November 2, 2011 @ 12:00 am

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy stopped short Wednesday evening of endorsing a call to fine electric utilities for slow restoration efforts, but warned his confidence in Connecticut Light & Power Co. could slip as early as Thursday morning if new goals for returning service to customers aren’t met. Meanwhile, CL&P President Jeffrey Butler apologized for creating […]

Connecticut’s newly restructured higher education system has the potential to avoid the pitfalls that have stalled reorganization efforts in other states, a leading higher education authority said Wednesday. “I’m hoping this system will be an especially innovative one,” Terry MacTaggart told members of the state’s Board of Regents for Higher Education. The board sought advice […]

Calling it “one of our highest priorities,” recently-appointed Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor is asking the Malloy Administration for $25 million to help him turn around the state’s lowest-performing districts. “We hope to yield some dollars for this request,” Pryor told the State Board of Education before they unanimously signed off on the proposal. Education Commissioner […]

The state Department of Social Services is preparing to roll out its final plan to encourage the use of a form of primary care known as a medical home in Medicaid, with a four-part method for making extra payments to health care providers who taken on additional responsibilities for keeping their patients healthy. The plan […]

Dissatisfied with Connecticut Light & Power Co.’s response to last weekend’s snow storm, leading House Democrats said Wednesday it’s time for state government to set power outage restoration standards and issue millions of dollars in fines if utilities don’t get the job done well and on time. House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan of Meriden and […]

Results of the Nation’s Report Card released Tuesday show fewer than half of 4th- and 8th-grade students are proficient in math and reading–far short of the federal No Child Left Behind goal of 100 percent proficiency in three years. “The results are disappointing,” said Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor. “This is not a pretty picture. It […]

Between Tropical Storm Irene and last weekend’s winter storm that still has thousands without power, many school districts across the state have already used up all their scheduled snow days–and it’s not even winter yet. “These districts are absolutely going to have to cut in the spring vacations or other breaks,” said Robert J. Rader, […]

Most people by now have seen wind turbines towering about the trees or nearby buildings; here’s how one gets put up, in this 7-minute time-lapse video by photographer Jay Grocci.