The Malloy Administration plans to shift responsibility for running the the 10,600-student vocational-technical school system to local and regional school districts, the governor’s budget director said Tuesday. “We believe having a whole statewide school system creates a disconnect within the local districts and regions,” Secretary of Policy and Management Ben Barnes said. “We recognize that […]

Don’t look for Sen. Richard Blumenthal to be on the frontlines of entitlement reform. Today, the Democrat from Connecticut announced that he was joining the “Defending Social Security Caucus,” a new group that formed earlier this year by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. “As it becomes increasingly clear that some in Congress propose cutting or eliminating […]