By: Georgia Lobb Last summer, I took public transportation almost every day in Boston. Without fail, every time I rode, I’d see a total oddity. It seems like you can’t ride a subway or train these days without seeing something alarming. Whether it’s a woman eating mayonnaise out of a jar, an old man reading […]

As the country gears up to launch the Affordable Care Act, one of the most difficult tasks will be to sell it to uninsured people who may have never heard of the word “co-pay” or know what a primary care physician is. That was the message of Alta Lash, a Connecticut community organizer who was […]

By: Georgia Lobb Photo courtesy of ConnDOT In light of the tragic marathon bombings in Boston, transportation authorities are taking extra precautions and urging travelers to help keep public transit safe. Last Monday’s act of violence prompted many transportation entities in New England to beef up security. After the attack, the Federal Aviation Administration mandated […]

George Tirado, a Waterbury police detective and smoke shop owner, pleaded guilty Friday to a federal conspiracy stemming from the effort to influence tobacco legislation with hidden contributions to the congressional campaign of former House Speaker Christopher Donovan. He is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in a case that torpedoed Donovan’s campaign last summer, […]

By:  Georgia Lobb Photo courtesy of CT Work Zone Saftey Facebook Page National Work Zone Awareness week began in 1997 in Virginia as a small effort to get people thinking about the safety of road workers. Now, it’s a national annual event that has helped to decrease the number of fatalities on the road by […]

Washington — Even gun control supporters knew congressional approval of new gun restrictions would be difficult, but their stunning defeat in the Senate this week prompted new looks at the gun lobby’s relationship with Washington lawmakers. “I was astonished,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., of the failure to secure 60 votes in the Senate to […]

The General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a bill that revokes the governor’s authority to appoint the president of the state’s largest public college system. The bill, instead, will place the responsibility of selecting a president and setting all the employment terms for the leader solely with the 15-member Board of Regents. The top position at […]

The legislature’s two budget-writing panels on Friday will unveil their counter-proposals to the $43.8 billion, two-year fiscal plan Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered in February — but don’t look for any huge changes in the bottom line. Leaders for both the Appropriations and Finance, Revenue & Bonding committees have said they have tried to keep […]