A ‘bittersweet’ end: Historic merger creates one of the nation’s largest hospitals

New Haven — A beloved Catholic hospital ended a 105-year run, and one of the nation’s largest hospitals was born, as officials signed papers Tuesday afternoon to have Yale-New Haven Hospital take over the Hospital of Saint Raphael. Two St. Raphael’s nurses called the occasion “bittersweet” as they posed for one last time with the […]

Washington — Veterans, especially young ones, suffer from dismal unemployment rates, and Congress wants to help. Both Democrats and Republicans want to win favor with an important voting bloc — the nation’s 21 million veterans. But legislation attacking veterans’ unemployment isn’t expected to pass in Congress’ shortened work period before November’s general election. Nevertheless, on […]

Mansfield — The U.S. Senate race between Linda McMahon and Christopher Murphy has featured plenty of attack ads and countercharges, but at least no one has been hit with a cane. There were plenty of heated exchanges during the 5th Congressional District primary campaigns earlier this summer, but no one was labeled a “monster” or the […]

Storrs — A $1.1 million van outfitted with prison bunk beds and realistic “breathing” inmate mannequins made its first stop Monday on its way to serve as a mobile classroom for nurses in the state’s prisons. The UConn School of Nursing opened the 40-foot Correctional Nursing Simulation Van to the public during a launching ceremony […]

Washington –– Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon deftly kept an embarrassing story about her rival — Rep. Chris Murphy — in the spotlight Monday by filing an ethics complaint about a “sweetheart” mortgage deal, but the charges aren’t likely to go anywhere, analysts say. The reason for this is that there has to be a […]

Though a popular target for critics, Connecticut’s sales tax burden is fairly modest when compared with sales taxes in other states, according to a report from nonpartisan legislative analysts. And while Connecticut’s base sales tax rate rose last year for the first time in nearly two decades, neither a state panel examining business-related taxes nor […]

Despite the shutoff of federal stimulus funding for the school year that just began, the state — surprisingly — lost fewer teaching jobs than when nearly $1 billion was being funneled into Connecticut schools. “It’s the smallest reduction we’ve had in years by far,” said Joseph Cirasuolo, executive director of the state superintendents’ association. “It’s […]

U.S. Senate candidates Linda McMahon and Chris Murphy dueled over their respective personal financial woes Friday. McMahon, a Republican, challenged her Democratic rival to disclose more details behind the July 2008 mortgage he obtained despite missing payments on an earlier mortgage. Meanwhile, Murphy pressed the Greenwich businesswoman to share more about the bankruptcy she and […]

Rocky Hill — Two percent of Connecticut businesses are very optimistic about their economic recovery, and 15 percent still consider the state to be an ideal place to do business, according to a 2012 survey of businesses in the state. And it was a good year for manufacturers, with nearly two-thirds of those surveyed reporting […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was back in coach today on the 9:55 a.m. flight home from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. He should have the frequent flyer miles soon to upgrade: He leaves Saturday for a trade mission to China. The governor’s office announced last month that Malloy accepted an invitation to attend the […]

Charlotte, N.C. –- Barack Obama, the candidate of hope and change four years ago, accepted the Democratic nomination for a second term Thursday, asking America to give him more time to move the nation forward. “You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years […]