CROMWELL – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a politician who’s never gone long in reminding voters of the weak economy and fiscal crisis he inherited, seemed to turn a page Tuesday morning with a speech focusing on the new term that begins Jan. 7.
Free of campaign, Malloy tries a new narrative
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Connecticut has winners, losers in $1.1 trillion U.S. spending plan
WASHINGTON – The massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that Congress struggled to approve – with little help from the state’s Democratic lawmakers – has some clear winners and losers in Connecticut, including Pratt & Whitney, Aetna Inc., food stamp recipients and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
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Connecticut is dismantling its system of mental health care for children
Connecticut’s governor and legislators must act now to resolve the crisis in children’s mental health care. Funding cuts of more than $179 million by the state are undermining all aspects of the mental health care of our children and youth.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut is dismantling its system of mental health care for children
Connecticut’s governor and legislators must act now to resolve the crisis in children’s mental health care. Funding cuts of more than $179 million by the state are undermining all aspects of the mental health care of our children and youth.
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Sandy Hook remembered with prayer, politics and litigation
The second anniversary of the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre of 26 women and children at Sandy Hook Elementary School was marked in Connecticut by litigation, prayer and politics.
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Rural life need not be without good health insurance
The Affordable Care Act is making a difference in the lives of millions of rural Americans, including families in Connecticut. Prior to the ACA, many families had a hard time finding affordable insurance coverage, paying an average of nearly half of their costs out of their own pockets.
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Op-Ed: Rural life need not be without good health insurance
The Affordable Care Act is making a difference in the lives of millions of rural Americans, including families in Connecticut. Prior to the ACA, many families had a hard time finding affordable insurance coverage, paying an average of nearly half of their costs out of their own pockets.
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First Obamacare insurance deadline is Monday, but with a grace period
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange has added a grace period for people who begin applications and select plans by midnight Monday, the deadline for people who want coverage Jan. 1.
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Malloy watch: Rubenstein leaving; Mullen, Klee staying
William Rubenstein will retire in January as the commissioner of consumer protection, while two others will return to the Malloy administration: Dr. Jewel Mullen at the Department of Public Health and Robert Klee at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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Former House Speaker lands job at teachers’ union
Christopher G. Donovan, the former speaker of the state House of Representatives, has been hired by the state’s largest teachers’ union — the second former legislative leader to land a job at the Connecticut Education Association this winter.
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Lawmakers concerned over CSCU administrative costs
Top state legislators are concerned about how much officials of the state’s largest public college system are spending on administrative costs. (Photo: CSCU President Gregory Gray answers legislators’ questions.)
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Is this the ‘mean season’ for educating our children?
New federal regulations that measure teacher performance simply in terms of student achievements in English and math are missing the broader mission of raising children to be socially aware, physically and emotionally healthy, and responsible citizens.
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Op-Ed: Is this the ‘mean season’ for educating our children?
New federal regulations that measure teacher performance simply in terms of student achievements in English and math are missing the broader mission of raising children to be socially aware, physically and emotionally healthy, and responsible citizens.
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Blumenthal, Murphy split on budget bill that averts shutdown
Washington – Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy split over a massive omnibus spending bill the Senate approved late Saturday little more than an hour before the government would have shut down due to a lack of funding. Murphy voted for the$1.1 trillion bill, Blumenthal did not.
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Coltsville wins approval as national park
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Friday approved and sent to the president a defense bill that will turn Hartford’s Coltsville neighborhood into a national historical park. President Obama is certain to sign it into law. The action was the culmination of a decade of effort to memorialize the iconic Colt complex as a cradle of the American industrial revolution.