It was a year ago today that Dannel P. Malloy was inaugurated as Connecticut’s 88th governor. On his first anniversary, Malloy is giving blood, conducting a ceremonial bill signing, addressing groups in Hartford and New Britain and then closing the day in Norwich with a town-hall meeting about his year as governor. He gives blood […]
January 5, 2012
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Is the state seeking a waiver to federal education requirements?
After wavering on whether the state would be applying for a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor told a roomful of educators he’s made up his mind. “We are also seeking a waiver,” Pryor said during an education workshop convened by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy at Central Connecticut State University. […]
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Manchester Memorial, Rockville General back in UnitedHealthcare’s network
Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals are once again part of the network of UnitedHealthcare and Oxford Health Plans after reaching a two-year contract agreement. The hospitals’ parent company, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, severed ties with UnitedHealthcare — which includes Oxford — in October after the previous contract expired without a new agreement. Since then, […]
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A grim picture of education on display
More than half the school superintendents in the state say the state is not helping to close the achievement gap between minority and low-income and Caucasian students. One-quarter of the school leaders say they have no authority to turn around low-achieving schools; 87 percent say they lack the ability to remove ineffective teachers; and two-thirds say […]
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With pomp and circumstance, state finalizes Jackson Lab deal
Farmington — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy marked his first anniversary in office today by finalizing the deal for the state to invest $291 million in a genetics research institute at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The state’s partnership with The Jackson Laboratory, a world-renowned research center in Maine, is an attempt to ride the […]
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Court favors Democrats in redistricting instructions
The Connecticut Supreme Court has directed its special master on redistricting, Professor Nathaniel Persily of Columbia, to make minimal changes as he draws new lines for the state’s five U.S. House districts, echoing arguments made by Democrats. “In developing the plan,” the court said in its new order, “the Special Master shall modify the existing […]
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Proposed cap on gas tax could suffer from poor timing
With gasoline prices already climbing since December, a Meriden lawmaker and Connecticut’s service stations want to put the brakes on a volatile state fuel tax that accelerates prices hikes even further. But with Connecticut taxpayers still recovering from the $1.5 billion increase ordered across all state taxes last year to close a record-setting budget deficit, […]
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Malloy: More money needed for education
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have given an energizing pep talk on education reform to a roomful of education advocates and leaders Thursday, but it was the comments he made to reporters afterward that will likely receive the largest cheers from those who have long said the state is shortchanging education. “To make some of […]