March 6, 2014
Connecticut Transportation Commissioner James Redeker said on Feb.28 he’s willing to review whether it makes sense to add rust inhibitors to chemical road treatments used to clear ice and snow on state roads and highways, as his agency faces complaints …
January 17, 2014
Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, says it has so far enrolled 86,000 people in private health care plans and Medicaid since open enrollment began in October. Chief Executive Kevin Counihan said Thursday the exchange is adding 500 to …
November 25, 2013
The state of Connecticut will not abide by President Barack Obama’s request that states allow insurance companies to continue offering health plans that don’t meet minimum coverage levels to people who have received cancellation notices. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy …
June 23, 2010
The widow of a World Wrestling Entertainment performer who died in a 1999 stunt says she’s suing the Connecticut-based company and its leaders, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon. Martha Hart said McMahon, who stepped down as WWE chief …
February 16, 2010
Three days before the deadly explosion at a Connecticut natural gas power plant, a federal agency that investigates chemical accidents recommended urgent changes to national safety standards for clearing gas from pipes. But even if those changes had been in …
January 4, 2010
Connecticut’s State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is considering whether to require chiropractors to warn their patients about a possible risk of stroke from neck manipulation. The board is holding a two-day hearing Tuesday and Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building. …
July 30, 2009
Legislative Democrats in Connecticut say the Department of Motor Vehicles should be eliminated and its functions and staff redistributed to other state agencies to help streamline state government. The proposal is part of a draft plan for reorganizing state government …
April 11, 2008
Connecticut has moved closer toward enacting tougher rules for teenage drivers, reforms spurred by a several fatal crashes over the past year that involved teens at the wheel. The House of Representatives voted 109-33 in favor of legislation that increases …
June 15, 2007
Connecticut Senate Minority Leader Louis DeLuca resigned as leader of the Senate Republicans this week after coming under fire for asking a trash hauler to threaten a man the senator believed had abused his granddaughter. DeLuca, 73, pleaded guilty last …
June 7, 2007
Connecticut lawmakers moved closer Wednesday toward providing health insurance to more of Connecticut’s estimated 370,000 people without coverage, but the legislation was threatened by a budget impasse at the Capitol. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the legislature’s majority Democrats …