown by 7 a.m., with forecasts calling for accumulations ranging from 16 inches to 26 inches. Statewide, the totals ranged from 14 to 22 inches. Heavy snow is expected through 10 a.m., with rates […]

With at least one foot of snow covering Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today cancelled the first shift for non-essential state employees and asked private employers to consider keeping their workers home. In a televised briefing at 6 a.m. from the Emergency Operations Center in Hartford, the governor said heavy, windblown snow had contributed to […]

WASHINGTON-Despite tight budgets and ballooning enrollment, Medicaid programs in Connecticut and across the country were able to preserve or even expand health care services to the poor in 2010, according to a new report released Tuesday. But 2011 could be dramatically different. Arizona officials have already moved to cut off Medicaid coverage for people in […]

State Sen. Edith G. Prague took her accustomed place as co-chairman of the General Assembly’s panel on aging Tuesday, with one important difference: It is now a full-fledged legislative standing committee. Prague, Williams and members of the new standing committee “We’ve been waiting a while to become a regular committee,” a grinning Prague said at […]

Although news coverage of major stories and the public’s interest in them generally were in sync, there were times in 2010 when they diverged markedly, a Pew Research Center analysis says. Comparing the results of weekly national opinion surveys with weekly reviews of press coverage, Pew found that the public tended to maintain interest longer […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed an emergency order Tuesday night that will allow him to quickly close the state’s highways and take other steps if deemed necessary Wednesday as a Nor’easter spreads up to two feet of snow across Connecticut. “We are declaring a civil preparedness emergency in anticipation of snow fall of 18 to […]