In 2010 the legislature approved the Bradley Airport Development Zone within a four-town area around Bradley international airport. Thus, the enterprise zone concept as an economic development strategy anchored by an international airport is still a new, untested but potentially good idea in Connecticut. Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s veto of the regional Oxford airport enterprise […]

Retired Navy Commander Len Cooke understands why school districts across the state have a difficult time hiring math teachers. “Students hate math. Who wants to teach a student’s least favorite subject?” he said. Well, it turns out he does. Newly-minted math teacher Len Cooke (c) with other graduates of the Alternate Route to Certification program […]

At an upbeat, bipartisan bill-signing ceremony, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered a lengthy defense Wednesday of the generous economic-development packages recently awarded to CIGNA, ESPN and an online ticket brokerage, TicketNetwork. Malloy said that value of the state aid was to deepen those companies’ ties to Connecticut in a volatile time, protecting thousands of existing […]

WASHINGTON–Republican Chris Shays is gearing up to run for Connecticut’s open U.S. Senate seat, a source familiar with the former congressman’s plans said Wednesday. Shays plans to make his bid official in the coming weeks, and he will make a full-fledged run regardless of whether other possible GOP contenders, including Linda McMahon, also join the […]

WASHINGTON–A Westport-based bio-medical company is immersed in an unusual lobbying campaign, trying to sell a high-tech burn remedy to counter-terrorism experts in Washington who decide what to buy for the government’s public-health-emergency stockpile. But while the product and the company, Advanced BioHealing, may be cutting edge, their Washington strategy is old-school. To press their case, […]

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Democrats gained two seats in the Wisconsin State Senate in historic recall elections Tuesday, but Republicans held on to four others and–by a one-vote margin–control of the chamber, Dan Hirschhorn reports at Politico. The results maintain the GOP’s total control over the state government, where they also hold the governor’s office and a majority in […]

With the markets panicked and Washington paralyzed, organized labor is trying to use the congressional recess to change the national political debate from the deficit debt-ceiling to how to stimulate job growth in a sluggish economy. But U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, told labor and community organizers Tuesday that congressional Republicans are fixated on […]

Mary Trigila says her Windsor Locks preschool is one of the best in the Hartford area. But because the state does not grade her program, parents have to take her word for it. That may soon change, as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration is planning to begin a rating system to measure the quality of […]

Every five years since 1965, the state has reviewed and updated its plan for maintaining, expanding and improving its network of parks, forests, trails and other facilities. The process is under way again–but this time with some significant financial constraints to overcome. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is holding the first of a […]

President Barack Obama got a 60 percent approval rating from Connecticut residents in the first half of 2011, Gallup reports, higher than the ratings from any other state. Only the District of Columbia had a more favorable view, with 83 percent job approval. Obama’s support is greatest in the East, with 8 of his 10 […]

People use the Internet pretty much the same way they did a decade ago–with the exception of social networking sites, which have grown vastly in popularity in recent years, a new report from the Pew Internet Project says. Search and email remain the most popular activities, with 92 percent of adult Internet users saying they […]