Turn on an NFL game this month and you’re likely to see linebackers sporting pink cleats and gloves. Buy groceries and you’ll have your choice of products–from yogurt to mushrooms–in pink packaging. There’s a pink KitchenAid “cook for the cure” mixer, pink office supplies, and a Smith & Wesson handgun with a pink grip, all […]

In 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain warned about man-made global warming, Elizabeth Rosenthal notes in the New York Times Magazine, and once elected Obama promised “a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change.” Today, most Republican presidential candidates seem to agree with Texas Gov. Rick Perry that “the science is not settled” […]

In a case being closely watched by advocates for people with disabilities, the state Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday over whether a woman who had cerebral palsy and mental retardation and who could not speak or walk met the legal definition of “physically helpless” when she allegedly was sexually assaulted. A jury convicted Richard […]

State government will issue nearly $10.3 million in longevity payments to senior employees on Thursday, including nearly $6.2 million to non-union executives, managers and other staff and $4.1 million to union workers, according to numbers released Friday by Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo. About 39,200 union workers forfeited their scheduled longevity payments as part of the […]

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, is demonstrating a strong financial advantage among Democrats in the 2012 U.S. Senate race, raising twice the money as Susan Bysiewicz for the third straight quarter. State Rep. William Tong, D-Stamford, who made a splash in July by collecting a quick $565,572 in his first weeks as a candidate, […]

The 10-month interlude between the end of Linda McMahon’s first U.S. Senate campaign and start of her second turns out to have been the busiest period by far in the six-year existence of the Vince and Linda McMahon Family Foundation. After an average of five grants a year for five years, the foundation this year […]

The stars are aligning for the state’s youngest population. Strong legislation was passed in the 2011 session to coordinate early childhood services for the whole child and family. A massive collaborative effort has gone into the preparation of Connecticut’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) application. And, Connecticut has a governor who […]

When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced plans to commit $291 million in state funds to bring a major bioscience lab to Connecticut, Republican legislative leaders voiced support but said they had a lot of questions. Two weeks later those questions persist, and Malloy acknowledged Thursday he may not get the overwhelming bipartisan support he hoped […]

Chris Shays just laughed when asked to lay out the path he intends to take around, through or over Linda McMahon, the biggest obstacle to the former congressman’s comeback bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2012. “That’s the last [expletive] thing I want to talk to you about,” he said, grinning […]

Chocolate and other flavored milk has come under fire from advocates who say it should be removed from school cafeterias. But the beverage has allies among Connecticut officials who cheered when a federal official noted that it was left out of new rules aimed at ensuring students get healthier meals. “That would be a public […]