Connecticut produces thousands of college graduates every year, but does the emerging economic order require the skills they actually possess? What are Connecticut’s employers, educators, and economic development leaders doing to retain a generation of students who entered college at the beginning of the recession — and where will these young adults be in five […]
CT Mirror Tour – Generation For Hire/20 somethings in the Connecticut workforce
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Connecticut senators urge VA not to force 23 veterans out of rest homes
Connecticut’s senators Wednesday urged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to reconsider its order to kick 23 veterans out of rest homes in Hamden, West Haven and Waterbury, where they have been living for 12 years. The department notified the veterans last week that it would no longer pay for their nursing home care as […]
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Auditors cite ‘excessive’ spending at UConn Health Center
The state auditors’ office outlined a series of “excessive” spending practices Wednesday at the UConn Health Center involving professional development, compensatory time, retirement benefits and specialized legal fees topping $800 per hour.
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SEEC seeks criminal investigation of Rep. Christina Ayala of Bridgeport
The State Elections Enforcement Commission voted Wednesday to seek a criminal investigation of Rep. Christina Ayala, D-Bridgeport, and her mother, the city’s Democratic registrar of voters, Santa Ayala, after finding evidence of a conspiracy to commit voter fraud. The first-term legislator used a false address to vote in nine primaries and general elections, including the […]
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Settlement ends SEEC investigation of Foley
State elections officials accepted a settlement Wednesday with Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Foley over a $15,504 poll he commissioned last spring through his out-of-state, independent political group, Voters for Good Government.
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Mosquito chief takes over at Agricultural Experiment Station
Theodore Andreadis –- the man Connecticut residents have come to know over the last decade-and-a-half for his reports on mosquito activity in the state -– is the new director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. He replaces Louis Magnarelli who died in July. No official announcement has been made yet, though Andreadis in fact began […]
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NY teachers excited and worried as Common Core standards launched in full
By the end of the next school year, every public school student in Connecticut will have to take standardized tests that are aligned with Common Core State Standards. The state budget provides millions of dollars to help roll out the new teaching philosophy which, in addition to tests, will affect teacher evaluations, students’ homework and […]
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Budget agreement sets new income verification rules for health exchanges
Washington — The budget and debt ceiling agreement Congress is expected to approve late Wednesday would subject the new health exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act to new procedures aimed at ensuring that people receiving federal subsidies to purchase coverage aren’t cheating. The agreement, which would fund the federal government until Jan. 15, ending […]
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Connecticut has 1,154 medical marijuana patients, but no applicants to grow or provide the drug yet
As of Tuesday, there were 1,154 patients certified to use marijuana for medicinal purposes in Connecticut, according to the state Department of Consumer Protection. Of those, 365 live in New Haven County, 281 live in Fairfield County, and 222 live in Hartford County. Tolland County has 28 patients, the fewest of any county.
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Is this any way to run a railroad?
The recent disruption of Metro-North service raised several critical issues. An obvious one is the cost and inconvenience of disruptions for commuters. Another is their impact on rush-hour traffic congestion, and on road and rail transportation throughout the Northeast Corridor, which connects New England to the rest of the country. There’s also an impact on the state budget.
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Is this any way to run a railroad?
The recent disruption of Metro-North service raised several critical issues. An obvious one is the cost and inconvenience of disruptions for commuters. Another is their impact on rush-hour traffic congestion, and on road and rail transportation throughout the Northeast Corridor, which connects New England to the rest of the country. There’s also an impact on the state budget.
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Foley, on long-ago arrest: ‘It was dropped, and that’s it’
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Foley was confronted Tuesday with fresh questions about an incident in 1981 in which he was arrested and jailed overnight after occupants of another car accused him of repeatedly ramming them after a party in Southampton, N.Y. The Hartford Courant reported that it has obtained two police reports of the incident […]
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Merrill apologizes, ceases e-newsletter
Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill said Tuesday she was ceasing a monthly emailed newsletter whose existence became controversial not for its content, but for the provenance of its address list: Merrill’s personal contacts, including her 2010 campaign. Merrill defended the concept of the newsletter, saying every public official should communicate regularly with constituents. […]
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Connecticut launches mortgage assistance forum; braces for prolonged shutdown
Homeowners falling behind on payments or facing foreclosure will have a shot at getting some needed relief when state officials host their sixth mortgage assistance event next week. As they continue to juggle finances in response to the federal government shutdown, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen and Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin announced […]