Poor Connecticut households this winter will face about $784 million in energy bills above what they can afford, according to a new study released Wednesday by Operation Fuel.
2014
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Stop the ‘slow wreck’ of the Connecticut college system
Dear Gov. Malloy, I am a senior at Southern Connecticut State University and during my time at SCSU have experienced positives and negatives. The constant positive is that the students here and at the other state universities and community colleges continue to enjoy the college experience. We study hard, socialize with classmates, attend events, and […]
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Op-Ed: Stop the ‘slow wreck’ of the Connecticut college system
I am a senior at Southern Connecticut State University and during my time at SCSU have experienced positives and negatives. The constant positive is that the students here and at the other state universities and community colleges continue to enjoy the college experience . . . On the negative side are CSCU president Gregory Gray and the Board of Regents. In my time at SCSU the molehill of problems presented by the previous Board of Trustees has turned into mountains ever since the reorganization that combined the universities and community colleges.
Posted inHealth, Politics
Waterbury says regulators endanger hospital deals
Waterbury’s mayor and the state’s hospital industry say that Connecticut regulators are jeopardizing plans by a national for-profit hospital chain to buy the city’s two struggling hospitals and others in Bristol, Manchester and Vernon.
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Despite robust options, thousands pass on school-choice lottery
Just one in four students in Grades 3 through 7 attending Hartford schools entered the lottery for a seat at a regional magnet or a suburban public school last school year, according to a recent study by Trinity College.
Posted inEducation
State lands federal funds to move toward universal preschool
Connecticut has landed federal funding to offer high-quality preschool to hundreds of additional children from low-income families, with an emphasis on those who are homeless or in foster care.
Posted inPolitics
Malloy to lead Democratic governors group in 2016
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who overcame a GOP tide and tepid job ratings to win re-election last month, will lead the Democratic Governors Association in 2016.
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Looney makes wholesale changes in Senate committee co-chairs
With the departure of five senators, Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, D-New Haven, took the opportunity Tuesday to change the leadership of more than a dozen committees, effective next month on the opening day of the 2015 session.
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CT youth attend White House effort to improve foster care
WASHINGTON – Five Connecticut teenagers were among dozens of children in foster care invited to Washington this week to attend a White House event entitled “Improving Outcomes for Our Nation’s Foster Youth.”
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Malloy counsel Bronin leaving to explore Hartford mayoral run
Luke Bronin is resigning next month after a two-year stint as the top legal adviser to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a move that allows him to explore a run for mayor of Hartford.
Posted inEducation, Politics
On anniversary, advocates mark 95 shootings since Newtown
WASHINGTON – Gun-control advocates have marked the two-year anniversary of the massacre of first graders and educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School with a report that says there have been 95 school shootings since the Newtown tragedy.
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The Sandy Hook failure
Federal law requires public schools to seek out, evaluate, identify and provide services to children with disabilities, including children with serious emotional disturbances. In Adam Lanza’s case, apparently, Newtown’s schools did not.
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Op-Ed: The Sandy Hook failure
Federal law requires public schools to seek out, evaluate, identify and provide services to children with disabilities, including children with serious emotional disturbances. In Adam Lanza’s case, apparently, Newtown’s schools did not.
Posted inPolitics
Senate to begin debate on bill that would turn Coltsville into national park
WASHINGTON – A massive defense bill that would authorize billions of dollars in spending on Connecticut defense projects — and turn the Hartford’s Coltsville neighborhood into a national park — may face its first test in the Senate today.
Posted inMoney
New Haven—Hartford—Springfield rail upgrade on track
A $365 million project is underway to upgrade Connecticut’s 62-mile rail corridor and enable Amtrak to run 16 of trains along the New Haven-to-Hartford-to-Springfield track each day, up from the current six. That project—which includes adding tracks and fixing bridges and culverts — is on track to be completed some time in late 2016.