Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his Republican challenger, Tom Foley, each will address the state’s largest teachers’ union, the Connecticut Education Association, on Saturday, but the forum is open only to members.
Malloy, Foley & Visconti to privately address CEA
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Apple Rehab execs say Rowland provided no services
NEW HAVEN – Prosecutors offered evidence Friday aimed at undercutting former Gov. John G. Rowland’s claim that his $5,000 monthly fee from Brian Foley’s nursing home chain was for substantial work, not a means to hide his alleged status as paid consultant to the congressional campaign of Foley’s wife. And Andrew Roraback, a congressional candidate who says Rowland ambushed him on his radio show, told his story in court.
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Auditors: More miscues managing CT teachers’ retirement system
The state agency that oversees benefits for 32,000 retired Connecticut teachers came under fire again Thursday from the state auditors. Among other things, it failed to keep track of $50 million owed to a retirement health care program throughout most of 2012 and 2013.
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New caseworkers expected to ease load on overworked DCF staff
Caseworkers for the Department of Children and Families have unreasonably high workloads and are looking for relief, which may come from the 81 new staff members stepping into their ranks, the department’s court-appointed overseer says.
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Foley is up by six — or he and Malloy are tied
Another day, another poll — and a dramatically different result. YouGov, an internet polling company among those used this year by the New York Times and CBS, reported Thursday that its latest survey of 1,808 voters found Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Republican Tom Foley locked in a dead heat, 37 percent to 37 percent.
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Connecticut takes a deep look at racial profiling in traffic stops
Black drivers were nearly twice as likely as white drivers to be stopped by police in Connecticut, and blacks stopped were twice as likely as whites to have their vehicles searched, according to a compilation of 360,000 traffic stops from Oct. 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014. A town-by-town report card will follow in January after analysis of a full year’s data, adjusted for local factors such as commuting patterns
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Malloy, Foley will tackle transportation at Monday forum in North Haven
Advocates for a better-funded state transportation system will get their chance next week to appeal to Connecticut’s gubernatorial candidates face-to-face in North Haven.
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‘Connecticut’s Budget Crisis: And Why You Should Care’ now available on iTunes
Connecticut Mirror Budget Reporter Keith M. Phaneuf’s award-winning series is now available here through Apple’s iTunes store.
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Op-Ed: EPA needs oversight, not free pass on waterways regulation
Recently, the Mirror published an op-ed calling on Connecticut’s legislative delegation to reject H.R. 5078, the Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014. As someone who represents the small businesses impacted by our runaway regulatory machine – I could not disagree more.
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Op-Ed: EPA needs oversight, not free pass on waterways regulation
Recently, the Mirror published an op-ed calling on Connecticut’s legislative delegation to reject H.R. 5078, the Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014. As someone who represents the small businesses impacted by our runaway regulatory machine – I could not disagree more.
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Connecticut lawmakers react warmly, warily to Obama speech
WASHINGTON – Connecticut lawmakers reacted with both wariness and praise to President Obama’s plan to “degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL” and to commence U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
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A frenzy in the Wilson-Foley campaign over Rowland’s role
NEW HAVEN – Two top campaign aides to congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley testified Wednesday that each were alarmed by her apparent willingness to hire former Gov. John G. Rowland off the campaign books. One described writing a panicked email while driving, asking another aide to immediately call the candidate.
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Quinnipiac Poll: Foley leads Malloy by 6 points in governor’s race
Quinnipiac University’s first survey of the Connecticut governor’s race in four months found Republican Tom Foley leading Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the first-term Democrat, by 6 percentage points among likely voters with two months left in their campaign. In a poll released Wednesday, Foley’s lead was 46 percent to 40 percent, with petitioning candidate Joe Visconti at 7 percent.
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Op-Ed: Withdraw from the Common Core
Current education policy, which started with No Child Left Behind, then went into overdrive with Race to the Top and now Common Core and SBAC testing, has turned our schools into test prep factories, sucking the joy out of teaching and learning.
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Op-Ed: Withdraw from the Common Core
Current education policy, which started with No Child Left Behind, then went into overdrive with Race to the Top and now Common Core and SBAC testing, has turned our schools into test prep factories, sucking the joy out of teaching and learning.