The legislature’s Republican minority outlined an agenda Friday that is a critique of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and a statement of principles for the 2012 election, not a plan designed to win favor with a Democratic governor and legislative majority. House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. of Norwalk and Senate Minority Leader John P. […]

Connecticut’s economic recovery should continue this year, although a new study warns that a host of wild cards, from sovereign debt in Europe to the bioscience initiative in Farmington, could accelerate growth even more — or leave the Nutmeg State’s productivity lagging behind the nation’s. The Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis also found that a […]

Seven of every 10 students who enroll in the state’s community colleges are diverted into non-credit remedial courses to prepare them for college-level courses. Several members of the legislature’s Higher Education Committee equate these remedial courses to the colleges’ Bermuda Triangle: Only 13.6 percent of the full-time students who take them will earn an associate’s […]

Are speed traps about safety or revenue? It’s been a question since the first cop wrote the first speeding ticket, and it was the challenge Thursday for advocates of a high-tech version of the old speed trap: automated red-light cameras. Legislative advocates of the automated ticketing system said safety was their only concern as they […]

The Office of Policy and Management this afternoon backed off its proposal in the revised fiscal 2013 budget to have the state’s major arts and cultural organizations compete for the money they have traditionally received as an earmark. Instead, Secretary Benjamin Barnes indicated in a statement that the Department of Economic and Community Development will develop […]

The state’s clean elections watchdog agency warned Wednesday that while it has enough funding to provide public grants for this fall’s state elections, it lacks the resources to monitor how candidates qualify for and spend the money. Though a final report hasn’t been completed yet, the State Elections Enforcement Commission expects to notify lawmakers later […]

Mashantucket – The economic and political clout of the state’s two tribal casinos was amply demonstrated Wednesday by the sight of Connecticut’s top officials on a casino stage to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Foxwoods Resort Casino. The distant, soft singing of slot machines could be heard faintly inside the darkened Fox Theater as Gov. […]

Once sex offenders in Connecticut are released from prison, they are unlikely to be sent back for another sex crime, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Office of Policy and Management. Of 746 sex offenders released in Connecticut in 2005, five years later, less than 4 percent had been re-arrested and charged […]

Waves of retired teachers once covered by their districts’ health plans are opting to get insurance through the state’s less expensive policy. If Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has his way, his budget will slow this migration by increasing the cost the state’s 32,000 retired teachers and spouses would pay to join the state’s health plan. […]

Majority Democrats in the state Senate announced a multi-tiered initiative Wednesday to better safeguard electric service and to hold Connecticut’s utilities accountable through new performance standards and penalties. The proposal includes a $300 million state investment over the next decade to create “microgrids” — sections of community centers with extra safeguards to ensure electric service […]

Arts organizations in Connecticut had been feeling the love from the Malloy administration: a new home in the Department of Economic and Community Development, leadership that seemed to care what they had to say, new programs, and not insignificantly — more funding. But not after last week. Tucked into Gov. Dannel Malloy’s revised fiscal 2013 […]