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May 11, 2012

Security Guards Strike; Abandon State Building Posts

by Michael Lee-Murphy | May 11, 2012 7:02am

Michael Lee-Murphy photo Just over five weeks ago, security guards at state office complexes announced they were ready to strike, alleging they had been harassed and intimidated by their employer, SOS Security.

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May 10, 2012

In End of Session Tug & Pull: It’s Dem Against Dem

by Christine Stuart and Hugh McQuaid | May 10, 2012 1:15pm

Christine Stuart photo (Updated 4:27 p.m.) Breaking with tradition, House and Senate Democrats did not hold a joint post-mortem press conference Thursday to discuss the 2012 legislative session. Instead, Sen. President Donald Williams and Sen. Majority Leader Martin Looney held their own.

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May 4, 2012

Mixed Martial Arts Bill Gets Mixed Reviews In Final Push

by Christine Stuart | May 4, 2012 8:32pm

Christine Stuart photo This week Vermont became the 46th state to embrace the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, but a similar bill that would legalize it in Connecticut is stalled in the Senate.

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Advocates Make 11th Hour Minimum Wage Pitch Outside Coffee Shop

by Michael Lee-Murphy | May 4, 2012 11:59am

Michael Lee-Murphy photo HARTFORD — As the legislative session heads into its final days, Senate Democratic leaders are saying that there isn’t enough support for an increase in the state’s minimum wage, but that’s not stopping advocates from making a last-minute pitch.

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April 27, 2012

Half Of Senate Dems Undecided On Minimum Wage Hike

by Hugh McQuaid and Michael Lee-Murphy | April 27, 2012 6:32pm

Hugh McQuaid Photo The House spent more than three hours Thursday passing a bill to raise the minimum wage, but with just 12 days left in a busy session it’s still not clear whether the legislation will see a vote in the Senate this year.

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Out-of-State Economist Calls For Creation of Public Retirement Accounts

by Hugh McQuaid | April 27, 2012 1:18pm

Hugh McQuaid photo A retirement security economist was advocating a bill Thursday that would create a taskforce to consider establishing a state-run defined benefit plan for private citizens.

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April 25, 2012

Advocates Take On Cigna

by Michael Lee-Murphy | April 25, 2012 11:00pm

(Updated 9:40 a.m. Thursday) As Cigna shareholders held their annual meeting inside Hartford’s Bushnell theater Wednesday afternoon, a coalition of unions and healthcare advocates asked to speak to Cigna CEO David Cordani.

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April 24, 2012

Teachers Rally At Capitol; Still Unhappy With Malloy’s Plan

by Christine Stuart | April 24, 2012 9:25pm

Christine Stuart photo About 1,000 teachers from across the state were bused to the Capitol Tuesday to express their displeasure with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education reform bill, which was modified in March by the legislature’s Education Committee.

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April 19, 2012

Senate To Take Up Two Policing Bills

by Hugh McQuaid | April 19, 2012 1:27pm

Christine Stuart photo The Senate plans to take up two bills Thursday aimed at curbing bad behavior by police. One would strengthen the state’s racial profiling reporting law, while the other make police liable if they stop someone from videotaping them.

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April 18, 2012

Busway Opponents Booed By Construction Workers

by Christine Stuart | April 18, 2012 12:19pm

Christine Stuart photo (Updated 4:11 p.m.) Opponents of the 9.4-mile New Britain-to-Hartford busway rallied at the Legislative Office Building Wednesday morning where they were booed by dozens of construction workers who support the nearly $570 million project.

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