According to the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, “among studies of psychiatric inpatients, one consistent finding is that the greatest risk of homelessness occurs immediately following hospital discharge. “Thus, if homelessness is to be prevented among this group of the SMI population, hospital discharge planning must include explicit housing arrangements and service supports that […]
We need housing … for everyone
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Congress at odds over ‘3-D’ guns
Washington — In a rare bipartisan act, the House Tuesday approved a 10-year extension of the federal law that bans plastic guns that fool metal detectors. But the move to renew a 1988 law that will expire Dec. 9 has also touched off a heated debate over “3-D” guns that can be made by special […]
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Congress experiences Obamacare… differently
Washington — Republicans trying to block the Affordable Care Act put a provision in the bill aimed at embarrassing its Democratic supporters by requiring lawmakers and their staff to drop their federal health plans for one purchased on a state exchange.
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Breakfast with Malloy — $10,000 to $250,000
It might be the most expensive hotel buffet ever served in Hartford: Access to a breakfast with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy at a Democratic Governors Association conference Wednesday requires a sponsorship of at least $10,000 or a company membership at one of the association’s two premium levels, priced at $100,000 and $250,000.
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Downplaying deficit raises concerns among Malloy’s base
In an effort to shield himself from his Republican rivals, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have raised some new concerns about state finances among his political base. The Democratic governor’s budget office demonstrated how a major budget deficit after the 2014 election could be cut almost in half — but only by continuing practices that unions, municipal leaders and social service advocates have decried for years.
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Malloy demands Metro-North ‘action plan’
Moved by a fatal crash on Sunday in New York, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Tuesday insisted Metro-North give him an “action plan” addressing safety issues.
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Connecticut deserves a good wind turbine law
The issues that have been raised about industrial wind turbines are not new. They date back to the legislature’s Energy & Technology Committee public hearing on Feb. 3, 2011, which led to the passage of Bill 11-245 in the last hour of the legislative session in June 2011. I testified at that public hearing and […]
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Newtown Police, prosecutor won’t stop release of 911 tapes
Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III said Monday that he and Newtown police no longer will fight an order by the Freedom of Information Commission to release audio tapes of 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during the attack that left 26 students and staff dead on Dec. 14, 2012. “After consultation […]
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Federal audit: Background checks of foster families ‘inadequate’
A federal audit of the state’s child welfare agency has found that nearly 3,000 high needs children may have been put at risk, as the Connecticut Department of Children and Families couldn’t prove it conducted background checks on the majority of foster and adoptive families where children were sent to live. The audit — which […]
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NU execs shine brightest as source of cash for Connecticut’s Democratic Party
Over the previous decade, it’s unlikely that anyone at the Connecticut Democratic Party had the top echelon of Northeast Utilities on speed dial. On average, the party squeezed a paltry $307.50 a year out of the entire NU workforce.
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McKinney reaches right with endorsement of Greenberg
The endorsement Monday of Mark Greenberg by Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney, R-Fairfield, is an effort by McKinney to end the party’s search for another candidate in the 5th Congressional District, while strengthening his own gubernatorial candidacy among conservatives. “I think he’s the right candidate at the right time,” said McKinney, who backed the […]
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Malloy makes no promises to increase school funding further
One of the key components of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education reforms has been for the state to provide millions of dollars more in funding in an effort to turn around the lowest performing districts and schools.
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CT treasurer finds strong market for special transportation bonds
State Treasurer Denise Nappier on Monday reported strong investor interest in the sale of $600 million in special transportation bonds. Demand exceeded supply as investors placed $734.2 million in orders. The overall interest cost on the 20-year bonds is 3.67 percent. The treasurer’s office sold $173.4 million to individual investors on the retail market before […]
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Malloy to talk education reform at American Enterprise Institute
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is back on the D.C. shuttle. He’s headed to an American Enterprise Institute forum on education Monday. The session is billed as, “School reform dos and don’ts: Lessons from Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy.” If you’re curious, you can watch. The event is being live-streamed at 1:30 p.m., and video also will […]
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Bronx derailment kills 4, bringing new inquiry into Metro-North
Washington – The Metro-North train derailment Sunday that killed four and injured 67 in New York is once again subjecting the commuter railroad to congressional criticism and a federal safety investigation. The accident near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx shut down the Hudson line, but it did not affect Amtrak or Metro-North service through Connecticut. The […]