When the Connecticut Citizens Defense League endorsed Republican Tom Foley in the 2010 race for governor, it went unnoticed. The gun owners’ group was just a year old, and gun control barely registered as an issue in Foley’s close contest with Democrat Dannel P. Malloy. Now, it is in rapid-growth mode, with a membership that […]
Gun owners see choices in CT governor’s race as bad or worse
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62,153 people signed up for Obamacare coverage by first deadline
As of midnight Tuesday, 62,153 Connecticut residents had signed up for coverage as part of the federal health law commonly known as Obamacare, according to figures from Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange.
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Enrollment brisk, demand high at first Connecticut Obamacare enrollment deadline
Enrollment in insurance plans offered as part of the federal health law continued to surge Monday, the last day to sign up for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1. “We’re just exploding here today,” Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, said Monday.
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CT GOP struggles, while Dems bank $550K
As the Connecticut Democratic Party thrived, the state Republican Party ran a deficit in its federal account in November, ending the month with just $7,107 in cash and a debt of $7,513, the latest indicator of a GOP in dire straits on the eve of a statewide election year. Finance reports filed over the weekend […]
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Connecticut gets first federal buyouts for Sandy victims
The results of the first federal property buyout for victims of storm Sandy are likely to mean, among other changes, that in the next few years, one shoreline neighborhood in West Haven could all but disappear.
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CT jobless rate: near 11% had 60,000 not left workforce
The state’s unemployment rate would approach a gloomy 11 percent if more than 64,000 people hadn’t left the workforce since mid-2010, the University of Connecticut’s economic think-tank reported Monday. And while the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis recognized Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s efforts to grow the economy, it said the budget deficits that have been […]
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Nappier to seek fifth term as Connecticut treasurer
Denise L. Nappier, the state treasurer since 1999 and the first African-American woman elected to statewide office in Connecticut, announced late Monday afternoon that she would seek a fifth term. Nappier, 63, a Hartford Democrat, made a low-key announcement about the 2014 elections through a two-page statement emailed to the news media. “I’ve worked hard to […]
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Governor’s budget chief to town leaders: No cuts in state aid expected next year
Ben Barnes, the governor’s budget chief, has told municipal leaders not to expect any cuts in state funding for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.
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Malloy: Regardless of federal investigation into UConn, problems need to be addressed
Regardless of the outcome of a federal investigation into how the University of Connecticut responds to allegations of sexual assault from its students, much work remains for the state’s flagship university, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday.
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Sound off — The Connecticut Mirror wants to hear from you!
Are you a businesswoman? A doctor? A mayor, plumber, teacher, storeowner, college president or student? Maybe you’re even a state legislator. If you live and/or work in Connecticut — The Mirror wants to hear from you. We’re publishing a special online publication in January, and we want to include as many comments, suggestions and complaints […]
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From one disgusted Connecticut resident
Unless Connecticut gets its financial house in order, we will continue to be last or close to last (meaning bad), in many financial aspects such as debt, underfunded pensions and health care, gas taxes, property taxes, population growth, etc. After just having the largest tax increase in history, we are looking at huge deficits of […]
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Connecticut sets post-Sandy Hook school building standards
State officials announced new school construction protocols Friday in response to the Newtown tragedy, including exterior surveillance, blast-resistant entryways and classroom door locks — all features that might have stopped or slowed Adam Lanza’s assault on Sandy Hook Elementary a year ago.
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Connecticut’s Obamacare exchange chief: Expect a ‘clunky’ Jan. 1
As the next big milestone for the federal health law approaches, Connecticut’s health insurance exchange chief is once again warning that things aren’t likely to go smoothly.
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Feds announce new option for insurance customers facing cancellation
The federal government on Thursday offered a new option to people whose health plans are being discontinued, allowing them to purchase “catastrophic” insurance policies with high deductibles that the federal health care law prohibits most people from buying.
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Connecticut’s early education plan gets a C, no federal funds
Gov. Malloy visits a preschool in Meriden with his director of early education and education commissioner The U.S. Department of Education has rejected Connecticut’s request for $37.5 million in Race to the Top funds aimed at overhauling day care centers and preschools by attempting to ensure they are safe and providing educational value. “The State […]