May 5, 2012
Storm Response Bill Clears Senate, Includes Utility Penalties
by Christine Stuart | May 5, 2012 6:05pm
The state Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Saturday which will help improve state and utility company response to widespread power outages created by natural disasters.
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Tags: October snowstorm, Tropical Storm Irene, cellphone, utility, Connecticut Light & Power, 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
May 2, 2012
Lawmakers Form Manufacturing Caucus
by Christine Stuart | May 2, 2012 12:17pm
There’s the Sportsmen’s Caucus, the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, the Rural Caucus, the Long Island Sound Caucus, and now we have the Manufacturing Caucus.
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Tags: manufacturing, East Hartford, Gary LeBeau, Vincent Candelora, Tony Guglielmo, caucus, dh
April 30, 2012
Horses Being Dumped On Rescue Groups As Economy Pressures Owners To Give Them Up
by Kathleen Kiley | April 30, 2012 12:23pm
Mary Tyler Moore recently remarked she’d like to come back as a horse in her next life. Not a good choice, even in Connecticut, which has a reputation for being one of the wealthiest states in the nation. Many horse owners are eliminating the feedbag and basic care so they can feed their families in an economic recovery that fails to bring many along, including the rescue operations that now have way too many mouths to feed and too few funds.
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‘Average Working Class Citizen’ Makes His Pitch For The U.S. Senate
by Scott Benjamin | April 30, 2012 5:30am
U.S. Senate candidate Matthew Oakes, a Democrat from East Hartford, said he represents “the average working class citizen.”
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Tags: Matthew Oakes, U.S. Senate, Democrats, East Hartford, economy, fundraising, Scott Benjamin, dh
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
New Haven Community Center $$ At Center Of Bonding Controversy
by Christine Stuart | April 27, 2012 1:02pm
The Malloy administration says it pulled the $300,000 it planned to give the New Haven People’s Center from the state Bond Commission agenda Friday because the project was not ready to go forward, but the last minute maneuver didn’t sit well with the two Republicans on the commission.
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Tags: New Haven People's Center, community center, communism, communist party usa, Bond Commission, sean williams, toni harp, toni walker, 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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