With deep markdowns and a coupon, I bought two brand-name sport coats at Macy’s over the weekend for $89. If Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had his way, those purchases would have been taxed at their original prices of more than $400. That would mean a sales tax of about $24 — or 26 percent of […]

When it comes to balancing state budgets there is a right way and a wrong way. There is agreement across the political spectrum that all states face serious financial problems. We must find a way to lower the operating costs of government, just as companies have had to do for the past decade and longer. […]

WASHINGTON–Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made an in-person pitch to top White House officials Friday for federal help with two major state projects: a $1 billion high-speed rail line and the planned expansion of the UConn Health Center’s John Dempsey Hospital. On the high-speed rail line, which would run from New Haven through Hartford to Springfield, […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget is being picked apart, in hearing rooms at the state Capitol, on talk radio and the web, and in town hall meetings across Connecticut. But the real debate is about the essence of the man, not the details of his budget. Malloy: ‘I’m the new quantity here.’ Is the first […]

The Malloy administration says it’s fully committed to health reform, with work underway to meet the requirements of last year’s federal reform law and capture as much federal money as possible. But Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is taking a more cautious approach when it comes to SustiNet, the proposed state-run health plan that has in […]

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill today swore in five of the six winners of House races this week, then hurried upstairs to administer the oath to two of the three new senators. The Rev. Charlie Stallworth, who won a House seat in Bridgeport on Tuesday, is coming with a busload of parishoners and other […]

A week after outlining the major education reforms he intends to launch, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated the eight people he wants to lead the way on the State Board of Education. “I’m confident they can help set the standards needed to bring our students to the top,” Malloy said in a statement Friday announcing […]

Not that it should come as a surprise to anyone following events in Washington, but National Journal’s new 2010 vote ratings finds Congress more polarized than at any time in the last three decades. For only the second time since 1982–the first was 1999–every Democrat in the Senate compiled a voting record more liberal than […]

Concerned that the state’s public colleges and universities are spending too much on administration, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants to require that all non-teaching hiring at the state’s public colleges and universities be approved by his budget office. “It’s an added control mechanism that we make sure we are actually spending as much money as […]

While running for governor, Dannel P. Malloy insisted that Bradley International Airport should become more nimble to compete for air traffic and generate economic activity. Now, the legislature is reviving an old idea to achieve that goal: a bill giving the airport’s governing board more autonomy. Eric J. Brown, associate council of the Connecticut Business […]

A week after winning accolades from municipal officials for proposing a budget that largely maintains state aid to cities and towns, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is under fire for seeking authority to reduce that assistance unilaterally if the state’s financial problems worsen. Allowing the governor to reduce aid mid-year “is non-negotiable for us,” James Finley, […]