by | Dec 22, 2020 10:49 am | Comments (1)
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Board of Alders virtual meeting on Monday.
The city received an unexpected holiday season gift from the state budget office: $3.1 million in state-allocated federal funds to help cover municipal public safety and public health costs related to Covid-19 the city’s response to Covid-19.
by | Dec 21, 2020 5:40 pm | Comments (9)
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Antillean Manor on Day Street.
The State Bond Commission has approved a $3.1 million loan to help fund the redevelopment of Antillean Manor, a failed former co-op and 31-unit affordable housing complex owned by the Meriden-based landlord Carabetta Management.
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by | Dec 21, 2020 10:33 am | Comments (26)
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Martin Looney campaigning the weekend before this November’s election: Dem supermajority is crafting agenda.
New Haven State Sen. Martin Looney plans to try again to help cities get more of that reimbursement the state promised for tax-exempt property — and he plans to keep a promise to a colleague in New Jersey.
Continue reading ‘Looney 2021 Preview: Bet On Betting, PILOT’
by | Dec 18, 2020 4:28 pm | Comments (16)
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Nicole Beverley, Natima, Marlou: Disconnected.
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Elsa Holahan and her mother, Erica: Web working just fine.
In a house in Fair Haven, Natima Adote dropped out of her virtual social studies classroom at Edgewood School as her internet failed.
In a house in Westville, Elsa Holahan finished her virtual class at James Hillhouse High School without interruptions.
by | Dec 18, 2020 11:23 am | Comments (12)
Prof. Maureen Chalmers: Board of Regents gets an F.
A dozen professors and students blasted cost-cutting measures planned by the Connecticut Board of Regents for cost-cutting measures — including a proposed contract under negotiation — as a disinvestment in faculty well-being, student advising, and the quality of education.
by | Dec 14, 2020 3:42 pm | Comments (0)
Balletto makes Connecticut’s Biden-Harris votes official.
Viewers nationwide didn’t see Nick Balletto lucky red-and-white-blue socks, but it did watch him officially include Connecticut voters’ voice Monday to the decision of who should serve as the next U.S. president and vice-president.
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by | Dec 11, 2020 3:25 pm | Comments (30)
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Participants in Friday’s presser: State Undersecretary of Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Marc Pelka, Gov. Ned Lamont, Project Longevity’s Stacy Spell and Archie Generoso, Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary and Chief Fernando Spagnolo.
The state is sending New Haven $125,000 to help address spiking juvenile crime amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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by | Dec 11, 2020 10:53 am | Comments (10)
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Boughton in the WNHH FM studio during gubernatorial run.
Mark Boughton is making it to the state Capitol after all — not as governor, as originally planned; but as top tax collector for a different governor from a different party.
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by | Dec 10, 2020 5:08 pm | Comments (19)
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Elicker (left), Lamont (right): As goes New Haven, so goes Connecticut?
(Analysis) One is named Ned. One isn’t.
One plays piano. The other, guitar.
Other than that, as the mid-point arrives in their first terms in office, it can be hard to tell Connecticut’s governor and New Haven’s mayor apart.
Continue reading ‘Mid-1st Term, “Nedicker” Navigates Crises’
by | Dec 10, 2020 11:04 am | Comments (1)
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New Haven Public Schools is looking for college students and other community members to become substitute teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Dec 8, 2020 8:30 pm | Comments (13)
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A New Haven-based think tank Tuesday proposed three fixes for a regressive tax system that disproportionately burdens working- and middle-class families: higher income tax rates on top earners, new taxes on capital gains and mansions, and expanded property and earned income tax credits.
by | Dec 8, 2020 3:52 pm | Comments (10)
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Metro students call for more counselors at pre-pandemic hearing.
If New Haven principals had their way, they would hire around 100 new school counselors, librarians and other specialty staff.
The reality is likely to be far fewer new positions, if any.
