57 Troopers Receive Layoff Notices; Union Had Voted Solidly Against Malloy...
In a move that would have been unthinkable in the recent past, 57 state police troopers have received layoff notices, sources said Wednesday. Lt. J. Paul Vance, the state police spokesman, told The...
View ArticleEx-Deputy Warden At Bergin Prison Sentenced For Having Sex With Inmate;...
A former deputy warden at the Bergin Correctional Institution has been sentenced for having sex with an inmate. Because of budget cuts by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Bergin will be closing by mid-August....
View ArticleQ poll: Most disapprove of President Obama's handling of the economy but he...
A new Quinnipiac University poll has both bad news and good news for President Obama. A decisive majority of American voters -- 56 percent -- disapprove of the way he is handling the economy, according...
View ArticleGov. Malloy will release his summary of cuts later today; meanwhile local...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's full plan for cuts and consolidations to state government is due to the legislature tomorrow morning but his office expects to release a summary later today. Bits of the...
View ArticleMalloy releases summary of his budget-balancing plan; 6,060 executive branch...
The governor's office has released a summary of its proposed cuts and consolidations in advance of tomorrow's deadline to submit a plan to the legislature. Transportation, developmental services,...
View ArticleVote Postponed On Droney For Federal Appeals Court
Courant Staff Writer Edmund H. Mahony reports:Republicans on the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee have asked for another week to consider the almost certain appointment of Hartford District Judge...
View ArticleDog Rescuers Sweating About Malloy's Decision On Bill
Courant Staff Writer Janice Podsada reports: Since 2009, Jan Borreil has been opening her Farmington home to a string of refugees: homeless dogs rescued from high kill animal shelters in Alabama,...
View ArticleJudicial branch will release a list of its proposed cuts today; facilities...
Though the governor's office released a summary of proposed executive branch budget cuts yesterday, the full plan isn't due to the General Assembly until today. The judicial and legislative branches...
View ArticleJudicial Cuts: 4 Courts, 1 Juvenile Jail, 6 Law Libraries, 452 People, 150...
Warning of delay, frustration and inconvenience, the state Judicial Branch on Friday revealed a budget reduction plan that would slash services while closing four courthouses, a jail for juveniles, six...
View ArticleMalloy Plan Would Eliminate Fire Department At CVH
The Connecticut Valley Hospital fire department would be eliminated under the budget-balancing plan released by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Friday. The announcement comes about two months after The Courant...
View ArticleHighway Rest Areas' Buildings To Close Under Malloy Plan
The Malloy administration went after highway rest areas again Friday for what the governor's office said would be more than $2 million in annual savings through its latest budget-balancing plan. The...
View ArticleMalloy Releases Budget-Balancing Plan To Cut Rail Services, Ferries, Bridge...
Governor Dannel P. Malloy released a budget-cutting plan Friday that would drastically cut a wide variety of state programs - from rail service and ferries to bridge inspections and arts subsidies. The...
View ArticleUnion leaders meet today to review bylaw changes
Top union leaders will meet today to consider changing their bylaws to make it easier to approve a savings-and-concession deal with Gov. Dannel Malloy. "I don't know if we're going to have anything...
View ArticleUnion Web Site Reports That "SEBAC Changes By-Laws'' And Seeks Deal With...
State employee union leaders voted Monday to change their by-laws in a last-ditch effort to save the jobs of their members, according to a union web site. The leaders had been meeting throughout the...
View ArticleMalloy Far More Optimistic After Unions Change Rules And Make New Deal...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and some state employees were breathing a sigh of relief Tuesday as they expect another chance for a re-vote on a savings-and-concession deal that would avoid thousands of...
View ArticleMalloy's jobs tour rolls on
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy continues his jobs tour today with a couple of stops in Fairfield County. Malloy and his Economic and Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith will participate in a...
View Article1,851 Layoff Notices Sent So Far As SEBAC Seeks Updated Deal With Malloy,...
Layoff notices continued to be sent out to state employees Wednesday - even as their union representatives were negotiating to reach a revised, no-layoff deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. The...
View ArticleDroney Appeals Nomination Gets Swift, Unanimous Approval From U.S. Senate...
The U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee approved Hartford District Judge Christopher Droney's nomination to the federal appeals court by a unanimous voice vote Thursday morning, sending the appointment...
View ArticleNRCC puts all 4 CT-5 candidates "On the Radar"
All four Republicans running for Congress from Connecticut's 5th District have achieved the National Republican Congressional Committee's "On the Radar" designation. "On the Radar" status is the first...
View ArticleRuthAnn Lobo, Mother Of Rebecca, Fought 17-Year Battle Against Breast Cancer;...
The Connecticut sports world is mourning the death of RuthAnn Lobo, who fought a 17-year battle against breast cancer. As the mother of one of the best-known basketball players in state history, Lobo...
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