Washington — Even before Hurricane Sandy spilled a drop of rain on Connecticut, President Obama granted Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s request emergency help late Sunday. However, he stopped short of granting Malloy’s request for 100 percent reimbursement of the cost of debris-removal and repairs of public roads and buildings. In a lengthy letter to the […]
Obama grants Malloy’s request for emergency aid
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Preparing for the Frankenstorm, Snoreastercane…whatever you want to call it
Tracks at a Metro-North station were flooded after Tropical Storm Irene last year. Now that the apocalypse is nearly upon us, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has decided to suspend bus, rail, and subway service beginning today at 7 p.m. That means anyone in New York planning to travel back to Connecticut should get on the […]
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Lawmakers looking for deal to halt defense cuts
Washington — Connecticut lawmakers have mixed feelings about a proposal that’s been floated on Capitol Hill that would put off for six months looming deep cuts to the Pentagon’s budget that would likely cost Connecticut defense jobs. Some defense contractors say they could support the plan to avoid the automatic cuts, known as sequestration, by […]
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Roraback, Esty, continue the money chase
Washington — Andrew Roraback, who has benefitted from fundraisers featuring the most powerful Republicans in the House of Representatives, raised more than $240,000 in a 17-day period this month. In pre-election filings with the Federal Election Commission, Roraback, a Republican, reported raising nearly $179,000 from individuals and $63,000 from PACs from Oct.1-17. Some of those […]
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Long Island Sound could be in trouble during storm
As Connecticut braces for the possibility of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall here early next week, environmental officials worry that the state’s already overtaxed sewage treatment systems could find themselves in deep trouble. During last year’s October snowstorms and Tropical Storm Irene, hundreds of millions of gallons of partially-treated or raw sewage ended up in Long Island […]
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State, utility officials expect response to new storm will top 2011 results
With the anniversary of a brutal 2011 nor’easter just a few days away, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and utility officials warned Connecticut Friday to brace for another major storm with the potential to cause prolonged, widespread outages and other major damage. But leaders of Connecticut Light & Power Co., United Illuminating and AT&T also said […]
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Murphy supports anti-discrimination law for older workers
Democrat Chris Murphy gave AARP a commitment Friday to support an anti-discrimination bill to protect older workers, something Republican Linda McMahon declined to do Thursday in her conversation with the advocacy group. “It’s really important. It’s important because what we’ve seen over the course of the recession is a dramatic increase in complaints of age […]
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Gubernatorial ally to become college system’s interim chief of staff
Deputy State Labor Commissioner Dennis Murphy, an administrator with longstanding ties to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, has been named the interim chief of staff for the state’s merged public college system. Murphy, who was appointed Friday by Philip E. Austin, interim president for the Board of Regents for Higher Education, also will retain his labor […]
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State helping to turbo-charge business innovation
New Haven — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy popped into one of New Haven’s hotbeds of innovation Thursday to announce that he’s helping it more than double in size—and become part of a new turbo-charged statewide network of startup centers. The hotbed is a coworking space called The Grove at 71 Orange St. in downtown’s Ninth […]
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Anxiety over new arts grant program
When Hamden artist Cat Balco was planning her “Ellipses” project last year — a health care and arts collaboration to help patients cope with their illnesses — she knew exactly what the state of Connecticut had to offer her for grant funding. Nothing. The new state arts grants program means the Ellipses Project, a collaboration of […]
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Billionaire’s PAC names Maynard as second target
A report filed Friday with state elections officials identified state Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, as the second legislative target of Voters for Good Government, a Super PAC financed by a Greenwich billionaire, Thomas Peterffy. The PAC is spending $26,987 for advertising on cable television. The existence of the committee and its first expenditure — a […]
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Clinton’s Waterbury rally moves indoors
The threat of bad weather is prompting Democrats to move their rally Sunday in Waterbury from Liberty Park to the Palace Theater. Bill Clinton is headlining the rally, trying to generate a higher voter turnout for U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy and 5th District congressional candidate Elizabeth Esty.
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“Alarming” levels of obesity in CT kids
About one in three Connecticut kindergartners and third graders are overweight or obese, and about one in seven are obese, according to a study by the state Department of Public Health. The study found disparities by race and income, with 41 percent of black and 43 percent of Hispanic children considered overweight or obese, compared […]
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Lawsuits challenging Malloy executive orders dismissed
A Superior Court judge has dismissed three lawsuits challenging executive orders Gov. Dannel P. Malloy issued last year that allowed certain home care workers and child care providers to unionize. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of child care providers, home care workers and clients. Two were backed by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, […]