U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, stopped at West Haven High School on Wednesday to publicize a piece of legislation she says would improve the quality of education — and reinforce a political message by President Obama about his latest stimulus plan. Flanked by educators and union carpenters, electricians and painters DeLauro praised a bill […]
DeLauro goes to school to back Obama on jobs
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McMahon reaches out to a wary audience — women
The declared topic that brought a dozen businesswomen to a West Hartford bagel shop to sip coffee with Linda McMahon was their challenges in business. The subtext, of course, was McMahon’s challenge in connecting with them. “We’re very hard on ourselves,” said Jody Ferrer, the president of The Perfect Promotion, a company that specializes in […]
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For some jobs, the unemployed need not apply
It is illegal for employers to discriminate against potential employees on the basis of their race, religion or gender. But employment status? Kim Keough of Bethel is among the unemployed and underemployed to learn that for some jobs, the unemployed need not apply. Keough, who was laid off in 2008, made that discovery in August […]
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What Occupy Wall Street is angry about, by the numbers
Most Americans aren’t sure what Occupy Wall Street is all about, according to a recent poll, and the protestors’ own list of grievances is a bit fuzzy in places. Business Insider, however, lays out a case against Wall Street in a series of charts, including these:
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RTTT inspiring reforms even among losers
Some of the states rejected for federal Race to the Top money are reforming their school systems anyway, Ben Wieder reports at Stateline.org–and in some cases their efforts are more ambitious than those of states that won. Every state that won a grant so far has requested an amendment to the proposal that took home […]
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Voters, your local ballots are ready for your review
For the really diligent among you, here is a link provided today by the Secretary of the State’s office to every municipal ballot. Study now, the test is Nov. 8.
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How to create a job
Our non-partisan friends at the Office of Legislative Research have posted a timely link on their blog, the OLR Reporter, to public radio’s always interesting “This American Life.” The episode is entitled, “How to create a job.” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, his staff and the legislature might give it a listen before next week’s special […]
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GOP wants to add new conditions to Jackson Laboratory deal
Top Republican state legislators offered a few suggestions Tuesday for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy if he hopes to win bipartisan support for a $291 million state commitment to attract an internationally recognized genetic research firm to Connecticut. And while the Democratic governor acknowledged again Tuesday that he might not have major GOP support for the […]
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Blue Sky Studios to expand, again with state aid
Blue Sky Studios, whose move from White Plains, N.Y., to new digital animation studios in Greenwich two years ago was encouraged by $15 million in tax credits, is about to expand. And once again, it will be helped by the state. The state announced Tuesday it is providing a $3 million, low-interest loan to the […]
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Controversial ads to keep students in Hartford likely to resume
Unfazed by the backlash sparked by a similar campaign, Hartford’s school board has approved another round of television and radio advertising urging city parents to forgo the opportunity to send their children to suburban schools. “The intent is still to highlight the quality options that are here in Hartford,” said Christina Kishimoto, the school superintendent. […]
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State slow to embrace new approach to storm runoff pollution
TORRINGTON — Kim Barbieri, the zoning and wetlands enforcement officer here, points to what looks like a gravel-topped garden set in a steep concrete sidewalk in this city’s old downtown. There is one cherry tree growing in it. “If I took a gallon of water and dumped it right here, it would not spill off […]
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Public will get to comment on Jackson Laboratory plan
One potentially divisive issue disappeared Monday as a legislative leader announced that the public will get its opportunity Thursday to comment on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to commit $291 million in state funds to leverage the development of a $1.1 billion bioscience lab at the UConn Health Center. Republican sources had complained earlier Monday […]
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Projected Wall Street job losses bode ill for Connecticut
A new report predicting 10,000 job losses by the end of 2012 and a decline in profit margins for Wall Street’s securities industry has economists, business leaders and state legislators anticipating ripple effects here, both for Fairfield County’s financial services sector and for the state budget. And while opinions were mixed over just how severe […]
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Survey: barely half of Fairfield County businesses profitable
As Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislators prepared for next week’s special session on jobs and the economy, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association released a survey Monday estimating that barely half of businesses in Fairfield County expect to turn a profit this year. “It’s certainly the single strongest county in the state,” said Peter Gioia, […]
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Letting parents know the odds of getting into a magnet school
It took Paola Arrospide four years to get her daughter out of a low-performing Hartford public school and enrolled in a magnet school. “I started screaming when we received news she got in,” said Arrospide, a baker from the South End of Hartford. “We won the lottery finally.” Paola Arrospide left, talks with Two Rivers […]