An unusually high-profile search for a new Quinebaug Valley Community College president ended Friday with the selection of Carlee Drummer, an Illinois community college administrator, over the top leader of the Connecticut Senate, Donald E. Williams Jr. New leaders also were named for Asnuntuck and Three Rivers.
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Board of Regents expected to name three presidents Friday
The Board of Regents for Higher Education is expected to fill three community college presidencies at a special meeting Friday, including the Quinebaug Valley Community College post sought by Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr.
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Senate leader a finalist for community college presidency
Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, who is not seeking re-election after 22 years in office, was named Wednesday as one of three finalists for the presidency of Quinebaug Valley Community College.
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Senate Democrats duck sentencing reforms for juveniles
Senate Democrats Thursday defended their failure for the second consecutive year to heed the warnings of the U.S Supreme Court to provide a chance of parole to juveniles sentenced to life sentences — or risk intervention by the courts.
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Horse-trading on Derby day: preschool for property taxes?
The state House of Representatives took a step Saturday toward curbing the property-tax exemption enjoyed by nonprofit hospitals and colleges — and what the House members hope will be a bigger step toward improving relations with the Senate.
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Op-ed: Sen. Williams not qualified or eligible to be college president
Connecticut State Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams Jr. is not qualified to be appointed president of Quinebaug Valley Community College. Nor should the position become a fallback sinecure for a politician looking to retire and reinvent himself.
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Op-ed: Sen. Williams not qualified or eligible to be college president
Connecticut State Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams Jr. is not qualified to be appointed president of Quinebaug Valley Community College. Nor should the position become a fallback sinecure for a politician looking to retire and reinvent himself.
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Post-Newtown gun law has a mental health loophole, critics say
The controversial state law passed in response to the Newtown shootings included new and expanded restrictions on gun ownership by people hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. But the way the bill is written leaves some out.
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CT Democrats vow to grow more jobs in 2014
With Connecticut’s unemployment rate continuing to lag the nation’s, majority Democrats tried to assure voters Tuesday that job development is their top priority. Leaders from the House and Senate unveiled a jobs and business agenda that includes additional financing for job subsidies, new school-to-job programs, expansion of state ports and business opportunities near college campuses and new protections for businesses facing baseless patent lawsuits.
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Bye to lead CT legislature’s budget committee
Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, was named Wednesday as the co-chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, succeeding the long-serving Sen. Toni Harp, D-New Haven, on the eve of an election-year General Assembly session likely to be dominated by fiscal issues.