Jane’s cancer was incurable. She had a hard time eating and taking medication due to pain and nausea despite many of our best medications. A friend had suggested the use of marijuana, but Jane was adamantly against this because of its illegality. It might have helped Jane, a 67-year-old Wethersfield resident with advanced colon cancer, […]
April 27, 2011 @ 12:00 am
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Medical marijuana could improve cancer patients’ quality of life
Jane’s cancer was incurable. She had a hard time eating and taking medication due to pain and nausea despite many of our best medications. A friend had suggested the use of marijuana, but Jane was adamantly against this because of its illegality. It might have helped Jane, a 67-year-old Wethersfield resident with advanced colon cancer, […]
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Fight for ‘public option’ goes on, Donovan tells SustiNet rally
A week after lawmakers reached a compromise that leaves SustiNet backers short of their goals, leaders of the push for the proposed state-run health plan told supporters that the fight isn’t over. House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, one party to the compromise, told the crowd that their goals would be achieved. “We’re going to open […]
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Energy co-chairs try to revive tiered electric generation tax
The co-chairs of the legislature’s Energy Committee Wednesday introduced a scaled-back version of their plan to tax electricity producers on the basis of how the power is generated, but their new proposal drew little enthusiasm from legislative leaders and the Malloy Administration. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Democratic leaders already have agreed on a budget […]
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Malloy, legislators reach compromise on higher ed reorganization
The Malloy Administration and co-chairs of the legislature’s Higher Education Committee have reached agreement on a plan to consolidate the Connecticut State University System, the state’s community colleges, the on-line Charter Oak College and the State Department of Higher Education beginning this July. The consolidation was part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy‘s budget proposal, but […]
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Consumer anger at gas prices prompts Congressional concern
WASHINGTON–With gas prices surging past $4 a gallon in Connecticut, members of Congress are in a high-speed race to address their constituents’ pain at the pump. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for a wide-ranging federal investigation of the oil and gas industry, raising questions about market manipulation and price gouging. Rep. Joe Courtney is urging […]
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Transit planners hope Mayor Malloy shapes Gov. Malloy
Transit planners and advocates admired Dannel P. Malloy as the mayor of Stamford, and they are optimistic about him as governor, despite–or perhaps because of–his inability to find the right transportation commissioner nearly four months after taking office. “I’m glad he’s taking time. We’ve had so many commissioners over the last half-dozen years, let’s finally […]
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Mass. legislators vote to limit union bargaining on health care
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has approved a bill that would strip municipal union members of most of their rights to bargain over health benefits, Michael Levensen reports at The Boston Globe. Under terms of a compromise, the bill would give unions 30 days to discuss changes in health benefits with local officials before they […]
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New hospital tax formula makes new winners and losers
A new method for calculating the proposed tax on hospitals, part of the budget agreed to by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Democratic legislators, changes the projected financial outcomes for hospitals. Yale-New Haven Hospital would gain $27.2 million under the plan. Greenwich Hospital remains the biggest projected loser, although its loss–$7.3 million–would be less than […]
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New conservative center threatens budget lawsuit
The Roger Sherman Liberty Center, a new conservative think tank and training center, is putting out a call for lawyers for a possible legal challenge of the state budget — if it is adopted and implemented with an assumption of eventually obtaining $1 billion in labor savings. “The Governor is not a king, and the […]