Activists starkly signaled their distrust of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Friday with a broad demand for records pertaining to the department’s evolving energy policy.
Mistrust of DEEP fuels enviros’ FOI request
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Skies clear for Joint Strike Fighter
Washington — The Joint Strike Fighter, one of the most controversial defense programs in recent history, seems to have more lives than a cat. The stealth aircraft, known as the F-35, had to be grounded last month after a turbine cracked in one of its engines. But, despite its problem-wracked history, the F-35 seems finally to be […]
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Malloy reimburses People for White House party
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy moved today to shortcircuit controversy over People magazine paying his way last weekend to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by personally reimbursing the magazine. “To remove a needless distraction when there are far more important public policy issues to deal with, Gov. Malloy has made the decision to personally reimburse People […]
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Gun sales prevent some environmental sequester cuts at DEEP
A funny thing happened when the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection crunched sequester numbers to figure out how badly the nearly one-third of its operating budget that comes from federal funds would get hit.
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Connecticut mayors skip letter on air towers
Seventy mayors from across the nation signed a letter Tuesday urging the Federal Aviation Administration to reverse its decision to close air towers at 149 airports. Although six airports would be affected in Connecticut — all but Bradley International Airport — none of the state’s mayors signed the letter drafted by the Alliance for Aviation […]
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Senate passes controversial energy bill
A renewable energy bill that has set much of the environmental community against the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislative Democrats was passed Wednesday by the state Senate.
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College system offers Warner presidency. He turns it down
The Associated Press is reporting that Jack Warner has been offered the job of president of Connecticut’s largest public college system, but has turned it down. Warner, currently the chief executive of South Dakota’s college system, told the AP that “he wants to stay in the state for numerous reasons, including strong university presidents and […]
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Child advocacy group to state ed board: stop hiding charter school applications
As seven groups vying to open new charter schools in the state wait to find out if the State Board of Education will approve their applications so they can open, a child advocacy group is calling on the board to release the applications. “Without access to the application documents, the public will not be able […]
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Not a big enough carrot…
Turns out the additional funding that the federal government is willing to provide the state-run technical high schools to offer more healthful meals is not a big enough carrot for the 16-school district to bite. The State Board of Education Wednesday unanimously voted to opt out of the national “Healthy Food Certification” program that would […]
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McKinney says Malloy’s trip to WH Correspondents’ soiree violated ethics law
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, a potential challenger to Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy next year, says the governor violated ethics laws by attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday as a guest of People magazine. The publication picked up Malloy’s travel, lodging and dinner expenses of $1,000. “The governor is in clear violation […]
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Taylor resumes chairmanship of state ed board
Allan Taylor has again become the chair of the state board charged with implementing the governor’s statewide education reforms. Taylor was nominated to the State Board of Education and named chairman by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. The nomination was approved by the General Assembly last month. The 11-person State Board Education has recently experienced some turnover, […]
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Projected revenues plunge nearly $500M
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s efforts to avoid more state tax increases took a hit Tuesday as fiscal analysts concluded revenues to fund the next two-year budget will be almost $500 million less than anticipated. The governor’s budget staff and the Legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis issued their latest consensus revenue report. It reduces revenue expectations […]
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2,500 Hartford students to have chance to attend different school
The plaintiffs in the case leaf through the agreement Having run out of time to comply with a court order to desegregate Hartford’s schools, the state has entered into a new agreement that will expand school choice opportunities for 2,523 more students. The new order — agreed to Tuesday by the Connecticut Attorney General and the plaintiffs in […]
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Jackson Lab trial to test Hartford patients’ tumors in mice
The Jackson Laboratory will team up with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Hartford Hospital for a clinical trial of “cancer avatars,” growing tumors from human patients in mice as a way to determine the best therapies for each patient’s disease. Hartford Hospital President and CEO Jeffrey A. Flaks offered a glimpse at one of the […]