February 7, 2012
State Crime Lab Gets Re-Accredited
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | February 7, 2012 4:49pm
The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board restored the state’s crime lab accreditation Tuesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced in a statement.
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Tags: crime lab, criminal justice, lawlor
January 27, 2012
Advocates Want To Keep Domestic Violence On Legislative Agenda
by Joseph Adinolfi | January 27, 2012 5:30am
The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence – flanked by elected officials, advocates and members of the law enforcement community – announced their legislative priorities for the session at a Thursday press conference.
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Tags: domestic violence, connecticut coalition against domestic violence, Mae Flexer, george jepsen
January 20, 2012
Conflicting Laws Stifle Release of Names In D-SNAP Case
by Christine Stuart | January 20, 2012 5:29am
It’s been more than a month since Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced he would be looking to terminate and prosecute any state employee found guilty of post-Irene food stamp fraud, but as of this week only two of the 74 state employees investigated were terminated from their positions.
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Tags: Andrew McDonald, Rich Rochlin, food stamps, D-SNAP, Malloy, state employees
January 19, 2012
Malloy Applauded For Diversity of Judicial Nominations
by Christine Stuart | January 19, 2012 4:21pm
A women’s group who has been critical of the “lack of diversity” in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration applauded the diversity of the six lawyers he nominated to the Superior Court bench Thursday.
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Tags: judicial nominations, Diversity, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, court, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
January 17, 2012
Judge Says State Trooper Staffing Mandate Should Be Enforced
by Hugh McQuaid | January 17, 2012 12:30pm
A Superior Court judge may have denied their initial attempt to stop Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration from laying off 56 state troopers, but state troopers prevailed in their argument that the 1,248 minimum staffing level is something the administration should be enforcing.
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Tags: troopers, police, staffing, state police, Andrew McDonald, Hugh McQuaid
January 16, 2012
2012 Session Will Bring Another Death Penalty Debate
by Hugh McQuaid | January 16, 2012 5:30am
With a new Democratic governor, 2011 seemed like the year the legislature would repeal Connecticut’s death penalty, until the sole survivor of a triple homicide appealed to lawmakers to wait. On Thursday a state senator said the wait may be over.
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Tags: death penalty, Meyer, prague, cafero, Holder-Winfield, Petit, Hugh McQuaid
January 13, 2012
Special Master’s Redistricting Plan Changes Little
by Christine Stuart and Hugh McQuaid | January 13, 2012 4:44pm
He heard the testimony and studied the maps and in the end Special Master Nathaniel Persily decided not to make significant changes to Connecticut’s five congressional districts.
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Tags: Redistricting, map, special master, Republicans, Democrats, 5th, congress
January 12, 2012
Dems Line Up In Support Of Health Care Reform Act
by Hugh McQuaid | January 12, 2012 6:29pm
Democratic lawmakers announced Thursday that 43 state legislators had signed on to an amicus brief supporting the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which the U.S. Supreme will consider in March.
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Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care, Affordable Care Act, Ritter, donovan, cafero, Supreme Court, Hugh McQuaid
January 9, 2012
Special Master Gets A History Lesson In CT Redistricting
by Christine Stuart | January 9, 2012 3:51pm
Newly appointed Supreme Court Special Master Nathaniel Persily heard testimony Monday on how Democrats, Republicans, and members of the public would draw the five congressional districts, if given a chance.
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Tags: Redistricting, map, special master, Republicans, Democrats, 5th, congress
Class Action Alleges DSS Can’t Process Medicaid Apps In Timely Manner
by Christine Stuart | January 9, 2012 1:41pm
(Updated 3:05 p.m.) The Department of Social Services having been “systematically stripped of workers” failed to process Medicaid applications in a timely manner, a federal class action lawsuit filed Monday by legal aid attorneys says.
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