Dear Friends, We want to thank those who have donated during our 2014 CT Mirror Support Drive. We’re halfway home and we hope August will be just as generous. Three times a year we reach out and ask for your support. It’s the nature of the developing nonprofit news organization business model and for those […]
Halfway home for the 2014 CT Mirror Summer Support Drive
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Live blog: Primary election coverage
We’ll keep you up to date on what’s happening around the state during today’s primary election with reports from Mirror staff and social media. Have a report from the polls? Tweet to us at #ctprimary2014!
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Hazing gets a frat, two sororities, banned from UConn
A fraternity and two sororities have been banned from the University of Connecticut for up to three years following a finding that they were guilty of hazing and other violations of the university’s student code. The Sigma Chi fraternity and Delta Gamma and Delta Zeta sororities will lose their recognition by the college and be […]
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Map: Primary turnout in 2010
Voter turnout is expected to be lower than the 2010 primaries. Check out this map to see what percentage of registered voters in each town voted in 2010 — and where each party’s votes came from.
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Primary 2014: Candidate guide
Haven’t been keeping up with the GOP gubernatorial primary? We have you covered with Tom Foley and John McKinney’s stances on everything from the budget to health care to Common Core.
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Bridgeport is a focus of today’s state legislative primaries
The main bout today is Tom Foley vs. John P. McKinney in the Republican primary for governor, but the careers of eight incumbents in the General Assembly also are on the line in Democratic primaries, including one race that’s attracted liberal activists.
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Op-Ed: Public hearings DO matter in insurance rate reviews
Thanks for your recent article “Do public hearings influence what health insurance costs?” Given that Connecticut has the fourth highest healthcare costs and health insurance rates in the US, this is an especially important question for all of us. As leaders in CONECT (Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut), we have argued for public hearings as […]
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Op-Ed: Public hearings DO matter in insurance rate reviews
Thanks for your recent article “Do public hearings influence what health insurance costs?” Given that Connecticut has the fourth highest healthcare costs and health insurance rates in the US, this is an especially important question for all of us. As leaders in CONECT (Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut), we have argued for public hearings as […]
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With low turnout predicted, McKinney, Foley chase every vote
At the Lebanon Country Fair, John P. McKinney worked Sunday to win the vote of a no-nonsense trucker, ex-Marine and Second Amendment defender named Wayne Lanham.
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Op-Ed: Reform the costly, overly generous, state pension system
The enormous unfunded pension liabilities of the State of Connecticut have hardly been discussed so far in the run up to the November gubernatorial election. Nevertheless, the question needs to be raised, for whoever is governor after the November election will inevitably have to reform the state’s employee pension plan or face the possibility of […]
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Op-Ed: Reform the costly, overly generous, state pension system
The enormous unfunded pension liabilities of the State of Connecticut have hardly been discussed so far in the run up to the November gubernatorial election. Nevertheless, the question needs to be raised, for whoever is governor after the November election will inevitably have to reform the state’s employee pension plan or face the possibility of […]
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Washington Watch, Week of Aug. 10
There must be something in the air in the dog days of summer, when Congress is on its August break, that brings on a crisis in Washington.
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A final, free-wheeling TV forum for Foley, McKinney
NEW HAVEN – In their final televised forum before the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, Tom Foley and John P. McKinney strived during a free-wheeling hour Sunday to undermine each other’s ability to be a credible voice for change against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in November. The live WTNH, Channel 8 event was a contentious exercise in political branding.
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Connecticut lawmakers skeptical of Obama’s engagement in Iraq
WASHINGTON – Connecticut lawmakers are skeptical of President Obama’s decision to approve “targeted” airstrikes on militants in Iraq and to drop food, water and medicine to civilians trapped by fighting in the mountains in the north of the country.
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A hospital contract dispute in a changing health care landscape
Connecticut’s largest hospital network and largest insurer are in the midst of a contract dispute. And it’s happening against the backdrop of significant changes in health care that have implications for patients across the state: the consolidation of hospitals into larger networks, and efforts by insurers to change how they pay for care.