The concept of offering casino games at a new site drew a quick response from Connecticut’s anti-problem-gambling forces: Don’t do anything without fresh data on the state’s gaming addiction issues.
Problem-gambling foes say CT needs new study on addiction
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Are the kids okay? Foundation provides new data
There were 102,662 children living in poverty in Connecticut at some point between 2007 and 2012 — 13 percent of the state’s children, according to data released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The parents of 48,000 children had no job at all in 2012. There were 46,000 children whose homes entered foreclosure during the […]
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Third time a charm? State again seeks federal preschool funding
Connecticut leaders are asking the federal government for $47.6 million so hundreds of foster and homeless children can attend a high-quality preschool. Though children from all families in poverty will be eligible for the expanded preschool program, the state says it will give priority to children who are homeless or in foster care.
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Common Core’s social studies element is flawed
Gov. Malloy, put partisan politics aside and instead insist on history reform that gives our students the background in history they deserve and that our country depends upon.
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Op-Ed: Common Core’s social studies element is flawed
Gov. Malloy, put partisan politics aside and instead insist on history reform that gives our students the background in history they deserve and that our country depends upon.
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Faculty push back on president’s plans for Connecticut State Universities
Discontent among some faculty with leadership of the state’s largest public college system may be close to a boiling point. Meetings are scheduled on two campuses this week to discuss concerns with initiatives for the future that have been put forward for the state’s four regional universities by Board of Regents President Gregory W. Gray.
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Mohegan Sun interested in adding a gaming facility in Connecticut
The owners of the Mohegan Sun casino are interested in developing one or more new gaming facilities in Connecticut to keep customers being targeted by new casinos under development in Massachusetts. And while the Mohegan tribe hasn’t fully developed any proposal, or settled on any specific locations, it does believe its most aggressive new competitor lies in Springfield, Mass., where a new $800 million casino is being developed.
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VA Wait Times for Health Care Improve
Ninety-six percent of veterans awaiting appointments at VA medical centers in Connecticut are being seen within 30 days, new data show, with Connecticut performing slightly better than the national average.
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Blumenthal blasts GM for ‘concealment’ in CT woman’s death
WASHINGTON – General Motors knew Jean Averill’s Saturn Ion had a faulty ignition switch when the car ran into a tree in 2003, causing her death; but the company did not inform the family of the defect until recently in an “outrageous, deliberate concealment,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday.
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We owe a big debt to veterans — and should pay it
Veterans groups are a long way from their goal. But as the story of the Bonus Army of 1932 demonstrates, there can be no surrender in the nonviolent campaign to repair the long-term damage of war.
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Op-Ed: We owe a big debt to veterans — and should pay it
Veterans groups are a long way from their goal. But as the story of the Bonus Army of 1932 demonstrates, there can be no surrender in the nonviolent campaign to repair the long-term damage of war.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Electric vehicle use creeps along; proponents urge a bigger push
With only 1,300 plug-in electric vehicles in the state, there’s growing sentiment that Connecticut hasn’t done enough to encourage their purchase, and that added incentives are needed to get more of them on the road.
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CT budget again faces red ink as federal grants, gaming revenues shrink
Despite a small bump upward in state tax receipts, new cracks in state finances surfaced Monday that could contribute to a budget deficit forecast by week’s end. A joint report by nonpartisan analysts and by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration projects total revenues will fall about $59 million below the level built into this year’s budget. (Photo: Benjamin Barnes, state budget director)
Posted inPolitics
Himes open to the job, but facing tough competition for DCCC post
WASHINGTON – As the time nears for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to make a decision on who will be the next leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, is facing increased competition for the job.
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Gun control, gun rights groups claim midterm election victories
WASHINGTON – Gun rights groups and gun control advocates are both claiming victories in this year’s midterm elections, but their political impact wasn’t as they would like you to believe.