WASHINGTON – Connecticut colleges have been increasingly benefiting from money from the Pentagon over the last few years, winning millions in contracts from the U.S. armed forces to conduct research on a wide range of products used in national defense — from sensors that track the health of soldiers to instruments that detect matter in outer space.
Connecticut colleges receive millions from the Pentagon
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Legislative candidates get first public financing grants of ’14
The State Elections Enforcement Commission voted Thursday to authorize its first public financing grants of the 2014 campaign: all to state legislators or challengers for legislative seats. No statewide candidate has been formally approved yet.
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CT never looked for teacher’s pension beneficiary owed $192K
The state hasn’t looked for five years for a teacher’s pension beneficiary owed $192,000, the state auditors reported Thursday. In a letter to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Auditors Robert M. Ward and John C. Geragosian also wrote they fear other beneficiaries have not received funds because of one agency’s longstanding failure to collect sufficient contact information.
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Op-Ed: Remembering JFK on his birthday, and his gift to us
It’s hard to believe President John F. Kennedy might have turned 97 today. I often wonder how much better America could have been if not for losing his idealism and courage so soon.
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Op-Ed: Remembering JFK on his birthday, and his gift to us
It’s hard to believe President John F. Kennedy might have turned 97 today. I often wonder how much better America could have been if not for losing his idealism and courage so soon.
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Himes says VA chief Shinseki must go
Washington – Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, on Thursday became the first member of Connecticut’s congressional delegation to call for the resignation of Eric Shinseki, the embattled secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Access Health CT’s storefronts closing for regular business this summer
Access Health CT’s storefront enrollment centers in New Britain and New Haven will close for day-to-day business this summer and reopen in the fall, according to the state’s health insurance exchange. The two storefronts will host educational sessions about health care reform during the summer.
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Joe Visconti and the gun issue are both sticking around
Joe Visconti’s path to the Republican gubernatorial primary runs past Hoffman Guns, where his campaign sets up under a red canopy most mornings, collecting signatures on a clipboard and cash donations in a big jug. He captured only 1.76 percent of the convention vote, but he’s a lot like the gun issue. Neither will go away, and no one is quite sure what that means for the rest of the GOP field.
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DeLauro fights GOP attempts to weaken school nutrition standards
WASHINGTON – A congressional food fight is expected today as House GOP lawmakers press for changes in federal nutrition rules that would allow Connecticut schools to opt out of new school lunch standards.
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Malloy-Wyman claim to qualify for public financing
The Democratic ticket of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman announced Wednesday it has raised $250,000 in small-dollar contributions that will qualify them for $6,500,400 in public financing.
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Foley’s former lawyer wants to pre-check Boughton petitions
The Republican gubernatorial campaign of Tom Foley denies any involvement, but a lawyer for his 2010 campaign is demanding to examine the ballot-qualifying petitions of a competitor before they are certified, prompting the rival to complain of an effort to “bully.”
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Malloy delivers his campaign jobs pitch to businesses
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s campaign platform on jobs and economic development was on full display Thursday during Hartford business forum.
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Board of Regents expected to name three presidents Friday
The Board of Regents for Higher Education is expected to fill three community college presidencies at a special meeting Friday, including the Quinebaug Valley Community College post sought by Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr.
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How much did Medicaid grow under Obamacare? Not as much as you’d think
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange says 129,588 people signed up for Medicaid from Oct. 1 through March 31. But figures from the state Department of Social Services show that enrollment in Medicaid grew by just over half that amount.
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CT Medicaid enrollment at record high under Obamacare
Nearly one in five state residents is now covered by the Medicaid program, according to figures from the state Department of Social Services.