Reuben F. Bradford, a former state trooper and NFL security director who is Connecticut’s first black public-safety chief, will retire Feb. 1 as commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the agency that includes the Connecticut State Police. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office announced Bradford’s plans Thursday. Bradford, 67, returned to a demanding job in […]
December 2013
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Aiming to end bias against CT’s older unemployed
Ending a longtime discriminatory practice against the unemployed topped a list of recommendations from the state legislature’s chief investigative panel to help more of Connecticut’s older residents find work. The Program Review and Investigations Committee also recommended expanding education and training opportunities for seniors, increasing access to small business subsidies and promoting the state’s apprenticeship […]
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With gridlock in D.C., some question worth of lobbyists
Washington — For years, the University of Hartford employed a Washington lobbyist to help the school tap federal funds, including $2 million to help build a new performing arts center. “For every dollar we spent (on lobbying), we got about $8 back,” said John Carson, vice president of university relations. But the university ended its relationship […]
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Connecticut companies spent millions lobbying in Washington this year
Washington – To some Connecticut companies, making sure nothing happens in Washington is just as important as making sure something does. Take Guilford-based American Cruise Lines, for example. It spent $40,000 last year lobbying Congress not to restore the famous Delta Queen riverboat’s right to navigate the Mississippi River. Its investment in preventing congressional action was apparently […]
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Connecticut hospital scorecard: Who owns your hospital?
Connecticut has long been dominated by locally run, independent hospitals or those in small regional networks, but that’s changing. The number of hospitals joining larger networks has grown dramatically in recent years, and experts expect the trend toward consolidation to continue. Similarly, while all but one of the state’s hospitals are nonprofit, that’s likely to […]
Posted inPolitics
Gun owners see choices in CT governor’s race as bad or worse
When the Connecticut Citizens Defense League endorsed Republican Tom Foley in the 2010 race for governor, it went unnoticed. The gun owners’ group was just a year old, and gun control barely registered as an issue in Foley’s close contest with Democrat Dannel P. Malloy. Now, it is in rapid-growth mode, with a membership that […]
Posted inHealth
62,153 people signed up for Obamacare coverage by first deadline
As of midnight Tuesday, 62,153 Connecticut residents had signed up for coverage as part of the federal health law commonly known as Obamacare, according to figures from Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange.
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Enrollment brisk, demand high at first Connecticut Obamacare enrollment deadline
Enrollment in insurance plans offered as part of the federal health law continued to surge Monday, the last day to sign up for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1. “We’re just exploding here today,” Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, said Monday.
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CT GOP struggles, while Dems bank $550K
As the Connecticut Democratic Party thrived, the state Republican Party ran a deficit in its federal account in November, ending the month with just $7,107 in cash and a debt of $7,513, the latest indicator of a GOP in dire straits on the eve of a statewide election year. Finance reports filed over the weekend […]
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Connecticut gets first federal buyouts for Sandy victims
The results of the first federal property buyout for victims of storm Sandy are likely to mean, among other changes, that in the next few years, one shoreline neighborhood in West Haven could all but disappear.
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CT jobless rate: near 11% had 60,000 not left workforce
The state’s unemployment rate would approach a gloomy 11 percent if more than 64,000 people hadn’t left the workforce since mid-2010, the University of Connecticut’s economic think-tank reported Monday. And while the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis recognized Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s efforts to grow the economy, it said the budget deficits that have been […]
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Nappier to seek fifth term as Connecticut treasurer
Denise L. Nappier, the state treasurer since 1999 and the first African-American woman elected to statewide office in Connecticut, announced late Monday afternoon that she would seek a fifth term. Nappier, 63, a Hartford Democrat, made a low-key announcement about the 2014 elections through a two-page statement emailed to the news media. “I’ve worked hard to […]
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Governor’s budget chief to town leaders: No cuts in state aid expected next year
Ben Barnes, the governor’s budget chief, has told municipal leaders not to expect any cuts in state funding for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.
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Malloy: Regardless of federal investigation into UConn, problems need to be addressed
Regardless of the outcome of a federal investigation into how the University of Connecticut responds to allegations of sexual assault from its students, much work remains for the state’s flagship university, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday.
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Are you a businesswoman? A doctor? A mayor, plumber, teacher, storeowner, college president or student? Maybe you’re even a state legislator. If you live and/or work in Connecticut — The Mirror wants to hear from you. We’re publishing a special online publication in January, and we want to include as many comments, suggestions and complaints […]