February 3, 2012
OP-ED | Don’t Throw Child Care Out With The Bathwater
by Kathy Queen | February 3, 2012 4:34pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants 2012 to be the year of education reform, with a particular focus on early childhood and preschool.
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SEEC Hires Hamden Attorney As Executive Director
by Christine Stuart | February 3, 2012 2:54pm
After reversing its initial decision to hire former Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano, the State Elections Enforcement Commission re-interviewed the finalists and voted unanimously Friday to hire an attorney from Hamden as its new executive director.
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Tags: election, enforcement, Sebastian Giuliano, Stephen Cashman, Michael Brandi
McMahon Asks For Three Debates, Shays Offers 10
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | February 3, 2012 2:21pm
With Chris Shays’ entry into state’s U.S. Senate seat race, Linda McMahon’s campaign manager asked his campaign Friday to set up three debates. But the Shays’ campaign was thinking more along the lines of 10.
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Tags: McMahon, Shays, Senate 2012
OP-ED | Money Race 2012: McMahon Reinventing Herself, Bysiewicz in Decline
by Susan Bigelow | February 3, 2012 12:46pm
It’s never a great idea to read too much into fundraising totals. Dollars aren’t votes, and plenty of candidates have found that the amount of money they raised and spent didn’t solve their other problems. After all, no one outspent Linda McMahon in 2010, but her money didn’t translate into a win or even into a close loss.
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Tags: US Senate, US Congress, fundraising, Shays, Bysiewicz, McMahon, Susan Bigelow
On UConn Campus, Pot Will Be Treated The Same As Booze
by Joseph Adinolfi | February 3, 2012 12:38pm
Eight months after a law decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana went into effect, the University of Connecticut has equalized penalties for possession of the drug with that of alcohol.
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Tags: marijuana, UConn, penalty, Sam Tracy
OP-ED | Goodbye To The Status Quo
by Rae Ann Knopf | February 3, 2012 10:18am
To any skeptics who asked last year whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy truly intended to make the 2012 legislative session “the education session”, those doubts have been answered. Even before the formal opening of the session, we’ve seen enormous strides toward reforming education in Connecticut.
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Tags: education, reform, status quo, Malloy, Pryor, Rae Ann Knopf, Connecticut Council for Education Reform
Malloy Adds $12M In Early Ed Funding To His Budget List
by Christine Stuart | February 3, 2012 5:30am
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will renew his commitment to early childhood education by asking the legislature to approve $4 million in spending for 500 new preschool slots, and $3 million to support professional development.
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Tags: education, early childhood, preschool, Beth Bye, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy
February 2, 2012
Dems: GOP Call For Select Agriculture Committee DOA
by Joseph Adinolfi | February 2, 2012 9:51pm
Republican calls for bipartisan support to create a Select Committee on Agriculture fell on deaf ears Thursday.
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Tags: Agriculture, Bacchiochi, kissel, select committee, Republicans, Democrats
Casinos Look to Move Gambling Online, Lawmakers Unlikely to Legalize It
by Hugh McQuaid | February 2, 2012 3:43pm
Representatives of the two Indian casinos told lawmakers Thursday they would welcome an opportunity to provide online gaming, but lawmakers told them they have no plans to introduce legislation.
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Tags: Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, casinos, online gambling, regulation, gambling
Republican Lawmakers Support Union’s Right To Vote
by Christine Stuart | February 2, 2012 1:03pm
(Updated 3:40 p.m.)It was an odd political pairing. Two Republican lawmakers stood alongside union members Thursday arguing that its members should have the right to vote to switch unions.
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