WASHINGTON–Hospitals have launched a pricey ad blitz. Medicaid recipients held an emotional rally on Capitol Hill. And doctors pitched their message in a letter laced with urgent pleas and dire warnings. The target of all this activity? The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, dubbed the “super committee” for its broad powers to reduce the […]

Checking his watch, Thomas B. Leonardi worked quickly through his dense defense of this nation’s state-by-state approach to insurance regulation. He had lots to say to an audience at a regulatory symposium in Hartford, but there was a flight to catch, this time to Seoul, South Korea. Leonardi, a venture capitalist who was Gov. Dannel […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is a proud “double eagle,” the recipient of undergraduate and law degrees from Boston College, whose departure from the Big East for the ACC eight years ago prompted a lawsuit from Connecticut. Hard feelings reportedly persist. Malloy was coy today when asked if he had reached out to BC, which might […]

Prospective students’ ability to pay tuition and fees is becoming an increasingly-important factor in college admissions decisions, according to a survey of top admissions officials by Inside Higher Education. More than 34 percent of respondents said their institutions are focusing more attention on attracting students who can pay full tuition, according to the survey. While […]

The line outside the Department of Social Services’ Hartford office stretched down the block Friday. Hundreds more low-income residents visited offices in Bridgeport and New Haven, seeking one-time assistance to make up for losses from Tropical Storm Irene. The federal benefits have drawn a crowd, and, from people familiar with the department’s programs, praise. “I […]

Republicans got another lesson in how Democrats have consolidated power Friday as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy secured $20 million in financing for a competitive municipal grant program without disclosing how he intends to divvy up the funds. There was no legal requirement for Malloy to first disclose his intentions to the State Bond Commission, but […]

With almost half the schools in Connecticut failing to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was quick to say the state would be seeking a waiver from the federal law’s requirements under a process announced today by President Obama. “I anticipate that we would be looking at a waiver,” […]

Enrollment is down this fall at the state’s community colleges following 13 years of steady growth, and school officials say a lack of money to provide all the course offerings students want and need is likely contributing to the decline. “When resources dwindle, so does the ability of the community colleges to continue to grow,” […]

On a jobs tour this week to launch her U.S. Senate campaign, Linda McMahon asked a Milford manufacturer the question that is standard for Republican candidates these days: Do regulations hamper your business? “He said, ‘No, not really,’” McMahon reported. A lot of experts agree, at least when it comes to creating and sustaining jobs, […]

Of course, one must be carefully when using numbers and statistics, but the basic facts are these: Connecticut’s per capita income is about $56,000, while the per capita income in the US is about $33,000; Luxemburg’s is $38,000, Switzerland’s $37,000; Japan and Norway come in with per capita incomes of about $35,000. If Connecticut was […]

New federal data showing Connecticut’s overall income rose last year while most households earned less intensified the focus Thursday on the special legislative session on jobs just five weeks away. The estimates in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey also showed that despite little change in Connecticut’s uninsured population there is a growing […]