Gov. Dannel P. Malloy accepted the final report of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission on Friday, somberly and profusely thanking its 15 members while offering no support for further restrictions on firearms and ammunition.
Sandy Hook commission thanked, but not entirely embraced
Posted inEducation
Contracting watchdog concedes it has limited oversight of UConn
Members of the watchdog board that oversees state contracting are not convinced they have the authority to investigate most complaints made against the University of Connecticut.
Posted inPolitics
Esty to join Obama, Bush and dozens of lawmakers in Selma
WASHINGTON – President Obama, former President George W. Bush and dozens of lawmakers, including Connecticut’s Rep. Elizabeth Esty, plan to converge on Selma, Ala., this weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic march that led to approval of the Voting Rights Act.
Posted inMoney, Politics
CT senators vow to block high-speed rail that bypasses state
Updated 5:48 p.m. March 6
WASHINGTON – Both of Connecticut’s U.S. senators on Friday vowed to stop a proposal approved in the House of Representatives this week that would require Amtrak to study the feasibility of a new high-speed train from Washington, D.C., to Boston — with no stops in Connecticut.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Malloy budget proposes two harmful ‘hits’ to mental health center
The Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven is a jewel. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed cuts to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services would undermine the Connecticut Mental Health Center and set back efforts to improve the lives of people with mental illness.
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Malloy budget proposes two harmful ‘hits’ to mental health center
The Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven is a jewel. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed cuts to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services would undermine the Connecticut Mental Health Center and set back efforts to improve the lives of people with mental illness.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Power and prices weather the winter
Despite record low temperatures and snow, this winter has not triggered the same electric power problems and high prices the region suffered through the last two winters.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Assisted suicide would be fraught with problems and abuses
Rather than allowing assisted suicide, let us honor Connecticut’s progressive tradition against discrimination by ensuring equal access to noncoercive suicide prevention services for old, ill, and disabled people,
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Assisted suicide would be fraught with problems and abuses
Rather than allowing assisted suicide, let us honor Connecticut’s progressive tradition against discrimination by ensuring equal access to noncoercive suicide prevention services for old, ill, and disabled people,
Posted inEducation
College financial aid for ‘Dreamers’ gains key support
Momentum is growing in Connecticut to open the college financial aid spigot to some undocumented immigrants — the so-called “Dreamers” — who have won the support of two key allies, the governor and the leader of the state Senate.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Time to pass bill protecting young athletes from concussions
ESPN conducted a large poll last fall and found that more than 87 percent of parents worry about the risk of injury in youth sports, with concussion cited as the injury of most concern. Raised H.B. No. 6722 would take an important step in addressing those concerns
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Time to pass bill protecting young athletes from concussions
ESPN conducted a large poll last fall and found that more than 87 percent of parents worry about the risk of injury in youth sports, with concussion cited as the injury of most concern. Raised H.B. No. 6722 would take an important step in addressing those concerns
Posted inPolitics
Pequots, Mohegans lobby together for expanded gambling
Connecticut’s two tribal casinos are trying to gauge support at the General Assembly for an expansion of gambling to stem what a new study shows is the rapid loss of customers to out-of-state competition. Expansion possibilities include a new casino north of Hartford or slots at OTB parlors.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut’s workplace bullying bill is a half-measure at best
Connecticut’s proposed workplace bullying statute, Raised Bill No. 1035, is up for a hearing today and is not a good bill. Much better would be the Healthy Workplace Bill currently being introduced in 28 other states.
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Connecticut’s proposed workplace bullying bill is a half-measure at best
Connecticut’s proposed workplace bullying statute, Raised Bill No. 1035, is up for a hearing today and is not a good bill. Much better would be the Healthy Workplace Bill currently being introduced in 28 other states.