Public broadcasting offers donors a tote bag. Give Michael C. Fedele’s campaign for governor “a one-time contribution of $25, $50 or $100,” and he promises a tax freeze. A no-tax pledge emailed to potential donors over the weekend is Fedele’s latest pitch for the contributions he badly needs to qualify for public financing of at […]

Connecticut State University System Chancellor David G. Carter, under fire for his handling of the dismissal of a campus president, won a split vote of confidence Monday from the system’s Board of Trustees. The CSU board voted 11-1 in favor of the vote of confidence, with two other members abstaining and another simply voting “present.” […]

Donna Seresin was driving in circles every day. Her job at the Department of Environmental Protection required that she travel each day from her home in New Haven to clock in at her office in Hartford — about a 45-minute commute. She would spend a few minutes at the office, then get back in her […]

A federal judge has rejected the Connecticut nursing home industry’s request for an injunction that would have shielded it from further budget cuts next year as state government grapples with a budget deficit of historic proportions. U.S. District Court Judge Peter C. Dorsey also dismissed one of the two arguments raised by the Connecticut Association […]

The comprehensive jobs bill, signed into law by Governor M. Jodi Rell on May 12, is by far the most aggressive effort Connecticut lawmakers have made to jumpstart Connecticut’s entrepreneurial economy since the recession began in 2008. Not only does the bill provide $5 million in pre-seed capital for those developing new concepts, it also […]

Tom Foley insists he can eliminate what effectively amounts to the largest state budget deficit in Connecticut history without raising taxes. To get there, he concedes, will require breaking some new political ground, a polite way of describing what others would call long-shots: repealing binding arbitration; getting employee unions to accept concessions for both current […]

The federal government plans to slice about $66 million from the annual Medicare payments it sends to Connecticut hospitals in the coming fiscal year, which would deal a significant budget blow to many of the state’s health care facilities. Connecticut hospital officials are fighting the proposed cuts announced by the federal Centers for Medicare and […]

Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed 187 bills into law and vetoed 13 by today’s deadline for acting on the 200 pieces of legislation passed during the annual General Assembly that ended last month. “She’s done. She’s acted on every bill,” said Adam Liegeot, a spokesman for the governor. The General Assembly is scheduled to convene on […]

He’s picked up 6 points in a new poll. Ann Coulter is openly pining for him. To get this attention, all Rob Simmons had to do to was quit campaigning for the U.S. Senate. “This is marvelous,” Simmons said Thursday night. “Maybe if I took a long trip to China, I might move out front. […]

Bridgeport just won a state award for its BGreen2020 plan that will reduce the city’s energy consumption by 40 percent. New Haven is building charging stations for electric cars. West Hartford challenged students to help find ways to cut energy use in schools. All across the state, municipalities are seizing on ways to use clean […]

STORRS – In the face of a deepening financial crisis, University of Connecticut trustees adopted a budget Thursday that seeks to promote austerity while preserving quality – an increasingly difficult challenge. Officials warned of even more ominous times ahead as trustees approved a $1.03 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The budget, […]

The chances of a released prison inmate with a mental illness ending up back in jail is high, but a pilot program is showing that trend is reversible. Stephen Cox, a criminology professor at Central Connecticut State University, estimates 25 percent of the state’s 50,000 probationers have a mental disorder, and an earlier state study […]

All six candidates for governor agreed today that Connecticut’s government has failed miserably to encourage job creation over the past two decades. If their business audience in Hartford closed its eyes, picking out the two Democrats from the three Republicans and one Independent might have been a challenge. Costs must be lowered, regulatory processes streamlined […]