Patients can face significantly higher bills if they receive care from doctors who don’t take their insurance, and a study suggests that could happen in nearly one in four ER visits.
Many emergency room patients could face ‘surprise bills’
Posted inEducation
A 10 percent cut to state colleges would be ‘devastating’
“Drastic” and “devastating.” Those are the words the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities uses to describe what a 10 percent budget cut would look like for his 17-campus system.
Posted inPolitics
Blumenthal no longer top Dem on VA panel
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal has been toppled from his job as the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Posted inPolitics
Harp: We’ll ‘fight’ back on immigration
Mayor Toni Harp has instructed the city’s top lawyer to prepare a legal challenge in case the incoming Trump administration seeks to punish New Haven for being a “sanctuary city.”
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Be careful what you ask for. NPV compact has unintended consequences
Once again, we have an election where it is alleged that the losing candidate won the popular vote. Understandably we have calls from her supporters to abolish the Electoral College by means of the National Popular Vote Compact. Once again, we must articulate to our friends why this is a bad idea. Once again, we point out to most of those that support the Electoral College that they support it primarily for the wrong reasons.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Debt costs, shrinking revenues taking big toll on next CT budget
Surging debt costs and shrinking revenues alone will force state officials to cut $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion out of the next state budget to avoid tax hikes, according to separate analyses Tuesday from two fiscal agencies. But the two reports probably still don’t reflect the full cuts to discretionary programs that would be required to stave off tax hikes.
Posted inPolitics
CT lawmakers want delay in choosing leaders of U.S. House Dems
WASHINGTON — Connecticut Democrats joined an effort to delay their party’s U.S. House leadership elections on Tuesday, and Rep. John Larson said he would be interested in being part of a new lineup.
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Air Force still doesn’t know what caused F-35 fire
WASHINGTON — The Air Force’s is continuing to investigate the cause of September’s fire in the rear area of an F-35 on a training mission in Idaho. It hasn’t ruled out problems with the jet fighter’s Pratt & Whitney engine.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Malloy defends $35 million to hedge fund as investment
With $35 million in economic incentives for a Greenwich hedge fund manager, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy showed once again he is more willing to accept criticism for the price paid to keep high-paying jobs in Connecticut than to risk seeing them depart for New York.
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Malloy: Next budget will be very lean, without major tax hikes
Despite debt costs surging at unprecedented rates, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday his proposal for the next state budget would not feature any major tax hikes.
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State bonding chair Betty Boukus praised as advocate for all of CT
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the State Bond Commission honored Rep. Betty Boukus, who lost her re-election bid last week, as a tireless public servant whose oversight of state financing for capital projects has assisted every corner of the state.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Globalism delivers some painful American realities
With last Tuesday’s election of Donald Trump, a reversal of the current trends in globalization may be imminent. The answer is not to slam the door on trade or to ignore the existence of a problem, but rather to start talking honestly about it and the unforeseen side effects it is having on our country and economy.
Posted inTransportation
Larson’s tunnels: Big plan, even bigger challenge
Congressman John Larson’s proposal to build massive highway tunnels under Hartford is breathtaking in scope. It has stirred the blood of some public officials and business leaders. But the concept is so vast, complex and potentially expensive that many doubt it can be realized.
Posted inPolitics
At White House, Malloy joins Michelle Obama in pitch to Trump
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made a post-election visit to the White House on Monday for a summit on veterans’ homelessness that ended with a wistful plea by First Lady Michelle Obama for the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump to continue a successful local, state and federal partnership to address homelessness.
Posted inNews
Blumenthal: Lame duck need not be lame
WASHINGTON — Congress returns to work this week for a lame-duck session aimed at trying to set aside partisan differences long enough to keep the government from closing. Connecticut’s two Democratic senators also hope some of the state’s priorities will survive in the next six weeks.