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Opinion: Rowlandesque – Malloy’s baffling watchdog gambit
Terry Cowgill lives in Lakeville, blogs at ctdevilsadvocate.com and is news editor of The Berkshire Record in Great Barrington, Mass. Follow him on Twitter @terrycowgill. If there’s one rule in politics you can take to the bank, it’s never to behave in a way that invites comparisons to high-profile corrupt politicians who resigned in disgrace.…
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Deaf community rallies to restore public interpreter services
HARTFORD, Conn. – The deaf community is inconsolable about Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s decision to eliminate the 40-person Department of Rehabilitation Services interpretation unit.
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Public retirement bill headed to Malloy after Wyman breaks tie vote
HARTFORD, Conn. – Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman broke a tie vote Saturday in the Senate to send a controversial bill that would create a quasi-public agency to administer a retirement system for Connecticut residents to the governor. Sens. Gayle Slossberg, D-Milford, Joan Hartley, D-Waterbury, and Paul Doyle, D-Wethersfield, joined Republicans in voting against the measure…
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Advocates decry proposed cuts to health, dental services
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s revised budget proposal would eliminate health insurance coverage for about 8,700 parents who have children enrolled in HUSKY and incomes between 138 percent and 155 percent of the federal poverty level. The move is expected to save $900,000.
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Fasano says 2 furlough days could help avoid layoffs
HARTFORD, Conn. – Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano said Friday that if most state employees agree to two furlough days they could find the $6 million Gov. Dannel P. Malloy needs in labor savings to balance this year’s budget deficit.
