WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives will vote on legislation Wednesday that would require Amtrak to determine the feasibility of a new high-speed service from New York City to Boston that would likely cross Connecticut but make no stops in the state.
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House approves Homeland Security funding
WASHINGTON – An impasse over funding of the Department of Homeland Security that threatened the paychecks of nearly 1,500 agency employees in Connecticut ended Tuesday as the House approved a bill that does not include riders to block President Obama’s immigration policies.
W. Va. jail executive to lead municipal group in Connecticut
Joe DeLong, who resigned a month ago as the executive director of the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority, was named Tuesday as the top executive at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
Access Health offers special April enrollment for health coverage
Access Health CT, the state’s insurance exchange, said Tuesday it will hold a special enrollment period during April to allow those who paid a penalty on their 2014 federal taxes for being uninsured to enroll for coverage for the balance of 2015 and limit penalties on their taxes next year.
CT lawmakers split on Netanyahu speech
WASHINGTON – One Connecticut lawmaker decided to skip his speech to a joint session of Congress and others had differing reactions to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s forceful condemnation of U.S. efforts to reach an agreement with Iran over nuclear weapons.
DeLauro skips Netanyahu speech
Washington – Saying he is “disrespectful to President Obama, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, had a change of heart and decided to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s speech Tuesday to a joint chamber of Congress.
Op-Ed: Gov. Malloy eliminates vital funding for low-income families
Connecticut’s Community Action Agencies, the state and federally designated antipoverty agencies covering every city and town in Connecticut, are dealing with a devastating cut in Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed FY 2016-2017 biennial budget.
Stand up for your children. Refuse the SBAC test.
Tens of thousands of parents in other states are standing up for their children by refusing the tests and more Connecticut parents are realizing they can refuse the state’s standardized tests, too. Be one of those parents.
Op-Ed: Stand up for your children. Refuse the test.
Tens of thousands of parents in other states are standing up for their children by refusing the tests and more Connecticut parents are realizing they can refuse the state’s standardized tests, too. Be one of those parents.