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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

For most, it was a tough summer raising money for the open seat in the 5th Congressional District: Democrat Christopher Donovan and Republican Justin Bernier were the only two candidates to see their fundraising improve over the previous quarter. And two candidates, Republican Mike Clark and Democrat Michael Williams, fell far off the pace in […]

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 […]