TicketNetwork jumped out of the First Five program as it was about to be pushed. As a consequence of the arrest of CEO Donald Vaccaro, the company announced today it was withdrawing from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s signature economic development program at a loss of more than $6 million in state aid. “TicketNetwork is regrettably […]

Witnesses presented data, charts and white papers Tuesday about the impact of a proposal that could give Connecticut the nation’s highest minimum wage, but the fate of the bill rests on a three-way conversation that hasn’t happened yet. House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, the sponsor of the politically charged bill, has yet to open negotiations […]

Washington — Gov. Dannel Malloy’s announcement that he will decide whether to turn over detained immigrants to federal authorities has landed with a thud in Washington. “We expect all local law enforcement to honor all of our detainers,” said Ross Feinstein, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Malloy has joined a few […]

Following the Supreme Court’s rejection of the state’s takeover of Bridgeport’s Board of Education, the leader of the legislature’s education committee said the chances for a retroactive fix is unlikely. “I have serious doubts whether I or other legislators will continue such language. The matter has been dealt with and it’s closed. The Supreme Court has […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today strongly defended his revised liquor reforms as a big step toward increasing competition in an industry now sheltered by state law to a degree that is “quite un-American.” As hundreds gathered in the adjacent Legislative Office Building for a public hearing on the proposal, Malloy told reporters that the state’s […]

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that two states, including Connecticut, ban Sunday liquor sales.  In fact, 13 states, including Connecticut, have such a ban  — Editor The battle to legalize Sunday liquor sales completed its evolution Tuesday into conflicting visions of prosperity and despair. On one side, liquor wholesalers, major retailers, new […]

A day after a compromise meant to neutralize liquor reforms as an issue, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will try today to further focus the press, public and legislature on education reforms that are his top priority in 2012. Malloy has overcome his staff’s resistance and intends to announce a series of free-wheeling education forums modeled […]

Connecticut’s judges, who have been trying for the last five years to remove their salaries from the political arena, might have their best chance to do so now through legislation offered by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Although the governor’s bill still allows legislators to block raises, a new, appointed Commission on Judicial Compensation would have […]

Donald J. Vaccaro is stepping down indefinitely as head of TicketNetwork to seek alcohol counseling in the wake of his arrest Monday and a veiled threat Tuesday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to cancel a state aid package for his company. “I will be taking an indefinite leave of absence as CEO from TicketNetwork as […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has cooled toward Donald Vaccaro, the chief executive officer of TicketNetwork, a company the governor included in his “First Five” economic development program. But will it cost Vaccaro a deal with the state? Reacting to Vaccaro’s arrest at a Academy Award party in Hartford, Malloy said he has ordered a review […]

Trying to keep the political focus on education reform, the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy responded Monday to some of the concerns raised by wholesalers and retailers of alcohol about his sweeping proposal to overhaul liquor laws. Revisions distributed by the administration would limit competition among retailers and retain some of the controls on […]

At 3:54 p.m. on Feb. 1, 1995, Andrew W. Roraback cast the first in what by his count is an unbroken string of 8,470 roll call votes in the General Assembly. The question now is how many of them will dog his candidacy for Congress. Lisa Wilson-Foley, one of his rivals for the Republican nomination […]

The state has been working to get people out of nursing homes, but officials are hoping that at least one facility will be open to taking a new group of residents — parolees and patients from state institutions. Like many states, Connecticut has a growing population of older prisoners whose care, officials say, could be […]