Editor’s note: In a series of stories this week, The Mirror has been looking at how the shooting at Newtown last year has affected Connecticut. Patricia Rehmer calls it a sea change, the shift in how mental health has been viewed in the year since the massacre at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School. Interest in […]
In mental health, some good came from Sandy Hook, advocates say
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Access Health CT chief says October errors affected 2,400 people
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story stated that Access Health CT is preparing letters to send to 2,400 consumers who signed up for coverage in October but who, because of errors on the website, may have a different plan than they thought they’d bought. In fact, those letters were sent in October. […]
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Malloy names Donofrio next chairman for state’s largest college system
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday named Nicholas M. Donofrio to lead the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities governing board, the state’s largest public college system.
The previous chairman of the 92,000-student system, Lewis J. Robinson, stepped down after being asked to do so in August by the governor’s office. The request was made after a of missteps that beset the system during Robinson’s tenure.
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Undocumented immigrants to strain safety-net hospitals (C-HIT.org)
Undocumented immigrants are expected to make up a larger share of Connecticut’s uninsured population next year, putting new financial pressures on safety-net hospitals that provide emergency care to everyone, state and national health experts predict. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides coverage options for legal immigrants, but those in the U.S. illegally cannot apply for […]
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Rocky flight: Sikorsky, other helicopter makers worry about future
Washington — The paragraphs were slipped into a massive defense bill by a Mississippi senator. Part assertion, part plea, they are aimed at the Pentagon, and more than anything else, they reflect the worry that Sikorsky Aircraft and other helicopter manufacturers feel about their future. Rather than investing in new technologies and funding a new […]
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Are CT schools safer after Sandy Hook?
Editor’s Note: In a series of stories this week, The Mirror is looking at how the shooting at Newtown changed Connecticut. Millions of dollars have been spent in the past year better protecting students from threats coming from outside school buildings. Since last December, when 26 children and educators were killed in Newtown, at least […]
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More parents want their children to skip CT standardized tests
The State Department of Education reports that a “greater number of parents [are] desiring to remove their children from participation in the statewide testing program.” In previous years only a handful of parents statewide sought an exemption from the state and federal requirements that every student be tested in math, reading and writing in Grades […]
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A law to restrict who can live by schools, day cares?
A bipartisan duo of state legislators has teamed up to announce they plan to push legislation that would prohibit registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools or day care centers — a move that would restrict these offenders from livng almost anywhere in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. “The last thing a […]
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McKinney says Democrats took $10,000 from contractor in ‘pay to play’
On a day when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said the only standard for Democratic Party’s fundraising should be the law, a Republican gubernatorial candidate accused Democrats of breaking campaign finance rules by accepting a $10,000 contribution from Edward Snider, the chief executive officer of Comcast-Spectacor, whose subsidiary manages the XL Center and Rentschler Field.
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Three years of judicial appointments by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy
SUPREME COURT Judge Lubbie Harper, Jr.* Andrew J. McDonald Carmen Espinosa Richard A. Robinson* * Harper retired and was succeeded by McDonald. Robinson is awaiting confirmation. APPELLATE COURT Carmen Espinosa* Michael R. Sheldon Christine E. Keller Espinosa was later appointed to Supreme Court. SUPERIOR COURT Sybil Richards Leeland J. Cole-Chu Anna M. Ficeto Donna Nelson […]
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Aetna sued over disclosure of political contributions
Washington — A nonprofit watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Aetna of sending “false and misleading” proxy statements in 2012 and 2013 that hid millions of dollars of political donations. “Aetna pretends to be a model of corporate transparency, but in truth, shareholders have almost no idea […]
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Malloy names Appellate Judge Richard Robinson to Supreme Court
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy introduced Appellate Judge Richard A. Robinson Tuesday as his choice for a vacancy on the Connecticut Supreme Court, saying the nomination is the first of about a dozen judicial appointments he expects to make before the General Assembly convenes its 2014 session in February.
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Biden announces $100 million in new mental health funding
Washington — After meeting with Newtown residents Tuesday afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden announced the administration will spend $100 million on new mental health initiatives. “The fact that less than half of children and adults with diagnosable mental health problems receive the treatment they need is unacceptable,” Biden said. “The president and I have made […]
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Malloy to stay aggressive in fundraising
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was introduced Tuesday at the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce’s annual holiday breakfast by a sponsor of the event and his political party: Rodney Powell, one of the Northeast Utilities executives who has made the gas-and-electric utility the biggest source of individual contributions to the Connecticut Democratic Party in 2013.