In an effort to shield himself from his Republican rivals, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have raised some new concerns about state finances among his political base. The Democratic governor’s budget office demonstrated how a major budget deficit after the 2014 election could be cut almost in half — but only by continuing practices that unions, municipal leaders and social service advocates have decried for years.
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Breakfast with Malloy — $10,000 to $250,000
It might be the most expensive hotel buffet ever served in Hartford: Access to a breakfast with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy at a Democratic Governors Association conference Wednesday requires a sponsorship of at least $10,000 or a company membership at one of the association’s two premium levels, priced at $100,000 and $250,000.
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Malloy demands Metro-North ‘action plan’
Moved by a fatal crash on Sunday in New York, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Tuesday insisted Metro-North give him an “action plan” addressing safety issues.
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NU execs shine brightest as source of cash for Connecticut’s Democratic Party
Over the previous decade, it’s unlikely that anyone at the Connecticut Democratic Party had the top echelon of Northeast Utilities on speed dial. On average, the party squeezed a paltry $307.50 a year out of the entire NU workforce.
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Malloy makes no promises to increase school funding further
One of the key components of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education reforms has been for the state to provide millions of dollars more in funding in an effort to turn around the lowest performing districts and schools.
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New CT customers to pick up most of tab for natural gas conversions
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Friday signed off on the final version of a plan to convert 280,000 homes and businesses to natural gas heat from oil and other fuels over the next 10 years. The gas conversion plan is the cornerstone of the state’s Comprehensive Energy Strategy unveiled just over a year ago and officially approved by the legislature in the last session.
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Connecticut Democrats find generous donors among those doing business with state
Their game plan is secret, but the results are public: Solicitors for the Connecticut Democratic Party found generous donors among the ranks of state contractors in October, collecting $78,000 from five companies that did $67 million in business last year with the state.
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Malloy is off to Florida
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is flying to Florida this weekend to join other governors Saturday in a dicussion on education and workforce development at the invitation-only policy conference of the State Government Affairs Council, a private association of government affairs professionals.
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Malloy declines president’s ‘fix’ on Obamacare, but extends enrollment deadline
Connecticut will not allow insurance companies to extend policies now slated to be discontinued because of the federal health law, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday.
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Adopt or forego? CT leaders weighing Obamacare fix
For state regulators in charge of deciding whether to allow people to keep insurance plans now slated for cancellation, and the politicians who are likely to have a hand in the decision-making process, the choice will require navigating a host of policy, political and logistical challenges.
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Malloy rebukes White House over Obamacare
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy delivered a calculated rebuke to the White House Wednesday for the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, an issue threatening to dog Malloy and other Democrats facing re-election in 2014.
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McKinney calls for special session to prevent Obamacare insurance cancellations
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, introduced Obamacare as a gubernatorial issue Friday by challenging Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to call a special legislative session to allow insurance companies to extend insurance policies slated for cancellation at the end of the year.
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CT’s exchange store is open to sell Obamacare insurance
New Britain — Connecticut’s first health insurance “storefronts” are open for business, and so, officials want you to know, is the state’s health insurance exchange.
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Malloy talks Newtown, Obamacare on ‘Morning Joe’
It was an odd eight minutes Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Topics ran the gamut: the Newtown shooting, the state’s high taxes, its relative success implementing Obamacare, and, briefly, the slimmed-down governor’s ability to do sit ups.
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CT GOP, Democrats joust over Malloy’s fundraising
The Connecticut Republican Party filed a complaint Wednesday accusing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of illegally soliciting a state contractor for a campaign contribution to the state Democratic Party while on a fundraising trip to California a week ago. But the GOP offered no evidence that the contractor made a contribution, much less that Malloy violated […]
