Should those confined to prison for the rest of their lives be held on “special circumstances,” or is incarceration enough?
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Posted inEducation
Murphy takes on NCAA on college sports injuries
‘Across college sports, too many athletes leave their collegiate careers broken,” said Sen. Chris Murphy’s latest report on college sports.
Posted inJustice
Former Access Health CEO, state contractor pay to settle ethics violation
James Wadleigh, the former CEO of Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, has paid a $5,000 civil fine for accepting employment with a state contractor within one year of leaving his post, the Office of State Ethics said in a settlement released Wednesday.
Posted inPolitics
Despite investigation, Obsitnik not giving up on public financing
The Republican gubernatorial campaign of Steve Obsitnik said Friday that the investigation opened Wednesday by the State Elections Enforcement Commission does not rule out eventual approval of its application for $1.35 million in public financing under the Citizens’ Election Program. But Obsitnik’s campaign manager also conceded it has no contingency if the money is not approved in coming weeks.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Shot by relative, he still opposes firearm safety law’s expansion
In this second commentary in a series of opinions both in support and opposition to HB 6962, a firearm storage safety bill, the president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League tells legislators how he was accidentally shot as a youth by a relative who was playing with a stolen gun. “The bullet hit my shoulder, hit my neck, lodged against my spine, hit the artery in my neck. … I lost the use of my arm. And I’m still here today to tell you that I believe that people need to be able to have access to their firearms in a way that they deem fit.
Posted inPolitics
Bank that boosts Connecticut exports under fire
WASHINGTON – For years Connecticut companies, large and small, have benefitted from a federally backed bank that helps them sell their goods overseas — but a bitter fight over whether the Export Import Bank is taxpayer-funded corporate welfare has put its future in question.
Posted inFundraising
The Mirror’s “Why I Give” campaign begins
As a nonprofit news organization, we reach out and ask for your support three times a year, and with two months remaining in a contentious legislative session, now is one of those times. The Connecticut Mirror’s “Why I Give” campaign begins. We hope at least one thought resonates with you, enough to support our organization with a tax-deductible donation.
Posted inAnnouncements
Today’s launch: Welcome Trend CT and CT Viewpoints to The Mirror family
The Connecticut News Project, Inc., welcomes two new offerings today for its growing audience — Trend CT, which will focus on public-interest data, and CT Viewpoints, an opinion forum.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Pfizer Inc. is active, vital, taxpaying part of Eastern Connecticut
Pfizer Inc. remains an important, vibrant, active, taxpaying part of the Groton, southeastern Connecticut, and Connecticut landscape.
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Pfizer Inc. is active, vital, taxpaying part of Eastern Connecticut
Pfizer Inc. remains an important, vibrant, active, taxpaying part of the Groton, southeastern Connecticut, and Connecticut landscape.
Posted inHealth
Public gets first look at health industry payments to doctors
WASHINGTON – Pharmaceutical companies and medical-device manufacturers paid more than $6 million to about 5,400 Connecticut doctors for various services during the last five months of 2013, a Connecticut Mirror examination of a newly released federal database shows. Though only a five-month snapshot, the new data provides the public with the ability to examine actual payments to their own doctors for the first time. We’ve made searching the Connecticut data easy.
Posted inAnnouncements
G. Claude Albert named The Connecticut Mirror’s new editor
Albert is a former managing editor of The Hartford Courant, where he held a variety of leadership posts overseeing most aspects of the newsroom.
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Good journalism? Help make it great with The Mirror’s digital focus group
The Connecticut Mirror is looking for five readers to take part in a digital focus group that will meet via Google+ or Skype for three one-hour meetings during July and August.