It will likely be years before the Coltsville neighborhood near the Connecticut River in Hartford will welcome its first visitors to the Coltsville National Historical Park. Before the big day, a series of property transfers will have to take place and plans will have to be developed by the National Park Service, processes that typically take a long time.
Coltsville faces hurdles before official national park status
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The two-party duopoly has corrupted our government
From Ferguson, to New York, to Guantanamo Bay, we have witnessed systematic brutality, oppression, and murder by our government — a government that is unwilling to hold itself accountable. The only way to correct this failure is by breaking the duopoly of the two-party system.
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Op-Ed: The two-party duopoly has corrupted our government
From Ferguson, to New York, to Guantanamo Bay, we have witnessed systematic brutality, oppression, and murder by our government — a government that is unwilling to hold itself accountable. The only way to correct this failure is by breaking the duopoly of the two-party system.
Posted inPolitics
Once a talk-show punchline, busway almost ready to roll
It was a topic to avoid on the campaign trail, a $567 million punch line for much of his first term — “the busway to nowhere.” But now that he is re-elected and it’s nearing completion, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is embracing the rebranded “CT fastrak.”
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One political party rules Connecticut, period
Of the hundreds of votes that make state government run, there are dozens that determine Connecticut’s direction. On these, the philosophical divide between Democrats and Republicans is profound. And in Connecticut, the Democratic votes control.
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Op-Ed: One political party rules Connecticut, period
Of the hundreds of votes that make state government run, there are dozens that determine Connecticut’s direction. On these, the philosophical divide between Democrats and Republicans is profound. And in Connecticut, the Democratic votes control.
Posted inHealth
CT gets $45 million for health care system redesign
Connecticut will receive $45 million in federal funds for an effort to redesign the state’s health care payment and delivery systems.
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Pryor heading to Rhode Island as secretary of commerce
Outgoing Connecticut Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor has been nominated to lead the Department of Commerce in Rhode Island — a state with the third-highest unemployment rate in the country.
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Palmer to stay as state labor commissioner
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday he has reappointed Department of Labor Commissioner Sharon Palmer to serve a second term.
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Doba makes departure official
Andrew Doba is stepping down as the communication director for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and will be succeeded by Mark Bergman, who handled communications for the governor’s re-election campaign.
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Free of campaign, Malloy tries a new narrative
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.
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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.