WASHINGTON – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency blasted a new state policy on when Connecticut’s prisons will detain undocumented immigrants, saying it poses a risk to public safety and could release dangerous criminals into the community. The Malloy administration disagreed.
November 24, 2014
Posted inEducation
Senate leader Donald Williams lands job at teachers’ union
Donald E. Williams Jr., the outgoing Democratic leader of the Connecticut Senate, has landed a job at the state’s largest teachers’ union. Williams is leaving office Jan. 1 after 10 years as the Senate president pro tem.
Posted inEducation, Money, Politics
Malloy may run afoul of his pledges whether taxing or cutting
Governor Dannel P. Malloy faces plenty of critics who argue he can’t balance the next state budget without breaking his campaign pledge not to raise taxes. But Malloy will be equally hard pressed to close next year’s $1.3 billion-to-$1.4 billion deficit with spending cuts, given the many pledges and fiscal principles he has espoused since taking office four years ago.
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Connecticut’s prison system wasteful of both human and monetary resources
Connecticut’s prison system unnecessarily locks up too many people for too long and costs its taxpayers billions of dollars that could be saved or better spent on education, housing, medical care and other social programs. It is time for reform.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut’s prison system wasteful of both human and monetary resources
Connecticut’s prison system unnecessarily locks up too many people for too long and costs its taxpayers billions of dollars that could be saved or better spent on education, housing, medical care and other social programs. It is time for reform.