Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday announced plans for an $864 million renovation and expansion for the UConn Health Center that he said could create thousands of jobs and position the state as a leader in bioscience. It’s the fourth plan for the health center in the past five years, but Malloy said his proposal […]

WASHINGTON–Connecticut’s Susan Carney cruised to confirmation Tuesday, with the full Senate approving her nomination to the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 71-28. The Senate tally catapults Carney from her post as deputy general counsel at Yale University’s General Counsel’s office , where she has worked for more than 12 years, […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s labor deal relies largely on hard, verifiable cuts to achieve its $1.6 billion two-year target, but also includes hundreds of millions of dollars in softer assumptions about savings to be derived from things like retirement, employee suggestions and a healthier work force. The deal now awaiting ratification votes by unionized state […]

As head of a carpenters union, it infuriated Glenn Marshall that his members lost out on jobs to companies that cut costs by improperly classifying their workers as independent contractors, avoiding payroll taxes and other expenses. “I could barely buy the materials for what they would bid a project,” Marshall recalled. But now he is […]

Republican Linda McMahon has made it clear that she is mulling another bid for the U.S. Senate in 2012. So perhaps it’s no surprise that she’s been chatting up political operatives in Washington recently. “I’m being told that she’s interested in running,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on […]

Battling public sector unions has proved to be so much fun for Republicans that Democrats in the Northeast want in on the party: Last month Democrats in the Democrat-controlled Massachusetts House adopted a bill limiting public union bargaining rights. In New York, Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget will force all governmental units statewide to pare […]

With a tentative labor concession deal in hand, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered his first red-meat speech as governor Monday night, proclaiming himself a proud son of organized labor and defender of a social safety net woven by generations of Democrats dating to FDR. “Let me say this as clearly as I can: I believe […]

Though Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has insisted he won’t rely on retirement incentive programs and other fiscal gimmicks to cut labor costs, his tentative union concession deal includes several retirement benefit changes that could encourage a wave of senior workers to step down this summer. A summary of the tentative deal announced Friday by Malloy […]

Leaders of the push to create a SustiNet state-run health plan have reached an agreement with the Malloy administration and Democratic legislative leaders, with a plan that includes examining but not committing the state to a public insurance option. “This is a very significant step forward in terms of health care reform for the state,” […]

WASHINGTON–As appellate court nominees go, Susan Carney doesn’t have the typical resume. She hasn’t questioned many witnesses, tried many cases, or starred in many courtroom dramas. For more than 12 years, Carney has worked as a top lawyer for Yale University, where she is now second-in-command in the school’s general counsel’s office. “It’s a nonstandard […]

For many homeowners, efforts to save energy start and stop with the low-hanging fruit–using fluorescent lightbulbs, for example, or caulking air leaks. Now the state is looking at a way to encourage investment in more expensive, more effective measures. “You drive around, a lot of people still have old windows in their homes,” said Sen. […]