WASHINGTON – As Congress is about to vote on a tax overhaul that will gut the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance, a number of states, including Connecticut, may consider a state-based penalty to encourage people to obtain coverage.
December 18, 2017
Posted inCT Viewpoints, Talking Transportation
Feeling sorry for Dannel Malloy; more sorry for us
Six words I never thought I’d write: “I feel sorry for Dannel Malloy.”
Sure, we’ve had our differences. And yeah, the governor does have the personality of a porcupine and the disposition of a bully, sometimes. But the man is not evil and he doesn’t deserve what’s happening to him now. Nor do we. Our governor is a lame duck. Because he’s announced he’s not running for re-election, he has the political clout of a used teabag. And even though he’s our state’s leader for another 11 months, nobody cares about him or his ideas any longer.
Posted inPolitics
Women who marched in Washington hope to sit in Hartford
The Women’s March in Washington exhilarated Amanda Webster, a 28-year-old mother of two from Granby, a semi-rural community northwest of Hartford. But the high diminished on the long train ride home to Connecticut. She remembers thinking, “Where do we go next?” In her case, Webster hopes, it will be to the state House of Representatives.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Federal tax changes could create misleading budget ‘bubble’ in CT
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration warns the scramble to adjust to federal tax changes could produce a one-time revenue bubble here that might fool state legislators into underestimating serious problems with Connecticut’s finances.