Gov. Dannel P. Malloy used Connecticut’s credit card Friday for the last time in 2011, and there were nice gifts for six large businesses, legislative allies and himself. While two of the Democratic governor’s Republican critics charged that Malloy hasn’t really curbed the state’s free-spending ways, the governor noted that Connecticut’s unemployed got a nice present […]

There was no holiday poem, no list of who’s been naughty or nice. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was in full-campaign mode today in his first holiday address to the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce, a modern tradition for Connecticut governors. Malloy saw a packed house of business owners and executives, and he worked on selling them […]

James Jeter was at the edge of his seat, waiting to jump into the discussion on the theory of social justice during one of his Wesleyan University courses. Professor Christopher Anderson teaches while inmate James Jeter watches “I have something to say,” the student quietly signaled to the professor, putting himself at the end of […]

Connecticut officials were informed Thursday that their third application for federal Race to the Top funds has been rejected. “We are bummed,” said Liz Donohue, the administration’s point person for the application. “We are not among the finalists.” The Malloy administration had hoped to land $50 million to implement a variety of initiatives to try […]

While state officials struggle to fund winter heating assistance, the gap between what Connecticut’s poorest families need to heat their homes, and what they can actually afford, continues to grow, a new study reported Thursday. Operation Fuel, a private, nonprofit agency that expects to help more than 7,000 households keep warm this winter, reported that […]

Brushing off a lawyer’s complaints and media questions, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pushed ahead Thursday with the pursuit of state employees suspected of fraudulently obtaining disaster aid, announcing that 10 more state workers have been referred for disciplinary hearings. The number of state employees now facing discipline that could include termination has risen to 34. […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today named Mark Ojakian, a confidant of his lieutenant governor and the point man in the protracted concessions negotiations with state employees that largely defined Malloy’s first year as governor, as his next chief of staff. “He has a tremendous breadth of knowledge, experience, dedication and character, and an extraordinary capacity […]

State officials are developing a plan to dramatically reshape the state’s long-term care system, just as demand for it is expected to skyrocket. The effort — referred to as “right-sizing” the system — is aimed at allowing more seniors and people with disabilities to live in community settings rather than institutions. If it goes as […]