Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated three men and three women to the Superior Court on Thursday, including Anna M. Ficeto, the legal counsel of his Republican predecessor, and Maureen M. Murphy, a civil-rights lawyer involved in the lawsuit that gave same-sex couples the right to marry in Connecticut. Murphy With his previous nomination to the […]

There’s still nearly two years before the major pieces of federal health reform roll out, but for the planners designing Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, one of the central pieces of the law, the time line is much tighter. The exchange will serve as a marketplace for individuals and small businesses to buy insurance beginning in […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today proposed a new public authority to broadly coordinate development in the Hartford region, the latest in a string of initiatives to be trumpeted in his upcoming State of the State Address. Accompanied by regional officials, Malloy outlined plans for a 13-member Capital Region Development Authority that would replace an agency […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today will nominate six lawyers to the Superior Court, the first of what could be more than two dozen judicial appointments this year by a governor who says he intends to continue looking beyond the traditional confines of the trial bar to diversify the judiciary. “I think we need some different […]

State regulators have disciplined Waterbury Hospital after unannounced visits found multiple violations of care standards, including the continued use of psychiatric patient beds with side rails in the days after a patient used one to attempt suicide by hanging. The patient ultimately died. In agreeing to a consent order with the state Department of Public […]

Washington — The Occupy protesters huddled in McPherson Square and the 250 U.S. mayors meeting a block away this week have at least one thing in common: They are both reacting to the economic hardship wrought by the recession. Like the Occupy protesters, the nation’s mayors are seeking action from Washington. But with congressional gridlock and […]

South Windsor — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy used one of the new job creation tools Wednesday that state lawmakers authorized during last fall’s special session, tapping a South Windsor company to launch the new Small Business Express Program. Oxford Performance Materials, which is expected to be the first of dozens of firms to receive assistance […]

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today ordered Northeast Utilities to delay finalizing its merger with NSTAR, concluding it has the regulatory jurisdiction to review and approve the proposed $4.7 billion merger involving the state’s largest utility. “NU shall not consummate the proposed merger unless and until the Authority has issued a final decision approving the […]

The State Elections Enforcement Commission today postponed acting on a controversial plan to appoint a recently defeated politician, former Mayor Sebastian N. Giuliano of Middletown, as the new executive director and general counsel of the elections oversight agency. “At this time the commission is not ready to move forward with this appointment,” said Stephen F. […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants a solution to the “broken” way the state funds education without an influx of new money. As the task force he has asked to solve this puzzle nears completion of its initial recommendations, his budget chief has frequently reminded the members that more money cannot be their solution. “I just don’t see […]

Although Congress voted last summer to raise the debt ceiling, House leaders wanted to put President Obama’s request to raise the federal debt limit by $1.2 trillion to another test. In a largely party line -and symbolic- move,  the House voted 239-176 against raising the amount of money the federal government can borrow. f Connecticut’s […]