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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Tags: Audrey A. Cole, UConn, UConn Torrington campus, budget cuts, enrollment, Sally M. Reis, William J. Pozzuto, dh
April 1, 2016
OP-ED | Closing of UConn’s Torrington Campus Is Tip of the Proverbial Iceberg
by Terry Cowgill | April 1, 2016 5:30am
As Rahm Emanuel once said while his boss was trying to get Obamacare passed, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” And nothing illustrates it better than the recent announcement by University of Connecticut officials that they’re seriously considering closing their Torrington campus as lawmakers desperately seek savings while in the throes of state’s perpetual budget crisis.
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Tags: University of Connecticut, uconn, torrington campus, regional school district number one, terry cowgill, dh
March 18, 2016
Big City Mayors Beg Lawmakers To Maintain Property Tax Relief
by Christine Stuart | March 18, 2016 2:15pm
Mayors from three of Connecticut’s largest cities traveled Friday to the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to ask lawmakers not to reverse the property tax relief approved last year.
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Tags: Toni Harp, Neil O'Leary, Joe Ganim, New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, property taxes, Themis Klarides, Toni Walker, Len Fasano, revenue sharing, dh
November 10, 2015
Son of Waterbury Lawmaker Arrested At Capitol
by Christine Stuart | November 10, 2015 11:50pm
The son of a Waterbury lawmaker was charged Tuesday with voyeurism, disorderly conduct, and making a false statement to state Capitol Police.
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Tags: Waterbury, Victor Cuevas, mailroom, state Capitol Police
September 23, 2015
New Data Indicates Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops Continue Amid Seasonal Variations
by Elizabeth Regan | September 23, 2015 4:00pm
Police in Connecticut continued to target black and Hispanic drivers at a disproportionate rate over the past winter in both the number of stops and the likelihood of getting a ticket, according to the latest installment of racial profiling data mandated by the state legislature.
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July 31, 2015
OP-ED | Beware The Devil You Don’t Know
by Terry Cowgill | July 31, 2015 5:29am
In most places, the summers are slim pickins’ for state political junkies. And truth be told, except for the lively mayor’s race in Hartford, it’s pretty slow here in Connecticut as well — even with the party conventions, caucuses, and primaries.
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