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Unions criticize Malloy administration over layoff tactics
HARTFORD, Conn. – State employees were walked off the grounds of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School on Monday and on Tuesday about 40 clerical workers at the Department of Social Services were laid off in a conference call, according to union officials.
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Judiciary Committee approves two key juvenile justice reform bills
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Judiciary Committee approved two bills this week in an effort to reform the juvenile justice system.
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Opinion: Looming health care crisis can be avoided by restoring funds to community health centers
Mollie Melbourne is acting chief executive officer of the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, which is based in Cheshire and represents the state’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). There is a brewing health care crisis in Connecticut, and it involves the state’s poorest and most vulnerable population of people. The good news is there…
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Committee approves lockbox resolution
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to lock up the state’s transportation funds made it out of committee on a 22-11 vote Monday, but several lawmakers said they want to see the language strengthened before it gets to the House and Senate for a vote.
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10 lawmakers push to legalize marijuana for recreational use
HARTFORD, Conn. – Ten Democratic lawmakers, including two from New Haven, are hoping their colleagues will entertain a debate this year about legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
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State of the Union: Obama expresses one regret
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama admitted Tuesday during his final State of the Union address that he was unable to accomplish everything he wanted during his presidency, and that one of his few regrets was that the “rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.” Obama said:
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Malloy calls lawmakers into special session; Sharkey says they are close to a deal
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy used his authority call the General Assembly into a special session next Tuesday, Dec. 8, even though there is no agreement yet on what to cut to close the $350 million budget deficit.
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Republicans target Malloy even though he’s not on the ballot
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s name wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday, but you wouldn’t know it from the Republican Party’s rhetoric, robocalls, or mailers.
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Malloy signals budget changes on horizon
HARTFORD, Conn. – As budget negotiations continued at the capitol Wednesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told reporters that legislative leaders need to accept “real cuts” and “real tax changes” as the special session to implement the budget approaches.
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Malloy talks transportation
STAMFORD — As a follow-on to the plan he announced last week to spend more than $100 billion on transportation infrastructure throughout the state over 30 years, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday invited a group of Fairfield County politicians and business officials to offer suggestions as to what its priorities should be. About 35 people…
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Malloy renews push to change alcohol pricing
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday launched another campaign to change the laws governing the state’s liquor sales with some strong rhetoric for lawmakers inclined to maintain the current alcohol pricing structure. “People who don’t support this support Connecticut consumers being gouged,” he said at a press conference.
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The land of steady habits holds steady in 2014
HARTFORD, Conn. – Here is CTNewsJunkie’s look back at 2014, a year in which voters opted to put one governor back in office and a jury voted to convict a former governor, likely sending him back to prison for a second time.
