Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is somewhere in California raising money this weekend from someone for the Connecticut Democratic Party. Just don’t ask where, from whom or for how much. Malloy is attending “multiple events” in the company of Jonathan Harris, the executive director of the state party, but their locale, the cost and who might […]
Malloy raising money in California
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Newtown families: Misled about crime scene photos and the FOI Act
Only days before the end of the 2013 legislative session last June, someone (apparently a Fox News reporter) started a false rumor that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was going to make a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for graphic crime scene photographs of the Sandy Hook massacre and then splash those photographs all over the Internet or movie screens. Michael Moore never made any such request, and he never had any intention of making such a request.
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Newtown families: Misled about crime scene photos and the FOI Act
Only days before the end of the 2013 legislative session last June, someone (apparently a Fox News reporter) started a false rumor that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was going to make a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for graphic crime scene photographs of the Sandy Hook massacre and then splash those photographs all over the Internet or movie screens. Michael Moore never made any such request, and he never had any intention of making such a request.
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Connecticut lawmakers help pass deal on shutdown, debt limit
Washington – With the help of votes from Connecticut’s lawmakers, Congress approved an 11th hour deal that raised the debt limit and reopened the federal government. The agreement was approved by the Senate on a 81-18 vote Wednesday evening and by the House, 285-144. President Obama said he would sign it immediately, and the government […]
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Crisis over for now, Connecticut assesses economic damage
Scientist resumed their study of Long Island Sound, an agriculture official emailed farmers that his16-member staff was back in business, and it became a little easier to get Social Security benefits in Hartford as 7,000 federal employees returned to work Thursday in Connecticut.
Posted inHealth
Access Health data shows early Obamacare customers are older and choosing Anthem
In its first 15 days of operations, Connecticut’s new insurance marketplace signed 3,847 people up for health care coverage as part of the law commonly known as Obamacare.
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CT Mirror Tour – Generation For Hire/20 somethings in the Connecticut workforce
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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inEducation, Health, Money
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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Posted inPolitics
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 […]