Connecticut drug overdose death rate among young above national average
Don’t think Connecticut has a drug problem? Think again, following this story by the website CT By The Numbers. In Connecticut, the average rate between 1999 and 2001 was 4.1 per 100,000. Between 2010...
View ArticleMalloy makes last ditch effort to keep GE in Connecticut
Faced with the embarrassing prospect of having one of the world’s top corporations move its headquarters out of state, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy plans to meet with General Electric one more...
View ArticleFinch defends giving himself and associates raises before term as Bridgeport...
Already facing criticism for reappointing the police chief to a five-year term just days before his mayoral term expires, Bridgeport Mayor William Finch is on the hot seat again. The Connecticut Post...
View ArticleWill Malloy question UConn tuition hike?
Just when you think it is already expensive to get an education at the University of Connecticut, it has been announced tuition is going up again. The question becomes will Connecticut Gov. Dannel P....
View ArticleMass shooting leads Malloy to step up security in Connecticut
Connecticut wasted little time swinging into action in the aftermath of the San Bernardino mass killings, NBC Connecticut reported: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered increased state police patrols at...
View ArticleDid Connecticut leaders jump gun on advocating more control in wake of...
Connecticut’s elected leaders wasted little time calling for more gun control in the wake of the San Bernardino, CA shootings, but did they jump the gun, going before TV cameras and on social media...
View ArticleWhat would you do? Pay it forward or keep it?
A Danbury, Connecticut bank has launched a secret Santa program, leaving money envelopes around town, WFSB-TV has reported. If you found one of the envelopes, would you “pay it forward” or keep it?...
View ArticleOwning a home in Connecticut is becoming a burden for many
The cost of owning a home in Connecticut is becoming more burdensome, according to a story in the Hartford Business Journal. A new report finds half the state’s renters and 34 percent of its homeowners...
View ArticleConnecticut advocates mobilize for more gun control
Gun-control advocates in Connecticut hope to mobilize support for tougher laws in the aftermath of the San Bernardino, CA shootings, as reported by the CT Post. In the wake of the mass shooting in San...
View ArticleBoston Red Sox pitcher gives back to his home state of Connecticut
Nice going by Matt Barnes. You talk about an inspirational story, reported by MLB, and this is it. While growing up in Danbury, Conn., Red Sox right-hander Matt Barnes said his parents preached to him...
View ArticleConnecticut cops told to prepare for legal recreational marijuana
It may not happen tomorrow, but it seems a sure bet, according to some, that Connecticut is on a course to legalize marijuana, according to a story in the Connecticut Post.Robert Ticer is no fan of...
View ArticlePrescription drug costs for Connecticut state employees out of control,...
These statistics should serve as an eye-opener, as Jon Lender reports in the Hartford Courant.Prescription drug costs under the state employees’ health plan have run so wild that even a recently touted...
View ArticleConnecticut SWAT teams prepare
What if the worst happened in Connecticut? SWAT teams in the state are preparing just in case, according to a story by News Channel 8. Deputy Chief Fred Spagnolo of the Waterbury Police Department has...
View ArticleBackground checks in Connecticut grow as more buy guns
Connecticut is not immune to the increase in gun sales. Evidence of that is a report on CT By The Numbers that background checks in the state are growing. Last Friday – Black Friday – the number of...
View ArticleTree clearing by CT-DOT in Torrington causing controversy
The Connecticut Department of Transporation continues to cut down trees on Route 8 in Torrington, and people have just about had it, according to a report on WFSB-TV 3. “It looks like a nuclear dead...
View ArticleProposed lock-box fails, but would they have observed it?
Even if they approved the lock-box for a vote next year and the voters passed it, do you honestly think the legislature would observe it? The Connecticut Post story says it all. Hours after the state...
View ArticleAnother data breach, this time at Middlesex Hospital
How many more of these must we endure? Another data breach, this one at Middlesex Hospital according to NBC Connecticut. A data breach at Middlesex Hospital may have compromised information of more...
View ArticleThe day of reckoning near for former UConn star Tate George
Tate George put the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team on the map. Now another day of reckoning is at hand for George, according to the Hartford Courant. More than two years after his...
View ArticleCome fly with me. Bradley Airport sees steady growth
Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT is hip. The airport has seen a 1.1 percent hike in passengers in the first 10 months of 2015 and there are positive signs elsewhere, according to the...
View ArticleCustodians in Hartford vow strike. Union head says no deal, ‘no peace in...
This will be an interesting situation to witness, especially since it pits big business against organized labor’s Service Employees International. Major political donors to the Democratic Party, i.e....
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