March 28, 2017
Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Works On Budget
by Christine Stuart | March 28, 2017 1:32pm
HARTFORD, CT — The Black and Puerto Rican caucus said Tuesday that it’s still weighing its budget priorities and is aware that its 24 members could sway debate this year.
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Tags: Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, Brandon McGee, Christopher Rosario, Jason Rojas
March 3, 2017
Family of Murder Victim To Advocate for Tougher Early Release Conditions
by Jack Kramer | March 3, 2017 6:34pm
HARTFORD, CT — The family of a teenager who was brutally murdered in 1984 and who just saw her killer set free will be at the state Capitol March 20 to support legislation that would make it tougher for convicted felons to get out of prison before their terms are completed.
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Tags: Joyce Stochmal, David J. Weinberg, Themis Klarides, Connecticut Innocence Project, Darcy McGraw, Lake Zoar, Housatonic River, Superior Court Judge Roland D. Fasano, Jack Kramer, dh
February 2, 2017
Malloy Says Budget Will Include Municipal Review Board
by Jack Kramer | February 2, 2017 5:50pm
WATERBURY, CT — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will propose creating a review board to help the state’s poorest cities and towns confront fiscal challenges.
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Tags: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Neil O'Leary, Joe DeLong, property tax, municipal review, state funds, Waterbury, dh
January 19, 2017
Committee Forwards Kane’s Nomination To General Assembly
by Christine Stuart | January 19, 2017 5:23pm
Former Republican Sen. Rob Kane, who was nominated to fill the a $146,000-a-year job as a state auditor by Republican legislative leaders, said he doesn’t believe a misunderstanding over his child support payments should impact his ability to scrutinize state spending.
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Tags: rob kane, Terrie Wood, Auditors of Public Accounts, Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, John Geragosian, dh
October 19, 2016
Trump Pays Up For Police Overtime In Bridgeport
by Jack Kramer and Christine Stuart | October 19, 2016 5:30am
At the end of September, Republican Donald Trump’s campaign paid a $37,000 bill for police overtime costs related to a rally he held in Bridgeport before the April 26 primary.
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Tags: Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, presidential campaigns, police overtime, Federal Election Commission, Larry Noble, dh
September 22, 2016
Not All Opioids Are Equal
by Jack Kramer | September 22, 2016 8:30am
You have to have been living under a rock to not be aware that Connecticut is in the midst of a heroin and opiate crisis.
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Tags: opioid, opiates, fentanyl, epidemic, overdose, overdose deaths, Connecticut, Dr. Julia Perry, Deirdre M. Daly, Connecticut Medical Examiner, Vernon L. Riddick, dh
August 30, 2016
State Touts Increase In CTfastrak Ridership (w/Chart)
by Christine Stuart | August 30, 2016 2:21pm
(Updated Thursday, 2 p.m.) Ridership on the 9.4-mile dedicated busway between New Britain and Hartford has reached another milestone. According to state officials, it has carried over four million riders since its launch on March 28, 2015.
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Tags: ctfastrak, James Redeker, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, ridership, New Britain, Hartford, busway, dh
June 27, 2016
Third Time Could Be The Charm For Waterbury Hospital Purchase
by Christine Stuart | June 27, 2016 5:29am
It looks as if the third time might be the charm for the sale of Greater Waterbury Health Network and Waterbury Hospital to Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. for $100 million.
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Tags: Prospect Medical Holdings, Waterbury Hospital, Tenet, Lynne Ide, dh
April 24, 2016
Presidential Candidates Descend on Connecticut
by Staff Report | April 24, 2016 10:21pm
Connecticut’s presidential primary is Tuesday, and presidential candidates from both parties campaigned throughout the state this weekend from Bridgeport to New Haven.
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Tags: bernie sanders, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, dh
April 13, 2016
OP-ED | Redux: The Proposed Closing of UConn’s Torrington Campus
by Audrey A. Cole | April 13, 2016 5:00pm
Almost since its inception in 1965, the main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, has sought to shut down the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut. Through the years unsupported and disparaging comments from those same faraway administrators would filter back that somehow the university’s regional campus system did not measure up to the academic standards of the main campus in Storrs. Then, suddenly in early March, the people in the Northwestern Connecticut were given a few weeks to react to the impending permanent closing of the Torrington campus, forestalling any attempt to honestly and fairly discuss and dissent from this decision.
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