The New Haven line is the single busiest in the nation. Without Metro-North bringing workers to and from the city, the Gold Coast around Fairfield County couldn’t exist. That should concern all Connecticut residents, because the county pays an outsized share of income taxes into state government coffers and contributes to much of the state’s relative wealth. The health of Connecticut’s economy is tied to the health of the railroad.
As Metro-North goes, so goes Connecticut
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As Metro-North goes, so goes Connecticut
The New Haven line is the single busiest in the nation. Without Metro-North bringing workers to and from the city, the Gold Coast around Fairfield County couldn’t exist. That should concern all Connecticut residents, because the county pays an outsized share of income taxes into state government coffers and contributes to much of the state’s relative wealth. The health of Connecticut’s economy is tied to the health of the railroad.
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Let’s calculate the true cost of wind power
It has been reported that Massachusetts’ utilities National Grid, Northeast Utilities and Unitil have negotiated power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 565 megawatts of electricity capacity from existing and proposed wind farms in New Hampshire and Maine that would provide electricity at wholesale rates of approximately 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. These agreements were lauded by the Boston Globe, going as far as claiming that “wind power is now competitive with conventional sources.” Eight cents per KWh is cheap for wind, especially when you consider that Cape Wind currently has PPAs with NStar and National Grid for 18.7 and 20.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (not including 3.5 percent annual escalators).
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Let’s calculate the true cost of wind power
It has been reported that Massachusetts’ utilities National Grid, Northeast Utilities and Unitil have negotiated power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 565 megawatts of electricity capacity from existing and proposed wind farms in New Hampshire and Maine that would provide electricity at wholesale rates of approximately 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. These agreements were lauded by the Boston Globe, going as far as claiming that “wind power is now competitive with conventional sources.” Eight cents per KWh is cheap for wind, especially when you consider that Cape Wind currently has PPAs with NStar and National Grid for 18.7 and 20.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (not including 3.5 percent annual escalators).
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Federal prison in Danbury to begin transferring female inmates out Monday
UPDATE: Monday WTNH-TV published a report that the partial federal shutdown has delayed the transfer of inmates from the Danbury prison. Over the objection of several senators, the Federal Bureau of Prisons Monday plans to resume its plan to transfer all of the inmates out of the Danbury women’s prison and convert it to a […]
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Budget crisis shuts down CT National Guard
Washington – The federal shutdown has furloughed hundreds of full-time Connecticut National Guardsmen and forced the cancellation of drills scheduled for this weekend. Besides stopping paychecks for 640 full-time civilian and active duty guardsman and 200 civilian contractors, the shutdown has also put a halt to the drilling and training of nearly 4,000 part-time “citizen […]
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For thousands of Connecticut residents, Obamacare means changing insurance plans
It’s been a consistent talking point for supporters of the federal health reform law: If you like your health plan, you’ll be able to keep it when the major provisions of the law take effect. But for many people in Connecticut who buy their own insurance, that’s not the case.
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Shots fired on Capitol Hill in Washington
The following are reports from washingtonpost.com, and confirmed by Mirror Washington reporter Ana Radelat: The House and the Senate have both been recessed until further notice: 2:48 pm Capitol Police tell staff to seek shelter The U.S. Capitol Police sent out this message a short time ago: SHELTER IN PLACE. Gunshots have been reported […]
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Despite shutdown, WIC works, and veterans, and others, still getting benefits
Despite the federal government shutdown, Connecticut veterans will still get their checks, poor women will still get their WIC payments and most preschoolers will still get to go to Headstart — at least for now. Connecticut leaders of several federally funded programs said they have been inundated with phone calls all week from veterans and […]
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Coltsville National Park plans discussed during shutdown
Washington – Plans to build a new national park on the site of Samuel Colt’s factory and home in Hartford were considered during a congressional hearing Thursday, but the event was as much a platform for Republicans to complain about the shutting of federal parks as an opportunity to move legislation forward. That didn’t seem to […]
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Agencies hope CT’s checkbook can cover costs until federal shutdown ends
The federal government shutdown could sorely test the state’s checkbook, particularly when it comes to social service and health care programs, according to contingency plans state departments have filed. Nonpartisan state analysts identified about 30 percent of the federal funding Connecticut normally receives that likely would be interrupted. In some cases that’s because a particular […]
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Woman in Capitol Hill car chase identified as Stamford resident
Washington — The female driver whom police fatally shot after a high-speed chase on Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon has been identified as Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford. The shooting happened on Capitol Hill a little after 2 p.m. after Carey’s car, a black sedan with Connecticut license plates, breached a security barrier near the White […]
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Legislative report: UConn has become ‘less affordable’ for poorer students
Brett Calash, whose family lost its home in Milford in Hurricane Sandy last year, will likely graduate from the University of Connecticut with nearly $50,000 in student loans. “A lot of things I am going to want to do will have to be put on hold,” the economics and political science major said Thursday, the […]
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CTLatinoNews.com: Latino businesses give Malloy a “C”
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered an address over breakfast at the 2013 Business Opportunity Expo at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, saying that his main focus for the state’s economy was to deliver “not words but actions.” He told the diverse crowd of entrepreneurs, “For a long time, we sat back and said, ‘As […]
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Access Health: 753 applications processed in three days
Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, has processed 753 applications for coverage since opening Tuesday, including 153 on Thursday. On its third day in operation, the exchange reported receiving 11,058 website visitors and 1,033 calls as of 4 p.m. Since Tuesday morning, Access Health counted 82,939 website visitors and 5,094 phone calls.