Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey say they are “on the front lines” of the coronavirus emergency.
Andrew Cuomo
Posted inHealth
Connecticut’s coronavirus firsts: a death, and a nursing home case
Connecticut recorded its first COVID-19 death as the governors of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania ordered new restrictions.
Posted inPolitics
CT, NY, NJ and PA seek common approach to pot
The governors of four northeastern states are exploring a regional approach to the legalization of recreational marijuana.
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A personal touch in a CT-NY push on legalizing pot
The governors of Connecticut and New York are singing the same song on legalizing marijuana, promising a coordinated push next year.
Posted inTransportation
Cuomo is coming to talk about regionalism, pot and transportation
The governors of Connecticut and New York share an interest in regionalism.
Posted inPolitics
Over fishing, Lamont gets to know Cuomo
The two governors conducted a press conference live-streamed from a state park in Wilson, N.Y., talking broadly about joint policy interests — and showing off two steelhead trouts, one caught by each governor.
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Lamont joins other govs in D.C., plans to skip Trump dinner
At the National Governor’s Association gathering, Lamont joins other Democrats in opposition to the current limit on the deductibility of state and local taxes.
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics
Malloy, Cuomo face off over dumping in Long Island Sound
WASHINGTON – New York officials say a plan to dump dredged material in eastern Long Island Sound is potentially harmful to the ecology and tourism, but Connecticut supporters say it’s key to the state’s economic development and to keeping Naval Submarine Base New London off a base closure list.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Why isn’t media asking presidential candidates about education?
It is difficult to believe as a life-long educator that the media has yet to ask any of the presidential candidates about their views on K-12 public education. It is a well known fact the public education in Connecticut and across the nation has suffered immensely as an outgrowth of the policies of the George W. Bush administration with its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program. Likewise, public education continued its downward spiral as a result of President Barack Obama’s appointment of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who ushered in the disastrous Race to the Top along with the Common Core State Standards.
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Unlike Cuomo, Malloy got the politically perfect storm
In New York, the second-guessing of Gov. Andrew Cuomo was well under way when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy stepped to the microphones in Hartford for a final briefing Tuesday on a blizzard that could have been named Storm Goldilocks in Connecticut. Politically, it was just about right.