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 […]
Malloy spokeswoman to take communications post with Board of Regents
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State investigating irregularities in Hartford school mastery test results
Concerned about potential “irregularities” in the 2013 results, the state has begun an investigation into possible cheating on the Connecticut Mastery Test at Betances School in Hartford. The Hartford Courant has a complete story.
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States differ widely in what they’ll offer on health exchanges
Washington — A 60-year-old living in Hartford who wanted to buy the most modest policy from the state’s health exchange will have to pay at least $610 a month. But if that same 60-year-old lived in Vermont, he or she could buy similar coverage for $346. A 27-year-old in Hartford who wanted to buy a medium-coverage […]
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Blumenthal, Norwich woman battle for equal benefits for veterans
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is teaming up with a Norwich veteran to press for all military benefits to be extended to veterans in same-sex marriages. During an afternoon press conference at the state Capitol, Blumenthal joined Carmen Cardona, an 18-year Navy veteran, to press the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to follow the lead […]
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Beer ads during basketball games show industry self-regulation doesn’t work, UConn study says
The beer industry’s advertising and marketing activities are supposed to follow certain self-imposed guidelines, like those requiring that models in ads be at least 25 and that marketing material avoid content that primarily appeals to people too young to drink. It’s one of the reasons you don’t see beer ads featuring Santa Claus. But that […]
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New Quinnipiac medical school starts classes Monday
After years of planning, Quinnipiac University’s medical school will hold its first classes Monday. The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, located on the university’s North Haven campus, has 60 students in its first class. “The need for well-educated and highly trained physicians has never been greater,” said Dr. Bruce Koeppen, […]
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State prison population climbs even higher
The state’s prison population continued its yearlong upward climb this week. According to a new report filed Thursday by the Criminal Justice Policy & Planning Division, the average inmate population during the first week in July stood at 17,115, an increase of 108 prisoners – or a little less than 1 percent – above June’s level.
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Superintendents get pre-school pep talk from Malloy and Pryor
Hartford – Like a football coach in a pre-game pep talk, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy urged the state’s superintendents Wednesday to have courage as they face the challenge of moving their schools to a new national curriculum with a new standardized test. “These are confusing and difficult times, but they are necessary times if we […]
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UConn, Hartford summit leads to detente over downtown campus choice
Over an hourlong discussion at a private club, UConn and Hartford officials reached a détente Wednesday over the prickly issue of the new campus that the university wants to develop downtown on the Hartford Times site. The Times building remains the preferred site, but UConn reassured the city it will have input on the design […]
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Bureau of Prisons halts Danbury prisoner transfer
Washington – Ten days after a group of Democratic senators told the Bureau of Prisoners to stop a plan to move female prisoners in Danbury to facilities in Alabama and other places, the transfer was put on hold. “We have not transferred any inmates from Danbury to Aliceville (Ala.) and we are not transferring inmates […]
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Connecticut political establishment at odds with tribes
Washington – The state’s political establishment is lining up to oppose the latest efforts to grant federal recognition to three Connecticut Indian tribes, with Gov. Dannel Malloy the latest to say he’s against the move. “The governor shares the concerns of Connecticut’s federal delegation and the Attorney General regarding the potential impact of the proposed BIA […]
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Boughton’s exploratory candidacy is strategic
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton’s formation of an exploratory committee for governor Wednesday is less an indication of uncertainty, than a matter of strategy in the era of publicly financed campaigns in Connecticut. Boughton is using a game plan followed four years ago by Dannel P. Malloy, who used an early exploratory committee to raise $526,000, […]
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Gridlock caution on anniversary of worst U.S. blackout
On one hand, it makes perfect sense that the Obama administration would use the week of the 10th anniversary of the worst blackout in the U.S. to release a report on electric grid resiliency. On the other hand, the fact that its focus is that “severe weather is the leading cause of power outages in […]
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Health insurance coverage is expanding. So are free clinics
Karen Gottlieb says she shares a dream with everyone else who runs a free clinic. “I would like nothing better than to close our doors,” said Gottlieb, executive director of AmeriCares Free Clinics, which serves uninsured adults in Bridgeport, Norwalk and Danbury. But Gottlieb doesn’t expect to get her wish anytime soon, even with the […]
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Esty opponent joins GOP efforts to distort Obamacare
Washington – President Obama’s signature accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act, continues to be a key weapon in Republican campaigns, including that of Mark Greenberg, a GOP candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s 5th District.