It’s not just UConn. “After coming forward, I was blamed left and right. Why did I keep it to myself? Why didn’t I report it right away? Why was I drinking and underage? These were all the questions shot at me rapid fire from a panel of college officials,” a college student at a Fairfield […]
‘Not just UConn’: Many colleges struggle with how to respond to sexual assault
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Access Health says 13,128 people signed up for Obamacare coverage
As of Thursday, 13,128 people had signed up for coverage through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange.
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Nonprofit says 40 percent of CT families can’t afford winter heating bills
Nearly 40 percent of Connecticut households can’t afford to pay their energy bills this winter as aid from the federal government shrinks, according to a new report from a nonprofit advocacy group. Operation Fuel also said these households will face, on average, $2,363 in bills they won’t be able to pay this winter. “Many Connecticut […]
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Obama says insurers don’t have to cancel non-ACA compliant health insurance plans
Washington – President Obama on Thursday announced that health insurers who sent cancellation letters to hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people can continue the policies for another year, even if they don’t meet Affordable Care Act requirements. The president was responding to a political firestorm that developed as people learned in recent weeks that […]
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Connecticut Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit questioning Vallas’s qualifications
The Connecticut Supreme Court has dismissed the lawsuit challenging whether Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas is qualified to lead the the state’s largest public school district. The decision comes one week after Vallas announced he plans to step down to run for lieutenant governor in Illinois. The lawsuit challenged whether Vallas had completed a qualified school leadership program, […]
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Solar panels, other technologies, present new firefighting hazards in Connecticut
Those benign-looking solar panels — the darlings of the renewable energy world — may appear to be nothing to worry about as they turn sunlight into clean power, but it’s a different story if you’re a firefighter. Solar panels can be dangerous, if not deadly, to firefighters because when there’s light hitting the panels, they […]
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Tanya Hughes can drop ‘interim’ from CHRO title
Tanya Hughes, who had been the interim leader of the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, has been formally appointed as executive director of the civil-rights agency. “The Commission voted both unanimously and enthusiastically to appoint Tanya Hughes as executive director because our goal is to solidify our position as the nation’s leading governmental […]
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Malloy honored in D.C. for overcoming learning disability
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who overcame dyslexia to graduate from law school and launch a political career as Stamford’s mayor and Connecticut’s governor, will be honored Thursday night in Washington, D.C., by the Lab School with a “2013 Outstanding Achiever with Learning Disabilities Award.” The Lab School specializes in using alternate means to educate children with […]
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Race, kids, and a path to change
People in juvenile justice sometimes say: “If only we could get rid of poverty and racism, our work would be done.” It’s a recognition that the root causes of the horrible problems at-risk kids face are evils that have been with us for all of human history and show no sign of abating. It’s a statement of resignation. I hate resignation.
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Race, kids, and a path to change
People in juvenile justice sometimes say: “If only we could get rid of poverty and racism, our work would be done.” It’s a recognition that the root causes of the horrible problems at-risk kids face are evils that have been with us for all of human history and show no sign of abating. It’s a statement of resignation. I hate resignation.
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Why Connecticut needs a farm bill now
This fall, Congress has an important opportunity to create jobs and grow the economy by passing a long-term, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill. The Farm Bill impacts every American, every day, by providing a wide range of programs that strengthen our nation. The Farm Bill is crucial to maintaining a strong agriculture sector and […]
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Lawmakers: Is UConn following law in its response to sexual assault reports?
State lawmakers Wednesday heard hours of testimony from University of Connecticut officials and four of the seven students who are accusing the school of failing to adequately respond to reports of their sexual assault.
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Feds: Fewer than half of Obamacare applicants qualify for subsidies
In the first month of enrollment, just 106,185 people in the U.S. signed up for private insurance plans sold through the exchanges created by the federal health law, according to figures released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday.
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After backlash, UConn’s Herbst says her ‘comments were misunderstood’
Storrs — University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst has changed her tone in her response to accusations that officials show “deliberate indifference” toward students who are sexually assaulted.
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Connecticut’s economic recovery to trail region and nation’s through 2017
Connecticut’s economic recovery will be steady yet continue to lag behind that of the Northeast and the nation over the next four years, according to a new forecast released Wednesday in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank. The report prepared by the New England Economic Partnership also warned that federal budget cuts and the threat […]