If Dan Malloy is to win support for his ambitious plan to revitalize Connecticut’s education system, he will have to persuade some doubters. The Democratic candidate for governor outlined ideas such as expanding preschool classes, promoting innovation and increasing college graduation rates, but the 15-page education plan released Monday is likely to face steep challenges. The biggest […]

Despite being locked in a primary battle for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont has launched a new television ad billing himself as an “independent voice” and even stealing a favorite line from Connecticut’s last third-party governor, Lowell P. Weicker Jr. “What you want to do is go up to Hartford and be […]

Former Gov. John G. Rowland will return to the limelight later this week in a new capacity –  as a fill-in talk show host on WTIC 1080-AM radio in Farmington. Rowland, who resigned six years ago amid an impeachment inquiry and later served 10 months in federal prison on corruption charges, will serve as a […]

Despite being embroiled in a primary battle for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont has launched a new television ad billing himself as an “independent voice” and even stealing a favorite line from Connecticut’s last third-party governor, Lowell P. Weicker Jr. “What you want to do is go up to Hartford and be […]

There’s more competition for state legislative seats than in any election year since 1998, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz announced today. Connecticut’s chief elections official reported that 54 of the 187 races for state House and Senate, or nearly 29 percent, lack a Democratic or a Republican candidate. That’s down from the 60 races […]

When Connecticut State University Chancellor David Carter came under fire from legislators last month, the head of CSU’s Board of Trustees issued a memo defending him, saying, among other things, that Carter had trimmed central office staff by nearly a third since his appointment in 2006. And in fact Carter cut the staff by more […]

Dan Malloy says it’s time for the gubernatorial candidates to have a grown-up conversation about the state’s budget crisis. “I’ll say what every other politician is saying, that taxes need to be a last resort,” Malloy said. “But I think somebody’s got to be the big guy in the room, the big boy in the […]

Tom Foley, the Republican front runner for governor, turned on his two GOP rivals Friday night over what he called their “over-the-top attacks and mischaracterizations” about his newly disclosed arrests in 1981 and 1993. “I hope my opponents will soon see that the citizens of Connecticut are interested in a dialogue about the serious issues facing […]

Stamford, Conn. – Tom Foley today released the following statement in response to Jon Lender’s Hartford Courant article: “Jon Lender of the Hartford Courant published an article this morning about two motor vehicle related infractions I was involved in a number of years ago. One was in 1981 and the other in 1993. The one […]

Tom Foley’s two rivals for the Republican gubernatorial nomination demanded that he release all records and answer questions pertaining to two long-ago motor-vehicle arrests disclosed Friday, including a confrontation with his ex-wife in 1993. Foley, a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland, told The Mirror on Friday evening that as someone subjected to an FBI background […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell said today that the National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado hit Bridgeport on Thursday, causing widespread damage. “The tornado touched down for just a short period of time, but it will take several weeks, perhaps months to put so many lives and livelihoods back together,” Rell said. “The state […]

HAMDEN – Things seem easy these days for the Republican frontrunner for governor, Tom Foley. He stopped here Thursday to pick up an endorsement from a one-time competitor, Larry DeNardis, then mingled for an hour. His rivals for the GOP nomination, Oz Griebel and Lt. Gov. Michael C. Fedele, were out of sight, trying to […]

State legislators Thursday heard tales of elderly patients left in bed for days, sitting for hours in urine and feces, and getting the wrong meals and medications at four nursing homes where the workers have been on strike for over two months. And just in case two hours of testimony wasn’t enough, the union representing […]

For much of the last legislative session, debate over extending Medicaid coverage to childless adults focused on the bottom line for the state: more than $50 million in federal reimbursement for assistance the state already is providing. But putting recipients of State Administered General Assistance under the Medicaid umbrella, approved this week in Washington, also […]