January 25, 2012 @ 12:00 am

Despite repeated assurances from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that savings from union concessions and other cost-cutting measures would be achieved, nonpartisan legislative analysts reported a nearly $145 million state budget deficit Wednesday evening. The latest projection from the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis doesn’t include the nearly $79 million in new cost-cutting measures announced Tuesday […]

After a soft launch three months ago, Chris Shays raised the curtain on his U.S. Senate campaign Wednesday with pointed references to his unexpected victory 25 years ago over two wealthy businessmen in a Republican congressional primary. He was not merely indulging in nostalgia. To win the GOP nomination in 2012, Shays will need to recapture […]

The arrest Tuesday of four East Haven police officers after a federal investigation has one Connecticut rights coalition pushing for a stronger racial profiling law. Mongi Dhaouadi, Connecticut Civil Rights Coaliton “We felt this is the right time for us to come forward and say that discrimination against one part of our community is discrimination […]

Years of disagreement have stalled efforts to grade teachers and dismiss those who are ineffective. That all changed Wednesday when a group of educators — including teachers’ unions, superintendent and school board groups — agreed on how to properly evaluate teachers so those who are struggling are identified and put on a path to improve […]

Dawn Luciano spends her weekends working as a personal care attendant, caring for seniors and people with disabilities in their homes. She’d like to spend her weekdays doing it, too. “Unfortunately, I can’t,” Luciano, of Killingly, said. That’s because she relies on her other, full-time job as a financial sales representative to get health insurance […]