Gov. Dannel P. Malloy heard plenty of strategies he has already implemented or endorsed as he met Monday morning with governors and other officials from northeastern states at an economic forum. But amid other states’ stories of increased business loans, expanded roles for colleges and universities and new financial incentives for high-technology firms came another […]
Malloy hears tales of other states’ tax cuts
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DCF ends surprise home visits
Child welfare worker Elisangela Silva had grown used to the reaction she received from showing up at strangers’ doors unannounced to inform them the state is investigating whether they are abusing or neglecting a child. It typically was adversarial. “Slammed doors, flaring arms in the air, yelling at me,” the seven-year veteran social worker in […]
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Project ECHO brings faraway specialists close to home
NEW BRITAIN–The patient said she was committed to getting treatment for her hepatitis C, but she’d been missing appointments and doses of medication. Amanda Swan, the nurse practitioner caring for her at Community Health Center, Inc., sat in a conference room, preparing to get guidance on the case from 2,100 miles away. “I’m really looking […]
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Donovan says he raised $250K in 3Q
House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan says he raised $250,000 for his 5th District congressional campaign in the third quarter, bringing his total to more than $500,000. The Donovan campaign says the average donation was $75, collected from a donor base of of 2,500 for the quarter ending September 30. The reports for the quarter are […]
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Health insurance exchange board searching for CEO, quickly
Wanted: Educated, experienced senior-level manager to develop and run a key piece of health care reform. Must pass muster with the governor and, preferably, be willing to start work early next year. Those are the basic qualifications to become the first chief executive officer of the state’s health insurance exchange, a marketplace for individuals and […]
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Malloy easily surpasses goal for state worker retirements
More than 2,600 state workers elected to retire from state service between January and Oct. 1, more than two-and-a-half times the number of retirements recorded last year at this time, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office announced Tuesday. The Office of Policy and Management reported, 2,628 retirements, well beyond the level originally projected by the […]
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Poll: Few think GOP would have done better than Obama on economy
While Barack Obama’s bleak poll numbers generally are attributed in large part to the economy, relatively few Americans think a Republican president would have done a better job, according to a new Washington Post-Bloomberg poll. Twenty-three percent say the economy would be better if the GOP held the White House, 25 percent say it would […]
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The five cancers most likely to push you over the financial edge
Cancer often takes a heavy toll not only on people’s bodies but on their finances as well. And just as some types of cancer are more deadly than others, some types cause more financial pain, as recent research from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center shows. When researchers examined bankruptcy rates in Washington state and compared them […]
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Navigating potential conflicts, a first lady finds a new job
One spouse lands his dream CEO job, but it’s 79 miles away. Faced with a horrible commute or living apart, the other spouse, also a senior executive, eventually finds a comparable job in the new city. It’s a familiar story in the age of two-career couples. But when the first spouse is Gov. Dannel P. […]
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DEEP’s first energy efficiency program ready to roll
After a balky start, due in no small part to the budget uncertainties in the first half of the year, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is on the verge of launching its first major energy efficiency initiative. Called Lead By Example–a name not uncommon around the nation for energy conservation programs–Connecticut’s is designed […]
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A new union leader assumes an influential role
To understand the power Mary Loftus Levine enjoys as the new leader of the state’s largest teachers union, one has to look no further than Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s remarks to a room full of school superintendents at their annual back-to-school pep talk. On what is one of the top issues for many superintendents — […]
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First Lady Malloy named head of Hartford-area non-profit
Connecticut’s first lady Cathy Malloy has been named the new leader of the Greater Hartford Arts Council, a non-profit organization a few blocks away from the State Capitol that helps organize Taste of Hartford, sends children to art camp during the summer and helped the beatification of Pope Park. Malloy stepped down from running a […]
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Quinnipiac picks St. Vincent’s as primary partner for new medical school
Quinnipiac University has selected St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport to be the principal clinical partner of its new medical school, which is scheduled to begin classes in 2013. Under a five-year agreement between the two institutions, St. Vincent’s medical staff will take part in designing the medical school’s clinical curriculum and academic policies and […]
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Still looking for a candidate? There are hundreds to chose from–and counting
The field of actual and potential top-tier Republican presidential candidates may be thinning, but the number of hopefuls you never heard of keeps growing at the rate of nearly one a day, Eric Ostermeier reports at Smart Politics. As of Friday, 239 Americans had submitted statements of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission. Since mid-August, […]
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Agencies predict a larger demand for smaller heating aid fund
While state officials have tentatively planned to compensate for cuts in federal winter heating assistance by scaling back aid levels to qualifying residents, nonprofit agencies warned Friday that the reduced funding will have to be spread even further, to some 20,000 more households than last year. The 12 nonprofit agencies that process applications for aid […]