Add the state’s tax chief to the growing list of officials uncertain about how Connecticut should pursue hundreds of millions of dollars in uncollected sales taxes tied to Internet transactions. Department of Revenue Services Commission Richard Nicholson testified on several tax-related bills today before the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, but said nothing regarding […]

CROMWELL – U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, said today that the state’s congressional delegation did not appreciate United Technologies’ threat last week to relocate more manufacturing out of state. UTC’s complaints to Wall Street analysts about the cost of doing business in Connecticut came as the congressional delegation is pushing for military aircraft […]

Correction Officer Kevin Brace doesn’t know why a convicted arsonist at the prison where he works was able to get his personal information through a Freedom of Information request that can reveal his home address, but he can’t imagine it’s a good thing. “It’s paper terrorism,” said Brace. “They can get my personal information and there is […]

Connecticut failed in its first try to win millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for school reform, but its second attempt could lead to some of the most significant changes in public schools in years. The legislature’s Education Committee will hold a public hearing today on a dozen bills on school finance, teacher evaluations, […]

A 2008 New York law that has sparked a growing feud between states and online sales giants such as Amazon.com is being considered by Connecticut’s legislature as officials scramble for new dollars to close growing budget deficits. But while taxing Internet sales could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, efforts by other states to […]

Proposals to reinstate tolls on state roads have failed in recent years, but with Connecticut facing huge deficits, the Transportation Committee’s co-chairman says the idea is gaining momentum. “If we implement them today we are talking millions of dollars this year,” said Rep. Antonio Guerrera, D-Rocky Hill, whose committee will hear testimony on tolls today. […]

Minority Republicans in the state House of Representatives called Thursday for the cancellation of tens of millions of dollars in bonuses due next month to senior state employees. House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero, R-Norwalk, said the legislature and Gov. M. Jodi Rell should immediately repeal the law giving longevity bonuses to employees with 10 […]

State government has emptied its savings to reduce the budget deficit, and Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s budget chief said this week it’s time for cities and towns to do the same. But municipal officials said their budget reserves already have been reduced to compensate for shrinking state aid. More importantly, they added, communities can’t exhaust […]

HAMDEN — It’s been a long time between races for Larry DeNardis. Twenty-eight years after leaving Congress and one week before his 72nd birthday, DeNardis declared his candidacy for governor Thursday at a museum dedicated to a bygone industrial age, bringing to seven the number of Republicans actively seeking the job. “Connecticut needs a governor […]

Minority Republicans in the state House of Representatives called Thursday for lawmakers to cancel “longevity” bonuses due next month to 4,000 senior state employees. House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero, R-Norwalk, also said Gov. M. Jodi Rell should ask unionized state employees to forfeit their longevity pay as state government grapples with a growing budget […]

Sunday alcohol sales will remain off limits  in Connecticut after a bill that would have lifted the old holdover from the state’s “Blue Laws” died in committee. The committee did not vote down the Sunday sales bill, but they will not meet again before their committee’s deadline to vote the bill out of committee for […]

Students who habitually skipped class at Cromwell High School used to be suspended from school for up to 10 days. But that all changed last year when an in-school suspension program was launched at the school: Now students are only sent home if they pose a danger or are a disruptive to others. “It just […]

A Hartford Superior Court judge said Wednesday he expects to begin hearing evidence next month about whether Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz meets the statutory qualifications for attorney general. But questions about her qualifications receded in the face of a new controversy over a constituent-services data base that other candidates say appeared to be […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell came under fire from within her own party Wednesday when a top Republican on the Appropriations Committee accused her of pursuing minimal cuts from unionized state employees’ salaries in her latest bid to reduce the budget deficit. Rell’s plan should call for greater sacrifice by state workers “if the governor really […]