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 […]

Like Connecticut, Florida, Georgia and Texas have aging working populations. But unlike Connecticut, those three southern states are attracting younger, highly educated professionals who will replace older workers when they retire. As soon as 2015, the size of Connecticut’s working age population will peak, and those replacing the state’s retiring workers will be disproportionately younger […]

Southbury — House Speaker Chris Donovan endorsed an expansion of Medicare and a voluntary ban on negative ads at a forum Sunday for the four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in the 5th Congressional District. Elizabeth Esty is with him on Medicare, not so much on the ad pledge. Esty was the only one of […]

Close to 350 community activists, immigrants, local leaders and residents marched down Main Street in East Haven Saturday, hoping to draw attention to issues of alleged racial profiling in East Haven’s police department. Marchers called for an end to alleged racial profiling Flanked by a heavy police presence, the group carried signs and shouted slogans […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $864 million plan to expand and renovate the UConn Health Center netted university President Susan Herbst more than a few notes from other university leaders who were shocked that any state would invest so much in an academic medical center in this economic climate. This week, it helped UConn land a […]

Hopes for the future of “personalized medicine” lie at the heart of the state’s investment in a new research institute for The Jackson Laboratory on the UConn Health Center’s Farmington campus. Proponents often talk of developing the ability to tailor treatments for cancer and other complex ailments to each person’s unique genetic code. But as Dr. […]

Washington — In town for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association — and to strengthen his ties to the Obama administration — Gov. Dannel Malloy can’t hold back his enthusiasm for the president. Upon leaving the White House Friday after a meeting with President Obama, a group of Democratic governors was asked by […]

The state’s election cops intensified their warning to legislators Friday that their ability to oversee public campaign financing this fall is in jeopardy from deep budget cuts. The State Elections Enforcement Commission needs nearly double its existing contingent of account examiners if it hopes to monitor a projected caseload that includes nearly 340 campaign grants […]

Washington — Janet and Quan Hightower are middle-income homeowners in Hartford who, like a rising number of working families, are finding it hard to keep up with housing costs. A new study says the Hightower family is one of 137,000 in Connecticut spending at least half their income on housing. The Hightowers, who have four […]