WASHINGTON–Gov. Dannel Malloy still has his sights on winning an extra $100 million in federal funds for the state’s high-speed rail line. But on Thursday he was scrambling to make sure Connecticut didn’t lose millions of dollars in federal aid for a related rail project now in the design phase. At a meeting with Transportation […]

Despite significant proposed cuts to its budget for the next school year, the University of Connecticut administration is recommending that trustees adopt the smallest percentage increase in tuition and fees since 2000. The proposed 2.5 percent increase — which amounts to an additional $240 in tuition and fees for in-state students — is expected to […]

A court-appointed receiver has recommended closing four nursing homes that have been in state receivership since January, arguing in court documents that they face financial barriers to operating and meeting required care standards. The homes–University Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Haven, Bishops Corner Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in West Hartford, Soundview Skilled Nursing and […]

WEST HARTFORD–Friday is assessment day in Room 111 at Braeburn Elementary School. Nancy Wildt, the school’s literacy tutor, spends the day handing out worksheets full of reading passages with blanks in them, having students answer open-ended questions and timing students as they read paragraphs out loud, marking down mistakes. Usually, Wildt works with multiple students […]

Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman and John McCain joined John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in praising the UN’s call for a no-fly zone in Libya. Their statement: “We applaud tonight’s action by the UN Security Council authorizing ‘all necessary measures’ to impose a no-fly zone in Libya and protect civilians and […]

State lawmakers on the Education Committee narowly passed a bill that grants in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. The out-of-state tuition for undocumented students is almost three times higher than the charge for in-state students to attend the University of Connecticut, Connecticut State University System and the dozen community colleges. Before the vote, lawmakers expressed concerns […]

Pretty good, as it turns out. Keith Phaneuf will be gone for an estimated three weeks, hearing evidence in a federal fraud trial. We’re assured the legislature won’t adopt a budget before his return.

Two investors speaking at a forum on green jobs Wednesday said that a wholesale change in approach will be required for tiny Connecticut to attract some of the billions of investors’ dollars available for clean energy projects. Kevin Walsh, managing director of renewable energy for the Stamford-based GE Energy Financial Services, and Old Lyme-based Liddy […]

As legislators and education officials grapple with questions of how to get the best returns on taxpayers’ investment in public colleges and universities, a new report released Wednesday shows the community colleges have one of the worst “success rates” in the nation. “The biggest concern that comes out of this [report] is that Connecticut invests at […]

NEW HAVEN–On the day his nomination was confirmed by the House, the new commissioner of environmental protection told a green jobs conference Wednesday that he does not see alternative energy as economically viable in the near future. “I don’t see an alternative source that meets the test of economic viability,” Daniel C. Esty said. But […]

WASHINGTON–Municipal leaders from across Connecticut made a plea to the state’s congressional delegation Wednesday: Push back against domestic spending cuts that will hit their cities and towns hard. “Please, do no harm,” Cindy Mangini, an Enfield Town Councilwoman, said of her pitch to the state’s five House and two Senate members. “We’re trying to hang […]