Washington – As the budget crisis in Washington shows no sign of a quick resolution, a slew of health and social programs have either lost all federal money or are running out funds. The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has kept these programs running by using leftover federal funds or paying for them out […]
Federal shutdown could force tough choices on CT
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‘What we have…is failure to communicate’
Sen. Joseph Markley, R-Southington, filed a freedom of information complaint Wednesday over the failure by the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to give him data about the Risk Reduction Earned Credit program. Michael P. Lawlor, the governor’s chief criminal justice adviser, said Markley requested a document that does not exist: a list of inmates […]
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A rebuttal to ‘The true cost of wind power’
The opinion piece in the Ct Mirror by Marc Brown, formerly with the Koch brothers-funded Freedom Works and now the head of an anti-clean energy group that refuses to disclose its funding sources, relies heavily on debunked fossil fuel industry propaganda in its attacks on wind energy.
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A rebuttal to ‘The true cost of wind power’
The opinion piece in the Ct Mirror by Marc Brown, formerly with the Koch brothers-funded Freedom Works and now the head of an anti-clean energy group that refuses to disclose its funding sources, relies heavily on debunked fossil fuel industry propaganda in its attacks on wind energy.
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Panic at Head Start in Bridgeport, then a possible reprieve — from the private sector
Bridgeport — Closed because of the federal government shutdown, Head Start centers in six states, including Connecticut, are being offered a bailout by a retired Texas hedge fund manager. Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold Monday have offered an interest-free $10 million loan to temporarily reopen the programs in all six states. John Arnold was a hedge fund […]
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Three Connecticut firms listed as among world’s most innovative
Three Connecticut Companies — United Technologies, General Electric and Xerox — are among those dubbed the 100 most innovative in the world. Read the full story at WNPR News.
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SCOTUS challenge to contribution limits provokes anger in Hartford, but no plan
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on a challenge to a long-standing restriction on campaign contributions, a small knot of protesters stood outside a federal courthouse in Hartford, decrying big money in politics. Fran Goldstein, a Common Cause member who drove to the courthouse on a 106-mile round trip from Weston, agreed […]
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Nearly a third of initial Access Health applicants are under 35, CEO says
Nearly a third of the initial applicants to Access Health CT, the state’s new health insurance marketplace, are under 35, CEO Kevin Counihan said Tuesday. And of all the applicants, most have selected the so-called silver or gold plans, which have higher premiums and cover a larger share of medical costs than the lower-cost bronze plan options.
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Shutdown delays Danbury prison transfers
WTNH-TV has published an Associated Press report that the federal government’s partial shutdown has delayed the transfer of female inmates from the Danbury federal prison. The AP apparently got the news from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy.
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United Technologies cancels plans to furlough workers
Washington – Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s surprise decision to put about 350,000 Department of Defense civilian workers on the job has prompted Sikorsky Aircraft to scrap plans to furlough nearly 2,000 workers on Monday. Late Sunday, Pratt & Whitney also announced it had abandoned plans to lay off thousands of workers next week. Hagel […]
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Lembo hopes RI example will lead CT to disclose corporate aid
Though Connecticut officials balked at creating a publicly searchable database to track corporate welfare, its chief advocate is hoping an example from across the state line will change minds here. Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation released a late summer report that showed 87 percent of all funds awarded through the state’s six major tax incentive […]
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Peter Wolfgang: In prayerful search of Connecticut’s Great Right Hope
Peter Wolfgang’s hope for 2014 is that when Republicans finally awaken, they see what he sees: an untapped vein of social conservatism deep within the hostile, liberal political landscape that is Connecticut. The Grand Old Party disappointed him in 2010 and 2012, and Wolfgang has every expectation of being disappointed again next year in the gubernatorial election. He sees no GOP candidate willing to talk about cultural issues.
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As Dannehy departs, Jepsen names new senior team
Attorney General George Jepsen said Monday he has named Perry Zinn Rowthorn of West Hartford as deputy attorney general to succeed Nora Dannehy, who is leaving the public sector for a position with United Technologies Corporation. Zinn Rowthorn, who is now the associate attorney general for litigation, will be succeeded in that post by Margaret […]
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As in Connecticut, marijuana legalization spreading across country
Laws and public opinion are shifting on the legalization of marijuana across the country with 40 states, including Connecticut, having proposed or enacted legislation on pot use, according to WestlawNext, an online legal research service. To date, 24 states, including Connecticut, and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use, and another 16 […]
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Yale professor shares in Nobel Prize
Yale University professor James E. Rothman is one of three researchers to share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award, announced Monday, recognizes the three scientists’ work in understanding how the transport systems in cells work.