Republicans pushed Monday for a court-appointed special master, Nathaniel Persily, to tear up Connecticut’s congressional map, calling it a gerrymander drawn 10 years ago to accommodate two incumbents forced to compete for one seat. In the only public hearing before Persily recommends new districts to the state Supreme Court on Jan. 27, Democrats and Republicans […]

The state Department of Social Services has failed to employ enough workers to process Medicaid applications in the timeframe required by federal law, leaving thousands of low-income residents without access to health care coverage, legal aid attorneys alleged in a federal class action lawsuit filed Monday. “Over the last decade, DSS has been systematically stripped […]

Nobody had to convince Branford First Selectman Anthony “Unk” DaRos that the water level in Long Island Sound is higher than it used to be. He’s spent four decades as a stonemason, much of it raising docks all along the shoreline “Why would they build a dock that goes underwater at high tide,” he asked. […]

Selective burying of electric wires to protect critical public services, dramatically enhanced tree-trimming and new utility performance standards with penalties topped a list of recommendations issued Monday by the panel studying Connecticut’s readiness for future major storms. Now consumers must let state officials know how much more they will pay for this system, said Joseph […]

A year into new management at the troubled Department of Children and Families, a report card issued by the court-ordered monitor outlines the “significant challenges” that remain before he is convinced abused and neglected children are in good hands with the state. But, “This report demonstrates considerable progress as well as identifying significant challenges,” Raymond Mancuso, […]

A new report showing state government’s operating cash pool is running low sparked a partisan dispute Friday between minority Republicans in the House of Representatives and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration. And while House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero, R-Norwalk, tried to link the cash flow problem to an unstable state budget, Office of Policy […]

Encouraged by new guidelines from the state Supreme Court, Democrats today proposed a congressional district map that makes minimal changes in the five U.S. House districts dominated by Democrats since 2008. Republicans modified the map they last proposed, but the GOP still is pushing for changes that would make the open 5th Congressional District seat […]

House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, conceded today that the Supreme Court’s instructions to its special master on redistricting appears to echo a key Democratic argument: new congressional districts can be drawn with minimal changes to the existing map. But Cafero said he also sees room for the special master, Professor Nathaniel Persily […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have given an energizing pep talk on education reform to a roomful of education advocates and leaders Thursday, but it was the comments he made to reporters afterward that will likely receive the largest cheers from those who have long said the state is shortchanging education. “To make some of […]

With gasoline prices already climbing since December, a Meriden lawmaker and Connecticut’s service stations want to put the brakes on a volatile state fuel tax that accelerates prices hikes even further. But with Connecticut taxpayers still recovering from the $1.5 billion increase ordered across all state taxes last year to close a record-setting budget deficit, […]

The Connecticut Supreme Court has directed its special master on redistricting, Professor Nathaniel Persily of Columbia, to make minimal changes as he draws new lines for the state’s five U.S. House districts, echoing arguments made by Democrats. “In developing the plan,” the court said in its new order, “the Special Master shall modify the existing […]

Farmington — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy marked his first anniversary in office today by finalizing the deal for the state to invest $291 million in a genetics research institute at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The state’s partnership with The Jackson Laboratory, a world-renowned research center in Maine, is an attempt to ride the […]