by Andrew Parrish | Apr 11, 2013 | Commentary, General
On Tuesday night I had the opportunity to see Republican strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove speak at UMass Amherst. The event hosted by the school’s College Republicans was understandably very controversial. UMass is after all the state school of...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 11, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
Look at the evidence. The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team just won its eighth NCAA championship. The men’s basketball team won the NCAA tournament two years ago. In 2011, the football team played in the Fiesta Bowl, part of the Bowl Championship...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 10, 2013 | Energy, Features, General
Connecticut’s green-energy bank is forming a legal entity to help advance a new solar initiative while protecting the quasi-public agency from investment losses. The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority is preparing to launch its Solar Lease 2.0 program,...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 9, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, Politics
In response to the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings, Connecticut enacted last week one of the nation’s strictest gun-control laws, but the 140-page law isn’t just about limiting access to firearms. The Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety Act comes...
by Suzanne Bates | Apr 8, 2013 | Commentary, General, Politics
COMMENTARY A discussion about the effect of media violence on society was briefly held after the atrocities of the Newtown shootings. Lately the conversation fizzled while our attention was fixed on other things. Let’s restart it. Does watching violence, listening to...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 3, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
Legislators are considering limits on a state program that allows inmates to earn time off their sentence as part of comprehensive legislation in response to the tragic school shooting in Newtown. The changes would restrict the program to only non-violent offenders....
