For the next few weeks, each of 22 Democrats in the state Senate is a king or a queen — at least when it comes to the budget. And as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy seeks lawmakers’ approval to rewrite the rules of constitutional spending cap, it’s becoming clear that keeping all of those senators happy […]
May 14, 2013 @ 12:00 am
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Suit hammers huge Medicaid backlog, long waits
Every month, thousands of poor state residents go without health care coverage while their applications for Medicaid linger, without being approved or denied, for longer than federal law allows. The numbers “tell the whole story,” attorney Sheldon Toubman said Tuesday at the start of a trial in Hartford centered on allegations that the state Department […]
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Murphy critical of Foreign Relations colleagues
Washington — When it comes to engaging the rest of the world on the issue of climate change, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy does not have a lot of faith in his fellow members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. They are out of sync with public opinion, he said. “This used to be the […]
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DSS trial: Are Medicaid application delays breaking the law?
Paul Shafer, a Trumbull resident, had a seizure disorder and no job when he applied for Medicaid in July 2011. The program would have paid for the $165-a-month anti-seizure medication Shafer relied on. By law, he should have heard back within 45 days. Instead, Shafer waited months without a decision on his application. He took […]
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Himes helping DCCC break fundraising records
Washington — When he walks the halls of Congress, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes is likely welcomed by many fellow Democrats and avoided by others. That’s because of his new job as the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s finance team. Named to that post in February, Himes’ job requires him to raise millions from […]
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Waiting for the next storm,Part 2: Elderly and disabled on the waterfront
This is the second in a three-part series focusing on areas of Connecticut’s coastline that are vulnerable to flooding. In the first installment, we visited Morris Cove, one of New Haven’s most desirable neighborhoods. For this story, we headed to a very different residential area on the shoreline: Czescik Homes, a public housing complex for the […]
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(Some) Charter school applications released
Looks like officials at the State Department of Education have changed their minds about not releasing the applications of those seeking to open new charter schools in the state. The department has now made available three of the seven pending applications. (See the application for the charter in Waterbury here, Norwalk here and Windham/Willimantic here.) The move to release […]