Washington – What does a bell factory in East Hampton that was struck by lightning last year have to do with a hot Senate race in Kentucky or the federal government shutdown? Plenty it seems. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is facing one of the toughest challenges in his long political career from a tea […]
Connecticut bell factory at center of hot U.S. Senate campaign
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Glitch in 2011 Malloy/union pact rips hole in CT public colleges’ budgets
Dan Livingston, chief negotiator for state employees in 2011, "This was not part of the discussion. That was not the deal." The state employees’ union is calling on state legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to fix a glitch in the 2011 concessions deal that forces the public colleges and universities to spend millions of […]
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CT lawmakers vote for Army Corps bill — to environmentalists’ dismay
Washington — There are few things that gain near unanimous support in the hyper-partisan U.S. House of Representatives, but a bill to reauthorize Army Corps of Engineer projects is one of them. Although the Water Resources Reform and Development Act is criticized by fiscal conservative groups and environmentalists who say some Army Corps of Engineer […]
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A plan for a plan to reform the state’s teacher prep colleges
It’s been nearly two years since the State Board of Education launched an initiative to begin exploring how to reform the state’s teacher-preparation colleges to better prepare future teachers.
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Community health centers start Obamacare enrollment
It took two days and overcoming some system glitches, but one woman Zenia Oslan worked with this week signed up for private health coverage through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange.
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Metro-North outage hearing should include telecommuting tax discussion
Re: “Blumenthal to quiz Con Ed, MTA execs in Bridgeport about Metro-North outage” (Oct. 21, 2013). The Oct. 28 hearing on the Metro-North service disruption must include a discussion of the telecommuter tax – the harsh penalty that New York will impose on the Connecticut residents who worked from home for their New York employers […]
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Obama misspeaks about Connecticut health exchange
Washington –- In a recent pitch for the Affordable Care Act, President Obama singled out Connecticut’s exchange as proof the law is working as supporters hoped it would. But the president ‘s remarks were misleading. Surrounded by young Americans –- one of whom nearly fainted during the half-hour speech -– Obama said many of those […]
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Obamacare challenge: Convincing the uninsured insurance is worth the price
Elly Banos was so eager to get health insurance that she tried to sign up Oct. 1, the first day it was possible to enroll in coverage made available through the health law commonly called Obamacare.
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Malloy welcomes this GOP governor’s agenda
Stamford – Another Republican governor from the oil patch visited Connecticut Tuesday to talk about jobs, but this time the agenda was low-key bipartisan cooperation, not high-profile job poaching. And Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, welcomed the visit. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Malloy, two first-term governors who took office in January 2011, co-hosted […]
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Mirror forum: Young people often lack right skills for CT’s job market, panel says
West Hartford — Thousands of Connecticut college and high school students looking for jobs upon graduation each year are either lured away by the glitter of big cities or simply don’t have the work-ready skills or the entrepreneurial inclination to land a job. But there are plenty of jobs out there if these millennials look […]
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CT seeks federal funds to turn day care centers into preschools
Gov. Malloy visits a preschool classroom in Meriden The state spends millions of dollars every year to send babies and young children to day care centers without monitoring them to determine if they are safe and without requiring that they provide anything of educational value. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is proposing to change this. In […]
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Reader disagrees with Mirror editor’s view of shutdown
Editor’s note: In her Saturday newsletter, Mirror editor Jenifer Frank criticized the small group of “right wing radicals” in the U.S. House whose actions led to the recent government shutdown. Mirror reader Suzanne Marinan disagreed. Ms. Frank, I take great exception to your Oct. 19th editorial. I did not see the recent government shutdown as […]
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Obamacare woes put pressure on requirement to buy insurance
Washington — President Obama may have to do what congressional Republicans who hate the Affordable Care Act were unable to accomplish during the bitter fight that led to a government shutdown: postpone the law’s provision that nearly every American have health insurance next year.
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Romney’s PAC man in Foley’s corner
As treasurer of a Super PAC, Charlie Spies spent $142 million in support of Mitt Romney in 2012, using 90 percent of the money to attack Romney’s rivals. He is a believer, defender and advocate of the right to make unlimited, independent campaign expenditures. And he is Tom Foley’s lawyer.
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Blumenthal to quiz Con Ed, MTA execs in Bridgeport about Metro-North outage
The presidents of ConEdison and the MTA are scheduled to testify in Bridgeport next Monday at a U.S. Senate field hearing about the ConEd outage that disrupted Metro-North commuter service. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Monday he will conduct a hearing of a Senate subcommitee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and […]