Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s public personna is confident, if not aggressive. And that seems to be playing better with men than women. The Quinnipiac poll out today — our full story is available here — has an anomaly: Men are evenly divided on the governor, whose approval rating crept higher again, but women are negative. […]

Waterbury — It’s been decades since teachers and their unions have been this upset, and it began with a governor with ambitious plans appearing to publicly chide their profession. “In today’s (public education) system, basically the only thing you have to do is show up for four years. Do that, and tenure is yours,” Gov. […]

Republicans ran out the clock on two controversial proposals to extend collective bargaining rights to daycare and home care workers Tuesday, preventing either from getting a vote by the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee before its deadline for acting on bills. But those on both sides expect the proposals, which grew out of executive […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration recognized shrinking tax revenues in its latest budget forecast Wednesday, yet remained the only entity still projecting that state government will wrap up the fiscal year in just over three months in the black. In a report filed Wednesday with the comptroller’s office, the governor’s budget agency did note that […]

In a bipartisan committee vote Tuesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy prevailed on lifting the ban on Sunday liquor sales, but fell short of the sweeping reforms he proposed in January on price and competition. The question now is will Malloy declare victory and move on, or will he direct his administration to continue lobbying for […]

Washington — The average American is barred by the embargo from traveling to Cuba, but Connecticut students are packing their bags to visit the island. After President Obama loosened travel restrictions last year to allow greater religious, cultural and academic travel to Cuba, a number of Connecticut colleges rushed to take advantage of the opening. […]

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal attended a news conference Monday to support a bill promoted by anti-prostitution crusader Raymond Bechard — the same man Blumenthal sued as attorney general over allegations of charities fraud in 2009. Was Blumenthal unaware of the connection? Or, as Bechard suggested, did the senator’s presence signify that the still-pending lawsuit was […]

Majority Democrats proposed a one-year cap Monday on the state’s escalating wholesale fuel tax — but set it to expire one day before one of the largest fuel tax increases in state history is set to kick in. Democratic leaders in the House and Senate pledged to consider extending the cap beyond June 2013, but […]

A legislator who used to be a cop is trying to force the Hartford Advocate and other alternative papers to ban ads for the sex trade by making publishers criminally liable if an ad leads to an encounter with an underage prostitute. The constitutionality of such legislation is untested, with a crusading anti-prostitution author, Raymond […]

Washington — Few will be watching the arguments next week in front of the Supreme Court over the health care law more closely than Connecticut insurers whose financial health hinges on the justices’ decision. At the heart of the legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act is a mandate that will require most Americans either to buy […]