by Zachary Janowski | Feb 28, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie – although wildly popular – faces criticism for adopting a Connecticut contract for storm cleanup instead of going through the normal bidding process as Superstorm Sandy loomed. Raising Hale first wrote about Connecticut’s contract with...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 25, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, Politics
Five Connecticut nursing homes in a heated labor dispute with striking union workers filed for bankruptcy Sunday, claiming the cost of union pensions and health benefits forced them to take this step. HealthBridge, a New Jersey company, operates a number of nursing...
by Katherine Concepcion | Feb 21, 2013 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget
Protestors young and old rallied Wednesday to oppose a state plan to house prisoners and mental health patients in a former Rocky Hill nursing home. The plan would have a private company reopen the shuttered Haven Health Care nursing home on West Street, located in a...
by Suzanne Bates | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog, Economy, General, Politics
% Liberal Unemployment Washington DC 40.8 8.5 Massachusetts 30.5 6.7 Oregon 29.3 8.4 Vermont 29.2 5.1 Delaware 28.4 6.9 Connecticut 28.4 8.6 Washington 28.3 7.6 Rhode Island 28.3 10.2 Hawaii 27.7 5.2 New York 27.7 8.2 Average 7.54 % Conservative Unemployment Alabama...
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 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,...
