The Board of Regents is nearing the finish line to select a leader to run the state’s 93,000-student college system. The system’s governing board has whittled a list of eight candidates down to three finalists, Interim President Philip Austin told the Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee Tuesday. “Quite honestly they are supurb They are far above what […]
March 13, 2013
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State could lose over $900M in defense funds without sequestration deal
Connecticut could lose more than $900 million in federal defense spending this year, according to a new analysis, though a compromise measure pending on Capitol Hill could mitigate some of that pain. The state legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis also projected that most of the pain from the so-called sequestration cuts tied to the […]
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Momentum building for gun control, bipartisan or not
A far-reaching package of gun-violence legislation in response to the Sandy Hook school massacre is widely seen as inevitable in the General Assembly, with legislative leaders saying Wednesday night their goal is a vote by the end of March with or without a bipartisan deal. In separate interviews, Democratic and Republican leaders said they are […]