A poem about gender inequality by Wesleyan University student Lily Meyers has gone viral, with a YouTube video of her reciting her poem having already been viewed more than 3.3 million times. “I wonder if my lineage is one of women shrinking, making space for the entrance of men into their lives not knowing how […]
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Feds give Newtown school district money, but not to build a new elementary school
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it is awarding an additional $1.9 million to the Newtown Public School District to help it continue to recover from the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. But the money, from the Education Department’s Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program and a […]
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Survey says Connecticut led nation in percentage of outbound moves in ’13
You’ll be hearing about this tidbit from Republicans on the campaign trail in ’14: Connecticut led the nation last year in the percentage of outbound moves, as measured in the annual survey by Atlas Van Lines. Sixty percent of interstate moves involving Connecticut customers were outbound, followed by 59 percent for New York and Indiana. […]
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CT delegation usually votes party line, except on local issues
Go to bottom of the story for an interactive graphic. Washington — When Congress was debating a bill last summer that would allow the federal government to sell billions of cubic feet of underground helium, Connecticut’s 5th District representative, Elizabeth Esty, took to the House floor to promote an item opposed by most other Democrats. A […]
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Politics & Ice in Connecticut
Flying Ice Thirteen years ago, Rep. Larry Cafero started trying to get a law passed that would fine drivers who failed to clean ice and snow from their roofs, thus creating a potential hazard for anything in their wake. When, in 2001, the Norwalk Republican, and House minority leader, first proposed the measure aimed at grounding […]
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First storm of 2014 tests CT’s new ‘flying ice’ ban
Besides leaving 10 inches of snow on the ground by Friday evening, Connecticut’s first winter storm of 2014 also should test the state’s new effort to control flying ice on its highways. According to a new law that took effect this week, truck drivers could be fined up to $1,250 if accumulated ice dislodges and […]
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Obamacare coverage starts, but some CT customers are still waiting
More than 34,000 state residents were slated to begin new private insurance plans Wednesday as part of the federal health law. But as the new year began, many people who bought policies through the state’s health insurance exchange still hadn’t received their first premium bills, which must be paid by Jan. 10 to get coverage this month.
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Utah upbringing shaped Toni Harp’s vision
New Haven — Henry Nathaniel moved west to Utah to attend a college in order to avoid “paper bag tests” of his skin color. Two generations later, his adopted daughter found herself the only black student in a Salt Lake City middle school — where she learned lessons she would one day bring with her […]
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Chris Murphy’s winding road to Kiev
Washington – Chris Murphy followed a twisting road to Kiev. The early political career of Connecticut’s junior senator focused on education and health care. When he challenged a 12-term GOP incumbent to win a House seat in 2006, the hot issue was the Iraq War; but Murphy took on Rep. Nancy Johnson over the prescription […]
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Will extending jobless benefits help CT in the long run?
There’s little disagreement that the failure by Congress to renew extended unemployment benefits would hurt Connecticut’s economy in 2014. But as the last round of checks in the expanded program goes out this week, the state’s top leaders and economists had mixed views on whether extending it would help or hinder the Nutmeg State’s sluggish […]
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6 questions about Obamacare in Conn. for 2014
Many of the major provisions of the federal health law known as Obamacare take effect today. Insurance companies will no longer be able to deny anyone coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Nearly everyone in the country will be required to have health insurance (although if you don’t have it today, you still have time to buy a plan before the penalty kicks in). And there are new requirements for what insurance plans must cover.