There’s not much to celebrate in the Council on Environmental Quality‘s 40th annual report on the Connecticut environment. Aside from a few small improvements, the overall state of things is status quo at best punctuated by backsliding in key areas. The Council acknowledged in its opening that: “Connecticut’s environment is resistant to improvement,” laying the blame squarely with […]

By: Georgia Lobb Today marks the first beautiful, sunny, and warm day of the year. Finally we seem to be over the hump of the long winter and on our way to summer weather. While I was walking my dog on the road today, enjoying the nice weather, I wondered how many dogs are killed […]

Washington — Parents of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School students fanned out on Capitol Hill Tuesday to make 11th-hour pitches to try to rescue gun-control legislation that’s in limbo in the Senate — at least for now. “We bring a face to this tragedy,” said Mark Barden, who lost his son Daniel. “People should listen […]

State Attorney General George C. Jepsen charged Connecticut’s largest electric utility Tuesday with withholding key internal memos from investigators about its slow response to the October 2011 Nor’Easter that left more than 800,000 homes and businesses without power for as many as 11 days. Jepsen petitioned the state’s Public Utility Regulatory Authority to impose new […]

Talk to people involved the mental health system and it won’t be long before you hear complaints about the difficulty of getting private insurance to pay for mental health services. Some advocates say the answer is to better enforce state and federal laws requiring equal coverage for mental health and medical services. Some clinicians and […]

By: Georgia Lobb The federal government recently announced new building standards for structures that were damaged in Superstorm Sandy. The verdict is to build higher to avoid possible water damage. “Northeast flood zones now have tougher re-building requirements that apply across the board: to houses, businesses and government infrastructure,” according to Transportation Nation. U>S> Housing […]

Newtown — After the tragedy, the center of town nearly emptied. The brook still flowed through the small, downtown-like area, of course, but many of the once-bustling businesses of Sandy Hook Village are now boarded up. “I’ve had several people say that they just didn’t feel comfortable coming down here,” said Sharon Doherty, who’s lived […]

Washington — When he returns to Washington on Air Force One from his speech this evening on gun-control at the University of Hartford, President Obama will be accompanied by 11 residents of Newtown who lost family members in the Sandy Hook shooting. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the Newtown families will spend two […]

Rep. Cathy Abercrombie, whose hurried walk past the parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School was captured in a 60 Minutes segment Sunday night, issued an apology Monday, saying she didn’t realize who the parents were. “I would like to apologize to each of the Sandy Hook parents for rushing past them at […]

The parents of the slain children and faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary School appeared Sunday on 60 Minutes in advance of today’s lobbying for gun-control in Washington and Hartford. Here is that video: Part One: Part Two: Part Three:

The General Assembly’s elections panel endorsed a measure Friday that would allow state contractors to contribute to municipal politics — but opted against lifting a ban on contractor money in state races. The Government Administration and Elections Committee finished its deadline work Friday, also approving a bill that would ban candidate cross-endorsements on election ballots. […]

Washington – Gun control advocates had big wins this week in Connecticut, Maryland and Colorado, but attempts to tighten gun laws have hit major snags in Washington. The Senate was expected to take up a package of gun-control bills next week that is much weaker than legislation approved by Connecticut and other states. For example, […]