May 24, 2013
Tentative Budget Deal Reached
by Christine Stuart | May 24, 2013 8:41pm
Democratic leadership in the General Assembly and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy have reached a compromise “in principle” on a new, two-year state budget Friday, according to sources.
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School Safety Gets Boost In Funding
by Jacqueline Wattles | May 24, 2013 5:16pm
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation at a town hall-style forum on Friday to discuss what he described as the difficult task between balancing school safety and creating an atmosphere of fear.
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Tags: education, Arne Duncan, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy, Hartford Classical Magnet, Jacqueline Wattles, dh
U.S. Senate Says No GMO Labeling
by Hugh McQuaid | May 24, 2013 4:30pm
As state lawmakers have debated the merits of requiring labels on foods with genetically engineered ingredients this week, U.S. Richard Blumenthal has been involved with a similar debate on the federal level.
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OP-ED | Legislators Do Their Best Mike Tyson on Tattoos
by Heath W. Fahle | May 24, 2013 4:23pm
Connecticut’s legislators are about to do something crazier than Mike Tyson’s face tattoo: create a state licensing scheme for tattoo artists.
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Tags: connecticut, tattoos, mike tyson, licenses, regulation, health risk, heath w. fahle, dh
Malloy Hints He’s Open To Finding Ways Around The Cap
by Christine Stuart | May 24, 2013 1:18pm
(Updated 6:50 p.m.) Gov. Dannel P. Malloy declined to give specifics about where budget negotiations stand when it comes to getting around the spending cap, but hinted that he was open to shifting federal Medicaid dollars off the books.
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Tags: speaker, gov. Dannel. P. Malloy, spending cap, Democrats, Brendan Sharkey, Lawrence Cafero, Toni Harp
OP-ED | Government’s Habits of Secrecy Must Change
by Susan Bigelow | May 24, 2013 9:59am
Secrecy is safety, or so government increasingly seems to believe. Controversy erupted this week over a proposed change to our Freedom of Information law that would restrict the release of death records from the Newtown massacre, and rightly so.
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OP-ED | New Gun Law: Good Intentions Meet With Reality
by Terry D. Cowgill | May 24, 2013 5:30am
Call it the law of unintended gun-sequences. Well-intentioned legislation passed by the General Assembly last month is disrupting the lives of firearms retailers, unnerving gun manufacturers, and inflicting a financial burden on the State Police.
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Tags: gun bill, gun control, state police, gun manufacturers, estate tax, wealthy taxpayers, terry cowgill, dh
Genetically Modified Food Bill Headed Back To Senate
by Hugh McQuaid | May 24, 2013 2:21am
Following hours of behind the scenes negotiations, the House voted early Friday morning to approve a watered down version of legislation concerning the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms.
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May 23, 2013
One Year Later, Senate Warms To Minimum Wage Hike
by Hugh McQuaid | May 23, 2013 9:07pm
The Senate voted Thursday to approve a proposal to raise the state minimum wage by 75 cents to $9 per hour over the next two years.
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Tags: minimum wage, labor, cathy osten, joe markley, steve cassano, john mckinney, senate, hugh mcquaid, dh
House Gives Tanning Ban Final Passage
by Jacqueline Wattles | May 23, 2013 6:43pm
A bill that would ban the use of tanning beds by youth under age 17 passed the House on a 117-21 vote Thursday and is now headed to the governor’s desk.
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