Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is cooking dinner for his extended family at the Executive Residence for his first Thanksgiving as governor. His wife’s parents, who are in their early 90s, are making the trip, as is the governor’s sister, a couple of nephews and their children. He described his menu as “traditional, plus, I do […]

It was nearly lost amidst the challenge of a gargantuan deficit, the outcry over a record tax increase, and the drama of a new Democratic governor’s struggle to obtain concessions from his allies in organized labor. But Connecticut was the only state to adopt an earned-income tax credit this year, a long-sought benefit for the […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered his first criticism Tuesday of the legislature’s bipartisan redistricting panel, saying yielding the responsibility to the courts would be “a gigantic mistake.” “They should get their act together and get reapportionment done. It’s an odd number of people. Get a vote, and get it done, and stop playing around with […]

Funding for LIHEAP, a federal energy assistance program, is on the chopping block this year. That’s got one Connecticut nonprofit agency — that works to keep low-income people warm all winter — on edge. “There’s no way, realistically, that a privately funded operation like ours could ever make up the shortfall in LIHEAP funding,” said […]

By law, the failure of the congressional “super committee” to issue a deficit-reduction plan this week triggers $1.2 trillion in cuts to defense spending, Medicare and other federal programs over the next decade. But with more than a year to go before the trigger takes effect, some members of Congress are looking for alternatives to […]

State lawmakers are raising new concerns about Department of Energy and Environmental Protection staffing after a new audit concluded that the former administration allowed millions of dollars in federal funds owed Connecticut — some dating to 2001 — to go uncollected. The same audit also found that the former Department of Environmental Protection improperly wrote […]

We haven’t found the conservative analog, but here is a how-to piece for someone on the liberal-to-radical spectrum who wants to constructively talk politics at Thanksgiving dinner with less-than-simpatico relatives. Or, just stick to football.

Connecticut is running out of time to comply with a court order to reduce the racial isolation of Hartford’s largely black and Hispanic school population, and it’s still far from the finish line. “They have a lot of work to do to get to where they need to be for next year,” said Martha Stone, […]

NEW BRITAIN – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and a top federal transit official signed off at an elaborate ceremony today on the last and biggest piece of funding for the New Britain-to-Hartford busway, a symbolic project for a new governor impatient to invest in public infrastructure. Malloy linked today’s ceremonial signing of a $275 million […]

Does a juvenile delinquency prevention program lead to lower recidivism rates? Does a parent improvement program lead to more children being able to stay at home because of improved living environments? Nearly one-quarter of the services the state’s abused and neglected children and their families are referred to by the Department of Children and Families […]

Mention of the farm bill generally conjures visions of big payouts to Midwestern corn and wheat growers with little relevance to the small farmers or just about anyone else in Connecticut. True those subsidies don’t mean much here, but there is plenty in the legislation that does. It is packed with provisions from dairy supports […]

With a tougher job — drawing a new map that reflects the elimination of a congressional district — Massachusetts has finished drawing its new congressional map. Don’t look for any redistricting maps in Connecticut until after the Thanksgiving weekend. The bipartisan redistricting panel still is focused on state House and state Senate districts, with the […]

The former top executive of Connecticut Light & Power Co. popped back up on the media grid Friday — one day after his resignation was announced — but only to indicate that he wouldn’t be discussing his departure. “While I appreciate that the media may be interested in speaking to me about my decision to […]

Democrats line up to support Occupy Wall Street, but when Election Day comes, many occupiers say they won’t vote for any Democrats, or anyone at all. “Voting changes nothing,” said Luke Johnson, 33, a member of Occupy Hartford. Johnson said he isn’t a registered voter and that he feels disillusioned by the idea of voting, […]