May 11, 2012
Security Guards Strike; Abandon State Building Posts
by Michael Lee-Murphy | May 11, 2012 7:02am
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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Tags: 32BJ, security guard, state building, Michael Lee-Murphy, dh
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
(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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Tags: Chris Donovan, Donald Williams, Brendan Sharkey, John McKinney, Lawrence Cafero, Dannel Malloy, Senate, House, Democrats, minimum wage, jobs, dh
May 4, 2012
Mixed Martial Arts Bill Gets Mixed Reviews In Final Push
by Christine Stuart | May 4, 2012 8:32pm
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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Tags: MMA, mixed marshal arts, Russell Leak, Martin Looney, Beth Bye, Lori Pelletier, Stacey Scapeccia, dh
Advocates Make 11th Hour Minimum Wage Pitch Outside Coffee Shop
by Michael Lee-Murphy | May 4, 2012 11:59am
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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Tags: minimum wage, hartford, Dunkin' Donuts, Miranda Simonds, Willimantic, EITC, Kia Murrell, CBIA
April 27, 2012
Half Of Senate Dems Undecided On Minimum Wage Hike
by Hugh McQuaid and Michael Lee-Murphy | April 27, 2012 6:32pm
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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Tags: minimum wage, senate democrats, donald williams, business, Hugh McQuaid, Michael Lee-Murphy, dh
Out-of-State Economist Calls For Creation of Public Retirement Accounts
by Hugh McQuaid | April 27, 2012 1:18pm
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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Tags: Pension, state employee, 401k, IRA, defined benefit plan, hugh mcquaid, dh
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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Tags: Cigna, tax cuts, shareholders, advocates, activists, Bushnell, dh
April 24, 2012
Teachers Rally At Capitol; Still Unhappy With Malloy’s Plan
by Christine Stuart | April 24, 2012 9:25pm
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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Tags: Teachers, rally, CEA, Malloy, andrea stillman, Donald Williams, Chris Donovan, Phil Apruzzese, dh
April 19, 2012
Senate To Take Up Two Policing Bills
by Hugh McQuaid | April 19, 2012 1:27pm
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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Tags: Father Jim Manship, Martin Looney, Donald Williams, Eric Coleman, policing, surveillance, video
April 18, 2012
Busway Opponents Booed By Construction Workers
by Christine Stuart | April 18, 2012 12:19pm
(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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