At a Polish Day observance, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy bent low today to greet a seated Mary Heslin, a member of the administration of Gov. William A. O’Neill in the 1980s. He didn’t quite make the same effort with Susan Bysiewicz. Malloy and Bysiewicz were together — more or less — for the first time […]
May 3, 2012
Posted inNews
Labor proposal passes Senate, heads for Malloy’s signature
A controversial proposal to give collective bargaining rights to certain home care workers and daycare providers is headed to the governor’s desk, completing a process begun less than seven months ago with two executive orders. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy plans to sign the bill, which passed the Senate 22 to 14 on a party-line vote […]
Posted inNews
Minority legislators back Malloy — to a point
With time running short, the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus tried Thursday to nudge forward some of the education reforms that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says are needed to turn around troubled urban schools. But the caucus, which includes 22 of the General Assembly’s 187 members, offered a mixed message at a press conference, […]
Posted inNews
Senate blocks effort to remove judges’ pay from political debates
The Senate overwhelmingly stymied a bid Thursday by Connecticut’s judges to remove their salaries from political debate, dramatically scaling back a measure creating a new judicial compensation study panel. The bill, which now heads to the House of Representatives, still would ensure that any pay raises the panel endorses for judges would be included in […]
Posted inNews
Senate sends project labor agreement bill to the House
The state Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure late Wednesday guaranteeing communities can negotiate working conditions with labor unions before public projects are put out to bid. The measure allowing so-called “project labor agreements,” spurred in part by a legal battle over school construction work in Hartford, passed 32-3 and now heads to the House of […]
Posted inNews
As part of a trend, Colt protesting loss of $84 million Army contract
Washington — West Hartford-based Colt Defense LLC has lost an $84 million Army contract to a competitor and, like an increasing number of federal contractors, it’s not taking rejection sitting down. In awarding the lucrative contract for 70,000 to 100,000 rifles, the Army Contracting Command preferred the bid of Remington in Ilion, N.Y. That prompted […]
Posted inNews
In an upset, it’s docs over lawyers, 74-69
You don’t see this every day: The speaker, majority leader and minority leader all on the losing side of a 74-69 vote in the state House of Representatives. On a bipartisan vote, the House on Thursday gutted a bill aimed at loosening the requirements for bringing a medical malpractice lawsuit, an issue that has sharply divided […]
Posted inEducation
The cost of charter schools
A new report has found that Achievement First’s New York charter schools spend $660 more per pupil than nearby traditional city public schools that serve similiar populations. Officials of Achievement First, which has several Connecticut charter schools and makes up almost half of the state’s charter seats, has been complaining for years that they are […]
Posted inPolitics
McMahon continues to self-fund campaign
Linda McMahon, a Republican candidate for retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman’s seat, poured another $600,000 of her own money into her campaign this week, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. McMahon, who aired the first television commercial in the Senate race this week, had loaned her campaign nearly $4 million as of March 31. […]
Posted inHealth
Support Nurse Delegation, for the Love of Joe
I never felt that I had a story to tell, but until you live it, you cannot possibly know what it is like. Several days ago, I sat by Joe’s bedside at home and talked with him about nurse delegation; he said what a great idea and wished it were effective now. I can truly […]