by | Mar 19, 2018 2:58 pm | Comments (0)
Erin Stewart Monday became the youngest candidate officially in this year’s governor’s race — and made a point about it.
Continue reading ‘Youngest Guv Candidate Makes Generational Pitch’
by | Mar 16, 2018 7:57 am | Comments (24)
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Clockwise from top: Harp, Nemerson, Looney.
According to one new calculation, the state is filling New Haven’s coffers to the brim with cash.
According to another calculation, the state is starving New Haven of cash, leading the city to consider raising taxes 11 percent.
by | Mar 15, 2018 5:41 pm | Comments (7)
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Ganim, Walker and Harp pitch for Bridgeport and New Haven (top); Davis and Maynard pitch for tribal casino underway in East Windsor.
Hartford — Mayor Toni Harp and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim joined forces here to urge lawmakers to pave the way for a new casino for a region suffering staggering unemployment. They made a simple pitch: We need jobs.
Advocates of a tribal casino planned for East Windsor sought to complicate that narrative.
by | Mar 15, 2018 8:32 am | Comments (17)
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Still from body camera video released since law passed. Below, Gary Winfield, Kevin Kane square off at Wednesday’s hearing.
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Hartford — New Haven State Sen. Gary Winfield had some clean-up business to attend to in a law he authored enabling cops to wear body cameras. The state’s top prosecutor balked — and the two ended up sparring about whether cops deserve special rights to check their story before offering sworn statements.
by | Mar 14, 2018 4:55 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by:Judiciary Committee
by | Mar 14, 2018 3:47 pm | Comments (2)
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Clergy lead a prayer circle on the first floor of the Legislative Office Building Wednesday.
Hartford—“Dreamers” —children born to adults living in the U.S. without legal permission — gathered with clergy at the state Capitol Wednesday to call on the legislature to pass a bill that would open a pool of student-generated financial aid to the undocumented students that help pay for it.
Continue reading ‘Dreamers, Clergy Press Forward On Student Aid’
by | Mar 14, 2018 8:12 am | Comments (14)
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Nip and drug litter at the corner of Whalley and Osborn avenues.
The city is looking to curb the number of nip bottles littering sidewalks, public parks, and storm drains by pushing for a statewide bottle deposit for the popular alcohol miniatures. It should not expect to find much support among city liquor store owners.
by | Mar 12, 2018 1:10 pm | Comments (15)
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Among the candidates (clockwise from top left): Oz Griebel, Erin Stewart, Prasad Srinivasan, Susan Bysiewicz, Tim Herbst, Jonathan Harris, Joe Ganim, Mark Boughton.
Months before the major parties decide who should become Connecticut’s next governor, you can cast an early vote — and in the process challenge our winner-takes-all electoral system.
by | Mar 9, 2018 8:58 am | Comments (28)
Tweed.
We need just 1,000 more feet. Then we’ll fly all over, and build our economy.
by | Mar 6, 2018 2:22 pm | Comments (10)
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Schoolbus arrives at ECA.
The state will no longer pay for some slots for New Haven students at a popular afternoon arts high school, as part of a crackdown on alleged double-dipping into limited magnet-school funds.
by | Mar 6, 2018 12:44 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by: Energy and Technology Committee
Continue reading ‘H.B. No. 5350 - An Act Concerning Shared Solar Facilities And Municipal Airports’
by | Mar 6, 2018 8:53 am | Comments (25)
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Department heads at tax-hike budget announcement.
Whether or not other mayors join her, Mayor Toni Harp has instructed her legal staff to prepare a lawsuit against the state for failing to reimburse New Haven fully for revenue lost on tax-exempt properties.
by | Mar 5, 2018 8:55 am | Comments (15)
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Worker leaves illegal work site during Newhallville sweep.
New Haven’s building code inspectors are asking state lawmakers to give them back the power to stop contractors from doing work without permits.
by | Mar 2, 2018 2:38 pm | Comments (1)
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Guy Smith.
Guy Smith preferred to talk about how he’ll beat “career politicians” to become Connecticut’s next governor. Not what he said decades ago about Bill Clinton’s extramarital conduct or about Philip Morris’s anti-anti-smoking efforts.
by | Mar 2, 2018 8:44 am | Comments (1)
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Female lawmakers including State Rep. Robyn Porter (at right in photo) advocate for health care prposal.
Hartford — A bipartisan team of women legislators held a joint press conference here Thursday ahead of a public hearing on a bill that would preserve in Connecticut the 10 benefits established by the federal Affordable Health Care Act’s passage in 2010.
Continue reading ‘Female Lawmakers Push To Protect Women’s Health Coverage’
by | Mar 1, 2018 1:17 pm | Comments (2)
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Gian-Carl Casa at nonprofit forum at Science Park.
Gian-Carl Casa used to hear desperate pleas from nonprofits to avoid budget cuts. Now he’s issuing those pleas. And he has an idea.
by | Feb 28, 2018 9:54 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by: Roland J. Lemar and Juan R. Candelaria
Continue reading ‘H.B. No. 5084 - An Act Establishing A Five-Cent Recycling Deposit On Nip Bottles’
by | Feb 28, 2018 9:53 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by: Insurance and Real Estate Committee
Continue reading ‘H.B. No. 5210 - An Act Mandating Insurance Coverage Of Essential Health Benefits’
by | Feb 28, 2018 9:52 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by: Planning and Development Committee
by | Feb 26, 2018 1:00 pm | Comments (3)
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Sean Connolly at WNHH FM.
Sean Connolly shed no tears when Amazon decided not to build its new mega-headquarters in Connecticut.
by | Feb 26, 2018 8:45 am | Comments (0)
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Juan Candelaria: Bilingual dollars needed, too.
Hartford—New Haven could see a $400,000 boost in its education budget this year thanks to the nearly 200 students who have moved here because of natural disasters.
by | Feb 20, 2018 1:18 pm | Comments (0)
University of New Haven
Dr. Danielle Cooper.
Decreasing youth crime and squeezed state budgets have precipitated a transitional period for how Connecticut handles juvenile delinquents.
by | Feb 17, 2018 9:17 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by:Rep. Juan Candelaria
by | Feb 17, 2018 9:16 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by: State Rep. Pat Dillon
Continue reading ‘H.B. No. 5001- An Act Establishing A Fee On Virtual Currency Transactions’
by | Feb 17, 2018 9:16 pm | Comments (0)
Sponsored by: Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Continue reading ‘HB 5031 - An Act Equalizing Access To Student-Generated Financial Aid’