Snow will delay the delivery of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget to the General Assembly by 24 hours until noon Thursday, when he will address a joint session of the General Assembly. “Given the forecast over the next couple of days, I’ve asked legislative leaders to postpone the start of session until February 6,” Malloy […]
Malloy to present budget at noon Thursday
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Senate Minority leader calls for CT education chief to resign
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney is calling for Stefan Pryor, the governor’s education commissioner, to resign.
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Leonardi cool on federal regulation of insurance industry
Connecticut’s insurance commissioner told members of Congress Tuesday he has serious reservations about extending federal oversight of the insurance industry. Thomas Leonardi, commissioner of Connecticut’s Insurance Department, was invited by a Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee to weigh in on new federal oversight of the insurance industry, which is largely regulated by the […]
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Blumenthal pushes bill to prevent Target-like data breaches
Washington – As executives from Target and Neiman Marcus prepared to tell a Senate panel how hackers stole personal information from millions of their customers, Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced a new data security bill.
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Malloy wants a $10.10 minimum wage in Connecticut by 2017
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants Connecticut to be the first state to commit to meeting President Obama’s goal of a $10.10 minimum wage, proposing a series of increases Tuesday that would reach the mark on Jan. 1, 2017. One Republican opponent cautiously embraced the idea.
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DGA raises $1.4 million in Connecticut, but is outgunned nationally
Connecticut donors, including two recipients of state aid, gave a total of $1.4 million to the Democratic Governors Association in 2013, more than double what was raised here by its Republican counterpart. But nationally, the GOP governors association is far richer.
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Election-year politics, future deficit, limit CT budget options
Election-year politics. A large future deficit. A sticky constitutional cap. Budget obstacles are everywhere as legislators return Wednesday to the Capitol for the 2014 General Assembly session.
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Feds: Connecticut can roll out education reforms next school year
The federal government has given Connecticut until next school year to begin testing every public school student on the new standardized tests aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
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Gun control activists shift tactics
Washington – With Congress opposed to even the most modest efforts at gun control, activist are hoping a sympathetic White House will make gun ownership a public safety issue and pour money into public information campaigns and gun research.
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L+M Hospital unions ratify deal, ending labor dispute
The unions representing health care workers at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London have ratified an agreement with the hospital, ending a lengthy labor dispute that included a strike and a lockout.
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Snow could delay Malloy’s budget speech
The opening of the 2014 session of the Connecticut General Assembly has been tentatively delayed until late Wednesday afternoon, postponing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget address until early evening or Thursday.
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CT has highest rate of families leaving state, but population is increasing
Although more families may be leaving Connecticut than are moving in, the state’s population still increased between 2003 and 2012, Census Bureau statistics show.
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Feds: Former House Speaker Donovan will not be charged
The U.S. attorney’s office confirmed Monday that former House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan will not be prosecuted in connection with the fundraising scandal that derailed his congressional campaign in 2012.
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Malloy would expand renters’ aid to 12,700 Connecticut seniors
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed expanding a renters’ rebate program to serve an additional 12,700 low-income elderly residents next fiscal year, ending a controversial freeze that originated in his administration.
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Allan Taylor, state school board chair, gets a new day job
Allan B. Taylor Allan B. Taylor, who has been the chairman of the Connecticut State Board of Education for nearly 10 years, is retiring from his day job to work for Hartford municipal government. Day Pitney LLC, a law firm with some offices based in downtown Hartford, announced two weeks ago that Taylor would be […]