May 21, 2012
Future of Minimum Wage Hike Still Uncertain After Meeting
by Hugh McQuaid | May 21, 2012 5:30am
Last week House Speaker Chris Donovan was clear he intended to have language raising the state minimum wage inserted into a budget implementer. After meeting with Senate President Donald Williams for more than an hour Friday afternoon, Donovan was less clear.
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Tags: Chris Donovan, Donald Williams, minimum wage, jobs, special session
May 18, 2012
One Last Push To Get A Consumer Voice On Exchange Board
by Michael Lee-Murphy | May 18, 2012 11:30am
The upcoming special session to implement the budget provides a glimmer of hope for healthcare advocates who have been seeking an expansion of the state’s Insurance Exchange Board.
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Tags: health care exchange, insurance exchange board, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, Kevin Galvin, John McKinney, Michael Lee-Murphy, dh
May 4, 2012
Special Session For Education?
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | May 4, 2012 2:56pm
According to Courant education reporter Kathleen Megan, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday a special session to tackle education reform is “absolutely” a possibility if an agreement can’t be reached by May 9.
April 23, 2012
Malloy Takes Wait And See Approach To Budget Deficit
by Christine Stuart | April 23, 2012 2:37pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said “it’s too early to tell” whether the state will need to hold a special session to address a projected budget deficit.
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Tags: state budget, special session, gov. dannel p. malloy, gaap, deficit, connecticut, dh
December 13, 2011
Norwich Author Continues To Chronicle AIDS
by Brian Scott-Smith | December 13, 2011 5:34pm
Thirty years after the first AIDS diagnosis, AIDS and HIV are still an epidemic and still there’s no cure.
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November 4, 2011
Cafero Calls for Special Session on Energy, Emergency Preparations
by Hugh McQuaid | November 4, 2011 3:31pm
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. on Friday called for a special legislative session to pass legislation requiring additional utility work crews, minimum staffing levels, and other initiatives he says will shorten future outages.
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Tags: Hugh McQuaid, cafero, energy, weather, Nor'easter, Republicans, connecticut, Hugh McQuaid
October 27, 2011
CT Bipartisanship Proves Stark Contrast to DC
by Christine Stuart | October 27, 2011 10:30pm
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed the jobs bill Thursday evening less than 24-hours after it passed the General Assembly with just two Republican lawmakers voting against the measure.
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October 26, 2011
Lab Proposal Approved, But Not Along Party Lines
by Hugh McQuaid | October 26, 2011 11:07pm
In contrast to the partisan ground staked out in the Senate, several legislators in the House on Wednesday said they were still in the process of weighing the proposal to give $291 million in state funds to Jackson Laboratory.
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Tags: Jackson Laboratory, mice, Malloy, Fence, House, Republicans, Maine, UConn, Farmington, Hugh McQuaid
Urban Lawmakers Express Concern With Jobs Bill
by Christine Stuart | October 26, 2011 8:30pm
(Updated 10 p.m.)There was something for everyone to like in the jobs bill, but members of the Black and Puerto Rican caucus in the House weren’t exactly sure it would create jobs for their constituents.
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Tags: job, urban, New Haven, economy, Malloy
Jackson Lab Clears First Hurdle
by Hugh McQuaid | October 26, 2011 7:15pm
The Senate voted 21-14 Wednesday to give Jackson Laboratories of Maine $291 million in incentives to expand at the University of Connecticut Farmington Health Center campus.
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