A Superior Court judge on Tuesday granted four nursing homes a temporary reprieve, but the facilities could still face closure next month. “The court is not optimistic at all about the prospect of keeping these homes,” Judge Jerry Wagner said. Wagner agreed to a request by lawyers for the union representing nursing home workers and […]

A Republican and a Democrat have formed congressional campaign committees in the race for an open seat in the 5th Congressional District. Former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire, and Justin Bernier, who sought the GOP nomination last year, have filed their campaign papers, allowing them to begin raising money in an effort to succeed U.S […]

(Rep. John Hetherington of New Canaan is ranking Republican on the Government Administration and Elections Committee) You might think that our General Assembly has enough to worry about, considering Connecticut’s record deficits and debt. But apparently not in the view of some legislators who want to change the way we elect the President of the […]

Those who spoke out on the state budget Monday in one of Connecticut’s poorest cities Monday pressed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to seek more in taxes from the state’s wealthiest citizens and corporations. The crowd of more than 250 who attended Malloy’s budget hearing at the Kinsella Magnet School on Van Block Avenue also included […]

With legislative leaders about to begin redrawing legislative and congressional districts to reflect the 2010 Census, the General Assembly is considering a related issue: Where should prison inmates be counted? The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund says Connecticut is one of 47 states that practices “prison-based gerrymandering” by counting inmates where they are confined, […]

WASHINGTON–Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation voiced deeply divergent views about the U.S. military role in Libya, as a fierce campaign against Col. Muammar el-Quaddafi’s forces continued to unfold. Some Democrats raised sharp questions about the scope of U.S. involvement in the military effort, as well as concerns about the White House’s lack of consultation with […]

CROMWELL–The University of Connecticut’s new president said Monday that while she plans to work closely with the state’s other colleges and universities, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was right to exempt UConn from his sweeping higher education reorganization plan. “Why would you fix something that’s not broken?” incoming president Susan Herbst asked. “All the indicators show […]

WASHINGTON–Social Security reform is suddenly all the rage on Capitol Hill. But lawmakers couldn’t be discussing the politically-volatile issue in more starkly different terms. “The Social Security system is scheduled to run out of money, and that would lead to enormous cuts” in benefits, warned Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent. “So the sooner we […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy listened to supporters and opponents of the Hartford to New Britain Busway for about three hours Monday in a private meeting at the State Capitol. A month ago, the governor promised both sides a face to face show down before he pushes the federal government to go ahead or stall the […]

It seems that you can’t take the attorney general out of Richard Blumenthal. On Monday, the freshman Democratic senator jumped on news that AT&T would purchase T-Mobile, creating the largest company in the wireless carrier market and raising significant anti-trust concerns. Blumenthal, who served as Connecticut’s AG for two decades before winning election to the […]

Newsweek recently asked 1,000 Americans to take the nation’s official citizenship test, and the results weren’t pretty: Twenty-nine percent couldn’t name the vice president; 73 percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War; 44 percent were unable to define the Bill of Rights. And 6 percent couldn’t even circle Independence Day on a […]

It’s been widely reported that digital technology has become indispensable to the popular uprisings in the Mideast, but it isn’t just a matter of heading down to the Verizon store for a new I-phone. As regimes under attack try to shut down the Internet or block cellphone services, The Economist reports, tech-savvy revolutionaries have turned […]