WASHINGTON – Navy officials said they will consider moving up the date for the start of a new Virginia class sub program that would allow the boats to carry more firepower.
February 25, 2015
Posted inEducation, Politics
Esty wins on STEM bill
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday easily approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, that would promote the teaching of science, technology, engineering, or STEM, disciplines in the nation’s schools.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Malloy says tough budget choices in the legislature’s hands now
EAST HARTFORD – Despite recent arguments that his new state budget proposal is out of balance and over the constitutional spending cap, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday he wouldn’t propose more spending cuts or otherwise adjust his plan.
Posted inPolitics
Secretary of the State Merrill: CT must overhaul elections system
A countdown began Wednesday toward a debate over scrapping Connecticut’s unique system of relying on locally elected registrars of voters, one for each major party, to carry out elections in all 169 cities and towns.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
A storm rages over CT’s stormwater
Managing the water that flows into the thousands upon thousands of storm drains around the state — an otherwise standard municipal function — has become something close to a standoff between the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and a battalion of those municipalities.
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: SBAC test is part of corporate plan to discredit Connecticut public schools
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test is part a profit-motivated scheme to undermine public education and advance unregulated for-profit schools. The state should not make it so difficult for parents to opt out of this testing program.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
SBAC test is part of corporate plan to discredit Connecticut public schools
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test is part a profit-motivated scheme to undermine public education and advance unregulated for-profit schools. The state should not make it so difficult for parents to opt out of this testing program.
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Nursing home residents clipped again by Malloy’s budget proposal
Once again Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget is targeting Connecticut’s nursing home residents — this time squeezing their personal needs allowance down to $50 a month, some $19 lower than it was in 2011. How can any nursing home resident maintain a decent quality of life on $50 a month?
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Nursing home residents clipped again by Malloy’s budget proposal
Once again Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget is targeting Connecticut’s nursing home residents — this time squeezing their personal needs allowance down to $50 a month, some $19 lower than it was in 2011. How can any nursing home resident maintain a decent quality of life on $50 a month?