Threatened with a vote of no confidence from faculty, the president of Quinebaug Valley Community College has submitted his resignation letter to the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Ross Tomlin, who has been been the president of the 2,500-student college in Killingly for nearly 3 years, also sent a three sentence letter to faculty […]
October 24, 2012
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Money
Rush to meet Plum Island comment deadline
Environmental groups in Connecticut and New York are scrambling to meet a Friday deadline to submit comments on a draft environmental impact statement for the sale of Plum Island by the federal government. Their collective consensus — with some nuanced differences — is that most, if not all, of the island, located in the New […]
Posted inPolitics
Connecticut’s Senate race makes top 10 in TV spending
Candidates and independent groups spent at least $8.4 million to air 5,448 television commercials in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race over the first three weeks of October, pushing the contest into the top 10 for ad expenditures and top 15 for ad volume. The Wesleyan Media Project said Wednesday that Republican Linda McMahon outspent Democrat Chris […]
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McMahon trails as women shift to Murphy in Quinnipiac poll
Democrat Chris Murphy has opened a six-percentage point lead over Republican Linda McMahon in the U.S. Senate race as women and older voters shift toward the Democratic congressman, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. The McMahon campaign took unusually strong steps to undercut the poll, saying its sample of GOP voters was undersized. […]
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Obama tightens gap with Romney in Connecticut fundraising
Washington — President Obama narrowed the fundraising gap with his Republican rival, but Mitt Romney continues to lead in the race for campaign cash in Connecticut. In the latest reports filed with the Federal Election Commission this week, Romney’s campaign reported raising $8.1 million in the state, while Obama’s campaign raised about $6.3 million. A […]
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Roraback pledges to offer breast cancer proposal challenged by some medical groups
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 24, 8:19 p.m. Torrington — The first bill Republican Andrew Roraback says he’ll introduce in Congress is a version of a Connecticut law that’s already been proposed by members of the other political party. “I want women in Connecticut to know that what they have the benefit of today is something that […]