by Katherine Concepcion | Feb 18, 2013 | Blog, General, Politics
Connecticut is the fourth most liberal state, according to a recent Gallop poll, with nearly three in 10 voters calling themselves liberal. Massachusetts, Oregon and Vermont are more liberal than Connecticut; Delaware is equally liberal. About 40 percent of...
by Katherine Concepcion | Feb 16, 2013 | Education, Features, General
State auditors found the Connecticut Department of Public Health licensed new daycare centers to open without waiting for background check results – department officials did not clarify whether the practice continues – leaving auditors to conclude “children...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 14, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s latest budget proposes spending increases of $1.8 billion threatening the state’s spending cap to the extent he is proposing to change its meaning. The Office of Fiscal Analysis, the legislature’s budget arm, reports that Malloy’s budget could be...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog, General, Health Care
The Affordable Care Act won’t work for exactly the reason it is constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts pleased many of his detractors by ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional because it is a tax. However, the goal of the ACA – better health...
by Suzanne Bates | Feb 5, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
The number of children raised in single-parent homes is on the rise in Connecticut, especially in the state’s biggest cities. Statewide the number of children living with single moms went up five percent over the past ten years, from 19 percent to 24 percent,...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 2, 2013 | Features, General
Members of one of Connecticut’s ceremonial militia units are suing the state for allegedly seizing $10,000 worth of private ammunition, terminating a lease and failing to pay members for training. State officials claim the unit has not kept its weapons and ammunition...
