The newly appointed CEO of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation may be inheriting an agency rattled by some scandal, but his optimism is not wavering.
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Ortiz: Puerto Rico facing long, challenging recovery — bravely
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Jason Ortiz, president of the Connecticut Puerto Rican Agenda, knows how badly Puerto Rico was damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and how important the territory has been to the rest of the United States. He has strong feelings about what it will take to rebuild the island; and in this Sunday Conversation told us how the crisis has brought Puerto Ricans here and on the island together as a people. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economic Development, Housing, Other, Sunday Q&A, Washington
Unhappy with credit-freeze fees after Equifax breach? So is attorney general
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Updated Sept. 15 at 3:15 p.m.
Consumers looking to protect themselves from identity theft following a massive data breach of credit report provider Equifax could face fees, thanks to a decade-old state law that has similar counterparts in many other states. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen thinks Equifax should be on the hook for those fees. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, Equifax
Conflict over immigration, labor and transgender bathrooms
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Concerns over the Trump administration’s measures greatly expanding the potential number of deportations were not the only ones evoking strong emotions here last week, but they were the only ones earning Gov. Dannel Malloy a rebuke from the White House. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, Sunday reading
Angst over trains, guns, money, health insurance and Russian spies
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Own a gun? Have health insurance? Seen any spy ships off the Connecticut coast? There were concerns over those items and more throughout the week. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, Defense, Health Care, Other, Politics, Schools/Child Welfare, Sunday reading, Washington
The big budget lands hard
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The state budget was last week’s big focus for Connecticut lawmakers and policymakers. It almost took attention off the continued political fireworks in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, Sunday reading
Debts to pay, fiscal and political, here and in Washington
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While the ferment continued around the country over President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim nations, Connecticut on Monday was waking up to disturbing news of another kind: the Mirror’s in-depth series on the dire condition of state government’s finances. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, Other, Politics, Washington
An aging Connecticut ups demand for rental housing
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An annual assessment of housing affordability in Connecticut finds market forces blunting the impact of the more than 7,000 affordable apartments developed with state aid during Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s 4½ years in office. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, affordable housing, housing, Partnership for Strong Communities
Ticket sales end today for The Mirror’s ‘Small State, Big Debate: Race’ event
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Ticket sales end today for The Connecticut Mirror’s annual event, “Small State, Big Debate: Race” on Oct. 6 at Fairfield University. The full event will feature New York Times columnist Charles Blow as the keynote speaker and also includes sessions on criminal justice with discussions on the governor’s “second-chance society” and policy research. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, Charles Blow, Connecticut Mirror, Fairfield University, Melville Charitable Trust, New York Times, Newman's Own Foundation, Race
FBI reports crime dropped across the board in Connecticut
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Violent crime in Connecticut dropped by nearly 10 percent for the second consecutive year, placing it among the states leading a long downward trend in the incidence of crime in the U.S., the FBI reported Monday in its annual release of the Uniform Crime Report. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, crime statistics, FBI, UCR
AG says MGM bluffing in the casino border war
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Connecticut’s attorney general’s office asked a federal judge Wednesday to call what it suggests is a cheeky legal bluff by MGM Resorts International to protect the casino MGM is developing across the border in Springfield, Mass. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, Other, casino expansion, Foxwoods Resorts Casino, Geoge Jepsen, MGM Resorts International, Mohegan Sun, Springfield casino
Court warned of ‘life and death’ stakes in domestic cases
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The Connecticut Supreme Court heard a public interest appeal Tuesday intended to clarify whether applications for restraining orders in family-violence cases ever can be denied without a hearing. “This isn’t a technicality,” Linda Allard of Greater Hartford Legal Aid told the court. “This is about life and death.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Connecticut Supreme Court, domestic violence, Greater Hartford Legal Aid, restraining orders
Nail salons are ubiquitous, and so are labor violations
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One salon paid its workers $4 an hour, less than half the Connecticut minimum wage of $9.15. Others failed to provide workers’ compensation coverage, pay overtime or keep payroll records. In the state’s first systematic examination of the nail salon business, investigators checked 25 salons and day spas, finding wage and hour violations at all but two – a 92 percent failure rate. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, State Government
The Mirror’s Micro-Give begins today
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Last year on The Mirror audience survey, a number of you asked if we could reset the support levels so you could give a smaller donation. So to close the annual feedback cycle, we listened, and this week we’re launching The Mirror Micro-Give. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Other, Mirror Micro-Give, nonprofits, summer donation, The Connecticut Mirror
CT Mirror/AARP – Google Hangout: The Future of Fraud
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The Connecticut Mirror and AARP Connecticut host their fifth Google Hangout of 2015 on fraud. Guest include Doug Shadel, State Director, AARP Washington, AARP Fraud Watch Network; Susan Wines, Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Sal Cannata, Principal Financial Examiner, Securities and Business Investments Division, State of Connecticut Department of Banking. Continue Reading →