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by | Nov 30, 2020 2:43 pm | Comments (0)
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Local theater managers gather with U.S. Sen. Dick Blumenthal outside Long Wharf Theatre in September to issue joint pandemic-relief appeal.
Long Wharf Theatre is receiving $551,400 in emergency support from the state to help survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue reading ‘State Sending $1.34M In Emergency Pandemic Relief To City Arts Nonprofits’
by | Nov 30, 2020 12:32 pm | Comments (8)
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Asst. Supt. Redd-Hannans: Extended days on horizon.
A longer, in-person school day could help students who have fallen behind during the Covid-19 pandemic, the city’s assistant schools superintendent said. New Haven needs some help from the state this spring to make that catch-up successful.
by | Nov 30, 2020 12:19 pm | Comments (0)
Generational shift: Mark Davis (left), Jodi Latina.
The state politics baton has passed for good at New Haven’s WTNH.
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by | Nov 14, 2020 7:24 pm | Comments (0)
Gov. Ned Lamont and top aides entered a 14-day self-quarantined after his communications chief, Max Reiss, tested positive for Covid-19.
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by | Nov 6, 2020 4:17 pm | Comments (5)
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Martin Looney, to serve another term as Senate prez.
New Haven State Sen. Martin Looney will serve another term as the president of the state legislature’s upper chamber, after being reelected to the leadership role by the 24 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
by | Nov 5, 2020 6:28 pm | Comments (10)
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Hundreds of families have chosen not to enroll their preschoolers and kindergarteners in New Haven Public Schools this year.
The sudden decline is part of a statewide drop in enrollment driven primarily by the youngest grades. In New Haven, the preschool program has shrunk by 13.5 percent and the kindergarten class has shrunk by 19.6 percent.
by | Oct 28, 2020 5:39 pm | Comments (17)
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Nir Bongart with state legislators Fasano and Candelora at Wednesday presser. Yeshiva students, below, attended as well.
Send us more cops.
Crime-weary Beaver Hills neighbors sent that message loud and clear at a Norton Street press conference that sought to keep the spotlight on a recent uptick in violence.
Continue reading ‘Lawmakers Amplify Beaver Hills Crime Call’
by | Oct 19, 2020 2:58 pm | Comments (1)
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NMS Director Noah Bloom with Gov. Lamont (right) at Monday’s arts announcement.
Arts nonprofits that have been pummeled by the Covid-19 pandemic have a new $9 million state relief fund to turn to for support in helping pay staff, cover student scholarships, and generally stay afloat during the ongoing economic downturn.
by | Oct 19, 2020 10:33 am | Comments (0)
The Covid-19 pandemic forced Norwalk city employees, like those in the private sector, to work from home. Unlike other workers though, city employees have access to reams of sensitive information: tax records, HIPAA-protected health data, profiles of school children, arrest records and body camera footage.
With all of this information at risk, preventing a data breach is much more important than finding its cure, according to Connecticut cybersecurity experts.
by | Oct 14, 2020 9:47 pm | Comments (14)
Winfield and Bartlett during Wednesday night’s debate.
How do you run against an elected official with the top statewide reputation for championing criminal justice reform — as not doing enough on criminal justice reform?Jason Bartlett gave it a whirl in a debate Wednesday night.
by | Oct 14, 2020 11:42 am | Comments (3)
(Opinion.) Voters in Connecticut deserve a competent state elections system and contemporary voting options available elsewhere, like early voting and absentee ballot tracking.
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by | Oct 12, 2020 2:00 pm | Comments (5)
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Hermosillo, Reilly exchange outlooks.
Erin Reilly tried to convert Maria Estela Hermosillo to a conservative vote. In return, Estela Hermosillo tried to convert Reilly to the Baha’i religion.
by | Oct 9, 2020 4:35 pm | Comments (10)
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Jameson White, Martin Looney, Alex Taubes.
This week, two New Haveners stood outside of buildings in varying stages of construction or decay that they said symbolize the problems the state faces — and the problems that they are running for the State Senate to fix.