Concerned about potential “irregularities” in the 2013 results, the state has begun an investigation into possible cheating on the Connecticut Mastery Test at Betances School in Hartford. The Hartford Courant has a complete story.
August 16, 2013
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Malloy spokeswoman to take communications post with Board of Regents
A member of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s communications staff will become the new spokeswoman for the state’s merged public university and college system. Juliet Manalan of Wethersfield, who is Malloy’s press secretary and has worked in the governor’s communications office since January 2011, will assume her new post with the Board of Regents for Higher […]
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State’s jobless rate stays above 8 percent despite July job gains
The state’s jobless rate crept up slightly in July, rising to 8.1 percent despite Connecticut’s gaining of 11,500 jobs last month, the state Labor Department reported Friday. Originally estimated at 8.1 percent as well, the June unemployment rate later was scaled back to 8 percent. “Excluding May 2010, when jobs were boosted by temporary (U.S.) […]
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Shoppers expected to save nearly $8M during sales-tax-free week
Shoppers are expected to save nearly $8 million next week as Connecticut offers its annual sales-tax holiday. Merchants will be offering items of clothing and footwear priced under $300 without charging the usual 6.35 percent sales tax starting on Sunday and running through Saturday, Aug. 24. “This week-long sales tax holiday makes back-to-school shopping a […]
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Former Hartford man sentenced on a child sex trafficking charge
A former Hartford resident was sentenced Friday to 121 months in federal prison on a child sex trafficking charge. Bruce Damico, 35, formerly of Providence, R.I., and Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he had employed a girl under the age of 18 in his prostitution business between June 2009 and January 2010, according […]