Gov. Ned Lamont broke with tradition Thursday by going out of state to find a nominee for the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority: Marissa Paslick Gillett.
April 18, 2019
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Lamont tries constructive engagement with Trump
Gov. Ned Lamont wants to talk tolls, not Trump.
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Regents move forward with merger plan; raise tuition
Controversial plans to merge the state’s 12 community colleges moved ahead with the hiring of three new regional presidents .
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Lawmakers: $53 million price tag on health coverage for undocumented children too high
Despite early enthusiasm, lawmakers now say a bill extending state-sponsored health coverage to about 18,000 undocumented children is unlikely to succeed this year.
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Mueller report says Trump team did not collude, but was eager for Kremlin’s help
The report details the role of former campaign manager and Connecticut native Paul Manafort and others in encouraging Russian help.
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1,300 jobs lost March; unemployment rose to 3.9 percent
Connecticut lost 1,300 jobs in March as its unemployment rate rose from 3.8 percent to 3.9 percent, the state reported Thursday.
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Legislators break with Lamont, pitch tax hike on wealthiest
A new proposal by Democratic lawmakers to hike taxes on the capital gains of Connecticut’s wealthiest sets up a showdown with Gov. Ned Lamont.
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Study: Latinos students more likely to be arrested at schools with police officers
The research shows that while students of all races are more likely to get arrested at a school with a resource officer, Latinos are particularly impacted.
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The purpose of CSCU’s ‘Students First:’ Saving money
I’d like to address some misleading statements made by Leigh Appleby, Director of Communications of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, in an op-ed published April 4. The statement that the main objective of Students First “is to ensure our students receive the supports they need from the time they enter our colleges through the time they graduate and enter the workforce” is a bold-faced lie. Recently, the chair of the Board of Regents stated that the consolidation was and always has been primarily focused on students success. This directly contradicts the key points CSCU President Mark Ojakian has been reiterating for the last two years: Connecticut community colleges are broke and this is being done to save money.
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Let the best argument, religious or not, win the day
As a former atheist I read with sadness Patrick McCann’s opinion piece regarding the death of another proposed bill on assisted suicide. This is the fifth time after a public hearing that this bill has failed to come up for any committee vote in Connecticut’s General Assembly. It is a humiliating defeat for its proponents. When I was an atheist I tried to keep an open mind and did not scorn or smear others for their beliefs as Mr. McCann does.