This winter’s lesson is clear. Expanding natural gas pipeline capacity is a must to lower electricity costs in New England, as is importing large-scale hydroelectricity from Canada.
Op-Ed: Wholesale electric prices down in Connecticut, but for how long?
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Op-Ed: Wholesale electric prices down in Connecticut, but for how long?
This winter’s lesson is clear. Expanding natural gas pipeline capacity is a must to lower electricity costs in New England, as is importing large-scale hydroelectricity from Canada.
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Too few CT lawmakers have signed FOI pledge
Interested in preserving the public’s access to government information seems to have waned significantly among Connecticut lawmakers since former Gov. Ella Grasso first signed ground-breaking FOI legislation into law. More incumbent legislators should be signing the pledge to protect the public’s right to know.
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Op-Ed: Too few CT lawmakers have signed FOI pledge
Interested in preserving the public’s access to government information seems to have waned significantly among Connecticut lawmakers since former Gov. Ella Grasso first signed ground-breaking FOI legislation into law. More incumbent legislators should be signing the pledge to protect the public’s right to know.
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CT Dreamer helps bolster Obama’s immigration plan
WASHINGTON – As Senate Republicans pushed for approval of a bill that would block implementation of President Obama’s immigration policy changes, Quinnipiac student Maria Praeli traveled to the White House to help put a human face on the issue.
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Watchdog troubled by restraint, seclusion of special ed students
Utility and storage closets and “cell-like spaces” are some of the places students with autism and other special education needs are inappropriately put when they misbehave, according to an investigative report released Wednesday by the Office of the Child Advocate.
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Blumenthal, Schumer differ on approach to Metro-North Valhalla crash
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal held a joint press conference on the fatal crash between a Metro-North train and an SUV in Valhalla, N.Y. ; and though they were on the same telephone line, they weren’t always on the same page.
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Bill would shift consent standard in campus sex assault cases
When adjudicating complaints of sexual assault among college students, determining whether there was consent is crucial, and two state legislators are proposing a bill they say would shift and clarify the standard for doing that.
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CCSU president to professors: ‘Put contentiousness behind us and MOVE ON’
Jack Miller, the president of Central Connecticut State University, came to the defense on Wednesday of Transform CSCU 2020 — the embattled reform initiatives being considered by the 17-college system. Miller’s email comes just two days after the 10 of the 11 “CSU Professors” — the highest designation faculty at Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Connecticut state universities can receive — co-signed a three-page letter in which they complain the system’s president is taking the schools down the wrong path.
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What high school students want…
The statewide advisory panel of high schools students told members of the State Board of Education Wednesday what they want — including later school opening times, fewer tests, and a mandatory community service requirement.
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Tenet, Malloy give up talks on reviving hospital acquisitions
Tenet Healthcare and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday that they are ending discussions about the Texas company’s acquiring Connecticut hospitals.
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State education officials anticipate more school districts will merge
With enrollment declining in many schools across the state, several members of the State Board of Education predict they will soon see more requests from local districts to combine into a regional school district. On Wednesday, the board got just such a request.
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Meet your legislators — and guess where they moonlight
There’s the wedding DJ who also picks the number on TV for the Connecticut Lottery, an allergist, airport manager, bunches of lawyers and real-estate brokers, college students and retirees, and owners of a fish market, bar, day care, beach club and bowling alley. Meet the General Assembly. The Connecticut Mirror’s Political Guide is your handbook for navigating the state’s political hierarchy: Who represents you in the state legislature? What’s their political background? What committees are they on? What key votes have they cast? Are they on Facebook or Twitter? We’ve got you covered.
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Evaluating Connecticut’s school choice program a critical step
One of the most important activities Connecticut could undertake to improve public education is to commission a third-party evaluation of its public school choice programs.
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Op-Ed: Evaluating Connecticut’s school choice program a critical step
One of the most important activities Connecticut could undertake to improve public education is to commission a third-party evaluation of its public school choice programs.