GROTON — The Pentagon has yet to begin another review of potential base closures, but politicians already are making an election-year rush to defend the Groton sub base from even the first hints of a threat. Five years after the sub base was saved after an initial closure recommendation, politicians in both parties are acknowledging […]

The weakness of a plan to link teacher evaluations to student performance was a key factor in Connecticut’s failure to qualify for millions of dollars in federal school aid, according to a government report released Wednesday. The proposed evaluation system lacks detail, won’t be ready for years, and fails to include adequate provisions for rewarding […]

WASHINGTON — Chris Shays is not on the ballot in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District this year, but one of the candidates in the race is channeling the former Republican congressman’s persona. It’s the Democrat who ousted Shays two years ago, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes. He is adopting his vanquished predecessor’s sales pitch, proclaiming himself as […]

An unlikely coalition of Independent, Green and Republican party candidates are trying to revive a proposal rejected by voters two years ago: allow ballot initiatives. In a press conference Wednesday, they presented a survey conducted by Pulse Opinion Research that found 65 percent of the 500 state voters surveyed favor allowing ballot initiatives, with 14 […]

Democrat Dan Malloy had the biggest fundraising day in Connecticut history Tuesday as he collected $6 million in public financing for his campaign for governor. But it is Republican Tom Foley who is poised to ramp up spending with a resumption of television advertising this week, an effort to close Malloy’s double-digit lead in the […]

WASHINGTON — Republican Linda McMahon’s campaign spent nearly $2.5 million in the first 21 days of July, a daily average of $117,619. And in the weeks before gliding to a primary win on Aug. 10, McMahon pumped another $5 million of her own money into the Senate campaign. McMahon’s most recent campaign finance reports offer a […]

Connecticut stem cell researchers waited for answers and contemplated potential damage to their field Tuesday, a day after a federal court ruling that could limit funding for embryonic stem cell research. “I don’t think anybody completely understands what it’s going to mean,” said Laura Grabel, a Wesleyan University professor whose research involves embryonic stem cells. […]

Rep. Kenneth P. Green, D-Hartford, filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging his two-vote, recount loss in the Democratic primary to Matt Ritter. Under the law, the case will go to trial within days. Hartford Superior Court Judge Susan Peck scheduled a status conference for Wednesday afternoon, with testimony to begin as early as Friday. Green alleged […]

One-fifth of the state’s nonprofits are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status this fall, courtesy of a tax law that is being enforced this year for the first time. Almost 4,000 organizations are at risk of losing their exemption if they do not respond by Oct. 15 to a law requiring them to fill […]

Connecticut’s neighboring states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are among 10 winners of the second round of the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top school reform competition. Connecticut failed last month to make a list of 19 finalists for the Obama administration’s $4.3 billion competition designed to improve low-performing schools. U.S. […]

After losing her teaching job in Norwich last spring, Antonia Revere worried all summer, hoping for the phone call that finally came this week. “I’m so relieved. I’m so happy,” said Revere, who was notified by the school district Monday that she has been rehired as a third grade teacher. She is one of hundreds […]

The campaigns of Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Richard Blumenthal are making overt and subtle appeals to unaffiliated women, a pool of 400,000 potential swing voters in their U.S. Senate race. As McMahon tries to become the first woman elected to the Senate from Connecticut, she has touted her background as a corporate executive in […]

When it comes to fishing, boating and other sporting activities, getting access to Long Island Sound is anything but a day at the beach. While sunbathers can flock to large state parks, those who seek less crowded spots for recreational use say a limited number of access points and restricted or expensive parking make getting […]

People with diabetes make up less than 8 percent of the population, but they represented nearly 20 percent of U.S. hospitalizations in 2008, according to a new report by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. While the bulk of hospitalizations involving diabetics occurred for other conditions, the report noted that because diabetes increases the […]

Even on a relaxed summer day, Dan Malloy is a candidate who occupies the narrow spaces between confident and cocky, energetic and edgy. It is a more than a week after he crushed Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary for governor, and Malloy is getting antsy. He is ready to go, to work. “That’s what […]