A General Assembly committee rejected wind-turbine regulations for the third time in nine months Tuesday, prompting environmentalists to complain that legislators are blocking home-grown wind power just as the technology is showing signs of producing electricity at competitive prices. “This is really outright obstructionism at this point,” said Chris Phelps, the state director of Environment […]
September 24, 2013 @ 12:00 am
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Amid Obamacare marketing push, confusion about Medicare
There’s a major marketing campaign under way for Access Health CT, the new insurance marketplace opening Oct. 1 as part of the federal health reform law. But some officials and others who work with seniors are trying to get out a separate message: If you’re on Medicare, the new marketplace is not for you.
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The new voice of labor in Connecticut is female and gay
Lori Pelletier, new head of Connecticut AFL-CIO Hamden – Lori J. Pelletier appears set to be chosen by acclamation in a casino hotel ballroom Thursday as the new voice and face of labor in Connecticut, becoming the first openly gay woman to lead a state labor federation in the United States. But on Tuesday, Pelletier […]
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Connecticut businesses looking up, and considering the drone
Old Saybrook — Out of a beautiful fall sky, a drone – an unmanned aerial vehicle – lands outside the Saybrook Point Inn to a rapturous reception from a group of business executives. The green-and-black device is about 3 feet across, carries a video camera and weighs less than five pounds. It looks like a […]
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Himes: Likely shutdown ‘the most predictable disaster that ever happened’
Washington – To Adam Puccino, a mason who works at Naval Submarine Base in New London, the possibility of a government shutdown is just the latest in a long string of bad news coming out of Washington. “All this stuff with Congress seems to be going on over and over again,” Puccino said. “I’m burned […]
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Puppy mill task force getting attention before it even holds first meeting
A so-called “puppy mill” legislative task force is already stirring up a lot of interest from the media and lobbyists before it even holds its first meeting Wednesday morning. The bipartisan task force, which will look into the “inhumane treatment” of puppies and kittens sold to Connecticut pet stores, will hold an organizational meeting at […]