New Haven – Rob Smuts, New Haven’s chief of emergency management, is walking down the beach at Morris Cove on an on-and-off-drizzly summer morning, his dress shoes utterly out of sync with the moment. He is talking with beachside neighbors David Kronberg and Tony Sacco about the same thing they’ve talked about for years -– seawalls.
Connecticut’s trouble with seawalls
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Malloy wants Keno run-up ‘open and transparent’
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday that the lottery game known as Keno is still likely to open in the state and called on the quasi-public Connecticut Lottery Corporation to be open with the public and press about what their plans are in opening the games across the state.
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Lobbying tab for 2012: $51.7 million
Just how much was spent last year lobbying legislators? The Office of State Ethics reported Wednesday that special interest groups spent $39.7 million in 2012 to lobby state lawmakers. In total, $51.7 million was spent on lobbying activity in the state, of which nearly three-quarters went to compensate lobbyists. The remainder was spent on TV […]
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Budget cuts to keep 730 children out of preschool this year
Head Start preschool programs in Connecticut will enroll 730 fewer children this school year, and many programs will be open fewer days as a result of federal government budget cuts, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. The 8 percent cut in the number of seats offered to low-income children age 5 […]
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Malloy puts best face on state’s economy while remaining coy about 2014 election
Though Gov. Dannel P. Malloy insists he hasn’t decided whether to seek another term, the issue he will focus on – should he run – became clear during a Tuesday morning radio appearance: jobs and the Connecticut economy. Making his regular monthly appearance on “Where We Live,” WNPR’s daily public affairs show, the Democratic governor […]
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Stable year for employer health benefit costs, but dramatic changes could be coming
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance rose modestly throughout the country in 2013, but the growth was still more than twice that of wages and nearly five times higher than inflation, according to a report released Tuesday. Even so, it was a relatively stable year for employer-sponsored health insurance — perhaps the last for a […]
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Domestic violence law will help victims financially and in other ways
As part of the state’s ongoing efforts to address domestic violence, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill Friday that allows victims to get temporary financial support along with more privacy in the courthouse, among other benefits. The bill empowers the Judicial Department to set up a system for the offender to provide temporary financial […]
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Fairfield County lawmaker has scrape with the law
A Fairfield County lawmaker has had a little scape with the law she would have probably rather not had. The Hartford Courant has the details.
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GOP opposition to Malloy budget melts when state dollars come home
Republican state legislators have spent much of the past three years campaigning against Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s fiscal policies. But with the 2014 election season approaching, and with crucial state grants going out this summer to cities and towns, GOP lawmakers are taking a more positive outlook to state dollars -– at least while […]
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More than 3,000 Connecticut youths have applied to halt deportation
Washington – More than 3,000 undocumented Connecticut youths have applied to shield themselves from deportations, and nearly 70 percent of them have obtained provisional legal status, a study says. A new report from the Brookings Institution says a year after President Obama used his executive authority to halt deportations of undocumented children, more than 435,000 […]
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Compare rates for Obamacare health plans here
You can find out what your monthly premiums would be for insurance purchased through Access Health CT by looking at the charts available here.
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Former Hartford man sentenced on a child sex trafficking charge
A former Hartford resident was sentenced Friday to 121 months in federal prison on a child sex trafficking charge. Bruce Damico, 35, formerly of Providence, R.I., and Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he had employed a girl under the age of 18 in his prostitution business between June 2009 and January 2010, according […]
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Shoppers expected to save nearly $8M during sales-tax-free week
Shoppers are expected to save nearly $8 million next week as Connecticut offers its annual sales-tax holiday. Merchants will be offering items of clothing and footwear priced under $300 without charging the usual 6.35 percent sales tax starting on Sunday and running through Saturday, Aug. 24. “This week-long sales tax holiday makes back-to-school shopping a […]
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State’s jobless rate stays above 8 percent despite July job gains
The state’s jobless rate crept up slightly in July, rising to 8.1 percent despite Connecticut’s gaining of 11,500 jobs last month, the state Labor Department reported Friday. Originally estimated at 8.1 percent as well, the June unemployment rate later was scaled back to 8 percent. “Excluding May 2010, when jobs were boosted by temporary (U.S.) […]
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Malloy spokeswoman to take communications post with Board of Regents
A member of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s communications staff will become the new spokeswoman for the state’s merged public university and college system. Juliet Manalan of Wethersfield, who is Malloy’s press secretary and has worked in the governor’s communications office since January 2011, will assume her new post with the Board of Regents for Higher […]