Gov. Dannel P. Malloy seems to be following the unlikely example of Goldilocks in dealing with the legislature on gun-control after Sandy Hook. He is looking for an approach that is just right after first being too soft, then too hard. He wants the legislature to pass a strict ban on the sale and possession […]

State employees were paid $2.1 million in incentives to participate in health counseling last year — even though the counseling never was offered. The payments, part of a stipulated agreement signed in late December by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration and employee unions, prompted one legislative leader Tuesday to call for an independent audit of […]

The presidents of the state’s public colleges may soon be required to report how they are spending the thousands of dollars they receive each year to cover their job-related travel and entertainment expenses. The legislature’s Higher Education Committee Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would require the 19 presidents at the state’s public colleges and […]

Connecticut’s experiment with New York-style fusion politics gave Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy two lines on the ballot in 2010, and he needed the votes cast on both to narrowly defeat Republican Tom Foley. So, it’s a little surprising that a push to end cross-endorsements is coming from one of the governor’s strongest allies in […]

Tom Foley, a once-and-future Republican candidate for governor, came to the General Assembly to pitch a broad new conflict-of-interest standard Monday that could be problematic for many members of the part-time state legislature, including a potential GOP rival. His reward was a bipartisan beat down. Foley is the author and prime backer of a bill […]

As federal authorities continue to ask why the legislature took the first step last spring toward giving $15 million to a health clinic chain, the answers likely don’t lie within the state’s books. And that’s not just because Community Health Center Inc. never received $15 million, or because the state never even took intermediate steps […]

A jury convicted Richard Fourtin of sexual assault against a physically helpless person for allegedly having sexual contact with a woman who had cerebral palsy and mental retardation and couldn’t walk or talk. But the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled last fall that the conviction was invalid because the woman wasn’t completely unable to express unwillingness: […]

Since 2005, 11 people have died after being shocked by Tasers in Connecticut. Most have been black or Hispanic. In one case, a highly agitated Middletown man having an anxiety attack struggled with police and died after being shocked 34 times by police in 2010. In 2011, a 26-year-old man succumbed after being stunned while […]

Before they took off from the starting line, more than 15,000 people in downtown Hartford shared a moment of silence to honor the women and children who lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14. The only sound was the ringing of 26 bell tolls echoing down Main Street. Opening ceremony. Photo […]

By: Georgia Lobb The Ridgefield Press reports that average gas prices in Connecticut fell 1.9 cents last week. That makes the state average $ 3.87. To view a complete list of gas prices near you (including the cheapest prices in your area), go to GasBuddy.com and type in your area code.

By: Georgia Lobb Last year, the NYPD issued over 70,000 speeding violations to automobile drivers. A scary reality about that statistic is that a large percentage those violations took place near or in school zones. Transportation Nation recently published this graph to bring this issue to light: Photo Courtesy of TransportationNation.com The circles represent locations […]

What we reported as likely last week became a certainty Monday: The General Assembly will delay a vote on gun violence legislation in response to Newtown until next week, after the Lenten season and observances of Passover. Religion played a minor role, as Christian and Jewish holy days effectively left the legislature with a single […]