Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and officials from the genetics research firm Jackson Laboratory will announce a “major collaboration” in bioscience Friday morning, according to Malloy’s office. On Wednesday, former UConn President Philip E. Austin, who serves as the university’s interim vice president for health affairs, said that a “major scientific group” will be relocating to […]
Malloy to announce major collaboration with genetics firm Friday
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Community Health Network selected for Medicaid ASO
The Department of Social Services has selected Community Health Network of Connecticut Inc. to negotiate a contract to administer Medicaid and the state’s other public health care programs, which serve nearly 600,000 people. The Wallingford-based nonprofit currently serves as one of three managed care companies that administer the HUSKY program for mostly low-income children and […]
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The Chrises set to be at same hearing next week, on opposite sides of dais
Connecticut’s U.S. Senate election isn’t for another year or so, but two of the candidates for that seat will have a chance to face off next week. Well, sort of. Ex-Rep. Chris Shays will once again be testifying before Congress on Tuesday about the findings of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, which Shays co-chaired. The […]
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Poverty leaps among Latino children
The spread of poverty across the United States beginning with the recent recession hit Latino children particularly hard, a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center says. Its analysis of 2010 U.S. Census data concludes that 6.1 young Hispanics are living in poverty–more than any other racial or ethnic group. The report says the increase […]
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Jobseekers, your host today will be Senator Blumenthal
EAST HARTFORD–It is a sign of the times, the newest wrinkle in congressional constituent services, the latest angle on the only issue that matters today: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, whose own employment is assured through 2016, staged a job fair Wednesday. With the passage of jobs legislation unlikely, Blumenthal is joining the small number of members […]
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DCF social workers ask Malloy for their jobs back
Although the drawn-out union concession process has been over for weeks, lingering labor issues remain–including the case of a group of social workers from the Department of Children and Families who rallied Wednesday asking that their layoffs be rescinded. “I know the state is not legally required to hire us back, but I also know […]
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UConn decides against second tuition hike
When officials at the University of Connecticut decided earlier this year to approve the smallest tuition increase in a decade and instead cut their budget by almost $30 million, they did so with a big caveat: They might be forced to come back after the start of the school year and increase tuition. UConn CFO Richard Gray […]
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Insurance department reduces Anthem’s rate hike
The Connecticut Insurance Department has turned down a request by the state’s largest health insurer to raise premiums by 12.9 percent for more than 25,000 individual-market policies, instead granting the company a 3.9 percent increase. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield had said that the higher increase was needed to account for rising claims costs, […]
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Malloy administration cites risk of exceeding spending cap
Though Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration has insisted to date it intends to live within the constitutional spending cap, its budget office recently gave warning — less than three months into the new fiscal year — that this goal would be difficult to reach. In its monthly budget report to Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo, the […]
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PPP poll says the Chrises are strongest Senate candidates
More than 13 months from Election Day 2012, Democrat Chris Murphy and Republican Chris Shays are less well-known than their main rivals for their parties’ U.S. Senate nominations, but they’re better liked. And both do better than their competitors in prospective general election matchups. In a survey released Wednesday, Public Policy Polling says 70 percent […]
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UConn Health Center leader says major scientific company likely to relocate to CT
The interim leader of the University of Connecticut Health Center told a room full of top university officials that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will likely make a big announcement next week that a “major scientific group” will relocate to Connecticut. Philip E. Austin said the move will likely create hundreds of jobs and is directly […]
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Yale-New Haven, St. Raphael move ahead with merger plans
Plans for a merger between Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael are moving forward. The hospitals announced Wednesday that they have signed an agreement and will now seek approval from state and federal regulators. The plan must be reviewed by the state attorney general’s office, the state Office of Health Care Access, […]
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Planned Parenthood a target of House GOP inquiry
House Republicans have ramped up their campaign against Planned Parenthood, launching an official congressional investigation into the organization, which provides sexual and reproductive health care to women across the country. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., chairman of a House oversight and investigations subcommittee, has asked Planned Parenthood for reams of documents about everything from its accounting […]
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A governor faces off with labor. Have we seen this movie?
N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s relationship with labor has taken a familiar turn. Luckily for Cuomo, the story ran on page A16 of the Times.
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Legislators add $15 million to heat assistance plan
Legislators voted Tuesday night to provide federal energy assistance to all households that qualify, effectively rejecting a plan by the Malloy administration that would have made up for a projected shortfall in federal funds by limiting the benefit to households not heated by utilities. To do so, legislators assumed that the federal commitment to the […]