The chairwoman of the legislature’s higher education committee said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s plan for higher education is likely to face a roadblock in the legislature. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget sheds the state’s responsibility to cover the actual costs of providing the medical, retirement and other fringe benefits for thousands of college and […]
Malloy’s plans for higher education financing ‘a nonstarter’
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NASCAR honors Newtown victims
A car owned by Swan Racing, which aims to raise money for the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, qualified Thursday for Florida’s Daytona 500, the biggest and the first NASCAR race of the season. A Toyota painted green and white, the colors of Sandy Hook Elementary, and bearing the number 26 in honor of the […]
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Biden: ‘I can predict what will be written about us if we don’t act’
Danbury — On a college campus 10 miles from Newtown, Vice President Joe Biden closed a symposium on gun violence Thursday with a plea for political courage and a call for action on gun control. “I can predict what will be written about us if we don’t act,” Biden said. “It’s not so much to […]
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Text of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s remarks at gun violence conference
Two months ago, our state became the center of a national debate after a tragedy we never imagined could happen here. The horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School brought home the fact that we are not immune to problems that face the nation at large, that we can never become complacent in our effort […]
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With VP in town, Malloy outlines gun control plan
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy dismissed as unimportant the question of why he forcefully inserted himself Thursday into the unfolding legislative debate over gun control after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “It’s been 69 days since Sandy Hook, a long time,” Malloy said at a late-afternoon press conference in Hartford, hours after he […]
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Sequestration’s impact to be broadly felt — in Connecticut and across the country
Washington — Congress is playing chicken with the federal budget again, and the results could have a broad impact across the country. Some of those affected will be air travelers, students, low-income mothers with young children, university researchers and defense industry workers. On March 1 — a week from tomorrow — $85 billion in automatic […]
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Think a 5.1% tuition hike is bad? Just wait.
The 5.1 percent tuition hike college officials are looking at to erase a deficit for the next school year may be nothing compared with the increases the system could be forced to implement if the governor gets his way. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget sheds the state’s responsibility to cover the actual costs of […]
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Snow mixes with politics in Bridgeport, New Haven
Bridgeport — More than a week after a historic blizzard dumped more than 3 feet of snow in some parts of Connecticut, snow removal is still a political issue. In Bridgeport, some residents are even calling for Mayor Bill Finch’s resignation, starting a Facebook page this week that has more than 120 “likes” and launching […]
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Will the snow ever leave???
When the city threatened to tow all the cars on my street after the blizzard, I went into full-on panic mode. I paid a guy with a snow plow thirty bucks to dig out my car. And there was such a huge mound of snow between my roommate’s car and the road, that we actually […]
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Connecticut wins federal health planning grant
Connecticut is one of 19 states to receive grants from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aimed at overhauling state health care systems to provide better care and save money. The “State Health Care Innovation Plan” would affect Connecticut residents who are on Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Connecticut […]
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‘A wink and a nod’ when sending money to towns for education
Top legislators rebuked Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s plans for $74 million that the state currently sends to cities and towns to makeup for lost property tax revenue from exempt, state-owned property. Malloy’s proposal will still send that funding to cities and town, but by way of an education grant. However, municipalities would not need to […]
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With sharp elbows, Malloy jumps into gun debate
With a veiled swipe at Republican leaders, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is ready to pronounce the legislature’s bipartisan task force on gun violence a failure and propose his own comprehensive package of gun-control measures. Malloy’s proposal is expected to be released Thursday at 10 a.m., before he shares a national stage with Vice President Joe […]
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Coalition rallies against Rocky Hill nursing home
Chanting “Just say no,” about 100 Rocky Hill residents, various politicians and prison guards rallied in the cold at the Capitol Wednesday to protest the state’s plan to move prison inmates and institutionalized mental health patients into a nursing home in a residential Rocky Hill neighborhood. State Rep. Anthony Guerrera, D-Rocky Hill, served as emcee […]
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Understanding the enemy — so you can fight the enemy
New Haven — A Yale neurosurgeon has discovered four genes that cause the most common form of brain tumors, opening the door to someday treating these tumors with targeted drugs rather than surgery. Dr. Murat Gunel, 45, led a research team that used genomic computer analysis to discover gene mutations that cause these typically benign […]
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In votes, ideology, Blumenthal ranked most liberal senator
Washington — Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is the most liberal member of the Senate, and Connecticut’s House delegation is the fourth most liberal, according to the latest rankings by the National Journal. Blumenthal tied with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to top the list of the Senate’s most liberal members, a list that includes Democratic Sen. […]