BRISTOL–Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday the state will invest more than $25 million in cable sports giant ESPN’s plans to develop a second digital center on its main campus here. ESPN, which has pledged to create a minimum of 200 jobs over the next five years, would be the third recipient of incentives through […]

Connecticut education officials are considering seeking a waiver to requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, saying the state is unlikely to meet the benchmarks. “We do not have the resources necessary to do what No Child Left Behind requires,” said State Board of Education Chairman Allan B. Taylor. “Connecticut should certainly apply for […]

Connecticut lawmakers and social service advocates on Tuesday urged Congress to preserve funding for an energy assistance program that helps more than 113,000 low-income state households heat their homes in the winter. Such appeals could become commonplace in the coming weeks, as the fallout of a deal to cut $550 billion in federal domestic discretionary […]

Depending on how much they earn, Connecticut workers could start noticing less in their paychecks at week’s end as state government starts collecting at special income tax rates to reflect new increases – and to apply them retroactively back to Jan. 1. But while Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his fellow Democrats in the legislature’s […]

The deal to raise the debt ceiling reached by President Obama and Congressional leaders averts the immediate crisis, John Gramlich and Melissa Maynard report at Stateline.org, but it leaves governors wondering exactly what kind of pain their states will face over the next decade. While the deal calls for $917 billion in deficit reduction through […]

WASHINGTON-After a rushed and wrenching review, Connecticut’s five U.S. House members split over the debt-reduction deal crafted by the White House and congressional leaders to avoid a U.S. default. Capping a chaotic day and ending weeks of brinksmanship, the House approved the measure by a vote of 269 to 161, with 174 Republicans supporting the […]

The heads of state government’s nine watchdog agencies referred three finalists Monday to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to become executive director of the new Office of Governmental Accountability — including one candidate who’s prepared to take no salary. The Governmental Accountability Commission voted unanimously following a 50-minute closed-door debate to recommend: former Freedom of Information […]

NEW HAVEN — The last time a comprehensive conservation and management plan was created for Long Island Sound was 1994. The estuary was severely stressed from pollution, toxins, garbage, poorly regulated development and general neglect. But the phrase “climate change” had yet to enter the public lexicon, the concept of sea level rise was barely […]

As tempers flare over the contentious vote and revote on a labor concession deal, one of the questions that occasionally pops up on comment boards is this: Is the Malloy Administration really spending money to redecorate the governor’s mansion as it is demanding labor givebacks? Technically, the state isn’t redecorating the Executive Residence (the term […]

To combat the nation’s obesity problem, officials in some jurisdictions have considered requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus, saying that would help consumers make better decisions. Critics, on the other hand, say nobody orders a Big Mac thinking it’s a low-cal snack, and posting the numbers won’t help. A new study […]