BRANFORD — Democratic gubernatorial contender Dan Malloy unveiled an environmental protection plan today that emphasizes investments in clean water, public transportation and brownfield remediation and redevelopment. Malloy, who announced the plan in conjunction with his running mate, state Comptroller Nancy Wyman, also said that while he supports wind turbine-based technology, he opposes locating windmills in Long […]

Rosita Velez seems like just the sort of person federal lawmakers had in mind when they included a provision in the sweeping health reform law creating new high-risk insurance pools for people who are uninsured and have serious health problems. Velez has not seen a doctor since losing her health benefits after being laid off […]

After five years of running deficits, Connecticut’s down-sized probate system has reported a new budget that projects returning a modest $3 million to state government 12 months from now. The $30.4 million plan reported to the General Assembly and Gov. M. Jodi Rell last week marks the first budget reflecting the dramatic consolidation ordered last […]

A literature course featuring 20th-century female authors is not standard fare at most high schools, yet Maggie Court earned credit at Rocky Hill High School this year by taking the course on her home computer. “It was really cool for me,” said Court, 17, who will be a senior in the fall at Rocky Hill, […]

Waging an independent campaign for governor, Tom Marsh doesn’t have access to the funding, volunteers and other resources routinely available to major party candidates. But the Chester first selectman, who abandoned his bid for the GOP nomination three months ago, said there’s one advantage to not having to woo party insiders: He can tell voters […]

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has expressed serious concern about Connecticut’s decision to delay a decision on implementing a new high risk insurance pool for people with serious health problems. In a sharply worded letter to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, Dodd asked a series of questions about her decision to defer signing a contract with the […]

In a late night House vote, Connecticut Democrats supported an unsuccessful effort to put new demands on the Obama Administration as it executes its Afghanistan war strategy. The House passed an approximately $80 billion war and domestic spending bill without those strings attached, but the final tally on several anti-war amendments demonstrated the increasing unease […]

In a last-minute turnabout, Gov. M. Jodi Rell is considering jettisoning Connecticut’s plan to set up its own new health insurance program for people with serious health problems and instead letting the federal government run the program. On the day the program was supposed to begin taking applications, Rell instead told top state officials to […]

Former state Transportation Commissioner Joseph F. Marie and Gov. M. Jodi Rell continued to dodge key questions Thursday in separate interviews regarding Marie’s abrupt departure from his post. Marie said in a telephone interview that he wasn’t pressured to quit. Asked if there was any conflict at DOT headquarters that may have precipitated his departure, […]

Candidates for state office hit a critical milestone this week–the end of the second quarter reporting period for campaign contributions–and many face an even more important deadline for public financing in two weeks. By July 10, candidates will have to report their fundraising through the end of June, and that will say  lot about who […]

Republican Oz Griebel has a long way to go in his quest to become governor, but already he’s mastered one skill: irking state legislators. Griebel says the state has to change the way it provides benefits to retirees, starting with elected and appointed officials-particularly members of the part-time General Assembly. “If you want to throw […]

State Comptroller Nancy Wyman projected this afternoon that state government will have a $242.9 million surplus when it closes the books on the fiscal year that ended Wednesday. That’s $76 million higher than the surplus the comptroller reported in her monthly assessment on June 1, and $103.6 million above the $139.3 million mark Gov. M. […]

WASHINGTON–The federal government announced Wednesday that Connecticut and more than two dozen other states will get millions of dollars over the next three years to create a new health insurance program for people who have been shut out of the insurance market because of serious health problems. But Connecticut isn’t ready to start accepting applications […]

In normal circumstances, Mary Howley would agree, children who repeatedly hit their parents should be arrested and charged with a crime. But her two foster children have mental disabilities and a history of enduring abuse in their previous living situations. So when she called police to her home during family altercations, it wasn’t to get […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s administration remained largely quiet Wednesday over the abrupt departure of Transportation Commissioner Joseph F. Marie, who left the job Tuesday afternoon, but will continue to earn his nearly $170,000-per-year salary for four more weeks. Marie submitted a two-sentence letter of resignation following a meeting at the Office of Policy and Management […]