In his fourth and final State of the State address before facing re-election, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered a ringing defense Thursday of his response to an inherited fiscal crisis and a rebuke of critics whom he says refuse to acknowledge a slow, yet measurable recovery from recession.
Malloy’s State of the State: ‘Real progress’ in Connecticut
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Malloy offers lean $19 billion re-election year budget
Updated at 2:02 p.m.: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered a $19 billion budget Wednesday that — among many other proposals — would give tax breaks to middle-income households, consumers and towns while limiting spending growth to just under 3 percent.
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Home care, Medicaid pay, inmate health care in Malloy proposal
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget expands home care programs, creates a new medical assistance program for ex-inmates and provides money to pay primary doctors who treat Medicaid patients. It doesn’t offer any respite to hospitals.
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Malloy proposes universal preschool access
The governor is proposing that every child in Connecticut have access to preschool by 2018.
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Malloy, legislators begin sprint to November as 2014 session opens
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and state legislators begin writing the narrative for their campaigns today as the governor delivers his budget address on the first full day of the General Assembly’s three-month election-year session.
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Dr. William Petit will not run for Congress
Dr. William Petit, who was thrust into public life by the murders of his wife and daughters in a home invasion in Cheshire, has ruled out a congressional run in a statement sent Wednesday to the Associated Press.
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General Assembly session opens, briefly
For the record: The Connecticut General Assembly met its constitutional duty of convening its 2014 session at 10 a.m. Wednesday, despite a snowstorm that largely shut down the state. All substantive matters, primarily Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget address, were postponed until Thursday, but the Senate and House gaveled in, formally opening the three-month session. […]
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CVS will stop selling tobacco products
CVS Caremark announced Wednesday that its stores will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products by Oct. 1, saying the products are inconsistent with the pharmacy chain’s role in the health care system.
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Connecticut Obamacare exchange adding members. Were they uninsured?
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange is nearing its goal of getting 100,000 people signed up for coverage this year. But how close it is to another key goal — substantially reducing the number of state residents without health insurance — remains unclear.
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UConn: We responded correctly to sexual assault reports
The University of Connecticut told a federal judge Monday that it did not fail in its legal responsibilities when students informed school officials that they had been raped or sexually assaulted. But the school offered no details.
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Malloy to present budget at noon Thursday
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 […]
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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.