Trying to keep the political focus on education reform, the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy responded Monday to some of the concerns raised by wholesalers and retailers of alcohol about his sweeping proposal to overhaul liquor laws. Revisions distributed by the administration would limit competition among retailers and retain some of the controls on […]

At 3:54 p.m. on Feb. 1, 1995, Andrew W. Roraback cast the first in what by his count is an unbroken string of 8,470 roll call votes in the General Assembly. The question now is how many of them will dog his candidacy for Congress. Lisa Wilson-Foley, one of his rivals for the Republican nomination […]

The state has been working to get people out of nursing homes, but officials are hoping that at least one facility will be open to taking a new group of residents — parolees and patients from state institutions. Like many states, Connecticut has a growing population of older prisoners whose care, officials say, could be […]

Like Connecticut, Florida, Georgia and Texas have aging working populations. But unlike Connecticut, those three southern states are attracting younger, highly educated professionals who will replace older workers when they retire. As soon as 2015, the size of Connecticut’s working age population will peak, and those replacing the state’s retiring workers will be disproportionately younger […]