Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, in Middletown Monday, pitched his sales tax plan as middle-class relief, but he withheld details that would show whether his new budget would increase state taxes overall.
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The success for our schools rests in the governor’s hands
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s upcoming budget proposal, and the General Assembly’s actions that follow, will either move us forward toward continuing to improve public education or act as an impediment to building upon the progress we’ve made in recent years.
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Op-Ed: The success for our schools rests in the governor’s hands
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s upcoming budget proposal, and the General Assembly’s actions that follow, will either move us forward toward continuing to improve public education or act as an impediment to building upon the progress we’ve made in recent years.
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Malloy would cut sales tax rate, but broaden its reach
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will propose lowering Connecticut’s sales tax rate, while eliminating the partial exemption on clothing to produce a net tax revenue increase of $68 million in the next fiscal year. Malloy announced limited details of his plan Sunday on WFSB’s “Face The State.”
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Jorge Perez, a banker, pol and activist, picked for banking post
Jorge Perez, the governor’s choice to oversee the banking industry in Connecticut, would bring a background in community banking, neighborhood activism and urban politics to the state Department of Banking.
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Extra hours didn’t boost liquor tax receipts. Will lower prices?
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to expand liquor store hours may not provide a boost to the state’s coffers – if Connecticut’s experience with Sunday sales is an indication. But the governor’s plan, which also hinges heavily on lowering prices and making Connecticut’s liquor market more competitive with those in neighboring states, assumes a very modest, $3.3 million bump up in liquor tax receipts.
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His budget might induce drink, but Malloy wants lower prices
Unable to lower taxes and certain to cut services, it looks like Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will try to lighten next week’s austerity budget message with at least the possibility of cheaper booze. He’s taking another crack at loosening Connecticut’s controls on the pricing, hours and ownership of package stores.
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Malloy offers measure to end ‘pay secrecy’
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is proposing legislation to block businesses from forbidding employees to disclose their wages – a move the governor said is crucial to promote pay equity.
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Schriro’s results in Connecticut outweigh troubles in NYC
Legislators were more interested Tuesday in praising Commissioner Dora B. Schriro’s leadership of the Connecticut State Police than in challenging her about controversies during her previous job overseeing New York City’s troubled jail complex at Rikers Island.
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Hospitals seek to phase out a growing provider tax
After watching a harmless fee turn into a hefty, increasing tax in just three years, Connecticut’s hospitals say a phase-out of the state provider tax is essential to preserve health care services and jobs.
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Malloy gets flu shot, then jabs Christie, Paul on vaccines
When you’re Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, even getting a flu vaccination can be political, especially when it comes during a measles outbreak that has cast a harsh light on two presidential contenders who would appeal to vaccine doubters.
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Anthem says hackers stole customers’ personal information
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Hackers targeting health insurer Anthem gained access to personal information on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees across the country, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Applause, and skepticism, for Malloy’s ‘second-chance society’
James Rovella was a Hartford homicide cop in the early 1990s, when Iran Nazario ran with Los Solidos, a gang quick to defend its drug turf with drive-by shootings. Rovella left the streets for management, eventually becoming chief. Nazario went to prison. On Wednesday, they shared the same table, listening to a governor talk about second chances.
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Malloy says justice must mean a ‘second chance’
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy outlined “second-chance society” initiatives for non-violent offenders Tuesday in a Yale policy address that pronounced the zero-tolerance approach of the 1980s and 1990s a waste of human and fiscal capital.
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Barnes tells advocates for poor, kids: Brace for lean budget
Benjamin Barnes, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget director, warned advocates for children, the poor and other disadvantage citizens to brace for lean funding when the administration releases its next budget in two weeks.
