If a tax return mailed into the state is a day late, should there be a penalty? If tax forms are filed with mistakes, should state government first pursue those that have the most funding at stake? The state auditors and the Department of Revenue Services bumped heads recently over questions like that as the […]

Rep. Tim O’Brien, D-New Britain, has resigned from the House, effective Tuesday.O’Brien, a state legislator for eight years, was elected mayor of New Britain last week, succeeding Republican Tim Stewart, who did not run. “I look forward to building on my work in the state legislature to create a bright future for the people of […]

As has been covered in detail by the Mirror (“As exchange board begins work, advocates still seeking change,” Nov. 3, 2011), consumer advocates are concerned that there is not a voting member on the board developing the state’s health insurance exchange who represents consumers.  Many members of the board dispute that, claiming that they represent […]

Commerce, politics and a brief nod to veterans came together at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford on Friday, where a three-day auto show began at a moment normally associated with the signing of the armistice that ended World War I. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, somber uniformed […]

NEW HAVEN–Lynn Smith showed a slide with three names: Larry King, Ulysses S. Grant, MC Hammer. “What do they have in common?” she asked a small classroom of 10 at-risk students at the New Haven Family Alliance Center. “They all went bankrupt.” What followed was an immediate burst of excitement, some giggles, a few disparaging […]

Pre-Thanksgiving pleas for donations from food banks and pantries are a familiar part of the season, but organizers say the rare October snow storm causing massive power outages will compound the demand this year, and some may struggle to fill empty shelves. Gloria McAdam serves as president of Foodshare, a Connecticut food distribution bank that […]

Horse poop. It might sound like the punchline to a giggling-kid joke. In Connecticut it’s no joke. With 45,000 to 60,000 horses–the most of any New England state–producing 50 pounds of manure each a day,  that’s about eight tons a year per horse. And with Long Island Sound pretty much the catchall for anything that […]

Seeking additional aid to clean up from the October snow storm, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today signed a request for the federal government to declare a major disaster in every Connecticut county except New London. “I’m expecting swift action from the federal government sometime next week,” Malloy said. “Certainly, I’d be disappointed if they did […]

Opponents of two executive orders that establish a way for home care attendants and child care workers to unionize voiced their frustration Thursday, warning that they could hurt home care in the state, criticizing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for issuing the orders without input from the people most affected, and questioning whether he overstepped his […]

After three years, Dorothy Lewis has come to think of the Wethersfield Health Care Center as home. Now, she testified Thursday, she fears losing that home and the workers she considers family as the nursing home’s owners try to shut it down. “I’m standing up to show you I’ve been restored to complete normal health,” […]

With 28,000 mortgages in foreclosure, state officials are stepping up efforts to help struggling homeowners by sponsoring an all-day event in Hartford next week where borrowers can meet one-on-one with lenders and counselors. “We encourage any Connecticut homeowner that’s having trouble paying their mortgage to come to the event,” Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin said […]

Consultants gave University of Connecticut officials the results of their $4 million study of the school’s operations Thursday: a plan to improve UConn’s finances through a combination of personnel reductions, spending efficiencies and revenue increases. The final report by McKinsey & Company projects annual savings and revenue increases totaling $7.6 to $12.8 in the current […]

It’s a dilemma Corey Schmitt has seen dozens of students face during the three years he’s worked at the University of Connecticut’s financial aid office: either go to school full-time and take out thousands of dollars in loans, or attend part-time and work to pay some of the expenses on the way. “Students don’t want […]

We didn’t used to get weather updates from the governor. “The weather forecast is calling for winds of 15-30 miles per hour with locally higher gusts,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in an emailed statement Thursday. “Normally, these types of winds would not be of concern, but with the condition of trees following the October […]