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Senate Democrats opposed to minimum wage increase - The Connecticut Mirror
By Mark Pazniokas The state Senate's Democratic majority does not have the votes to pass a compromise minimum-wage increase approved last week by the House of Representatives, a source said today. After a caucus today, the Democrats still are shy of a ...
Initial review finds as many as two dozen employees suspected of Irene fraud - The Connecticut Mirror
Malloy also responded to a WTNH-TV report featuring an anonymous source who claimed that the Department of Social Services, which administered the disaster program, is ill-equipped to stop and detect fraud. "I can assure you that my administration will ...
Public-private partnerships among last-minute 'sticking points' - The Connecticut Mirror
Union leaders and members representing thousands of public-sector workers balked at a public hearing last week when administration officials said they wanted greater flexibility to coordinate the design, construction and inspection services for capital ...
Source: Shays will join race for 2012 GOP Senate nomination - The Connecticut Mirror
"Before the end of the month, no one will have any doubt" about Shays' intentions, the source said. The former 4th District congressman is currently based in suburban Washington, where he serves as co-chairman of the Commission on Wartime Contracting ...
SEBAC plans Monday meeting on changes to voting bylaws - The Connecticut Mirror
But a source said the coalition's governing board hadn't settled yet on one specific alternative to the bylaw that requires unions representing at least 80 percent of SEBAC membership to endorse any concession plan before it can be ratified. ...
Without union concessions, big consolidations yield small savings - The Connecticut Mirror
And administration officials said they believe the latter also would have encouraged about 1000 senior state employees to retire by early September. Plans called for no more than 10 percent of those workers to be replaced, opening the door to $130 ...
Congressional committee breaths life into Pratt rival's engine - The Connecticut Mirror
"We can just outrun this," said a company lobbyist, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "By the time the Senate gets it, events may have overtaken this. The [Pentagon] will be busy mothballing the [GE-Rolls] engines."
State gets $30 million of $227 million sought for rail project - The Connecticut Mirror
Another USDOT official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, noted that Connecticut has, to date, received a total of $190 million for this project, putting it eighth among all states in total federal high-speed rail funds awarded. ...
House Democrats deliver Malloy's first budget - The Connecticut Mirror
At the outset of the 10-hour debate in the House, Sharkey, the new majority leader from Hamden, declined to say how many of the 99 Democrats were flinching at voting for a record tax increase, but an administration official said the leaders promised at ...
Malloy picks Kansas man to lead DSS - The Connecticut Mirror
Bremby was an appealing candidate for the Malloy administration in part because of his tenure in the Kansas state agency and his experience streamlining services and implementing web-based systems, the source said. He has the ability to make tough ...
Malloy budget gives safety net a trim - The Connecticut Mirror
That trend, coupled with the huge deficit and the stated goal of sparing the safety net from the deepest of cuts, triggered a need both for efficiency and reform, administration officials said. Though Connecticut's 29 acute care hospitals would lose ...
UConn protest derails McMahon stop - The Connecticut Mirror
... called to file an incident report about his crumpled sign. The woman who grabbed his sign, who declined to give her name, said the protestor had pushed her.
Going negative: Attack ads may be risky in close Democratic contest - The Connecticut Mirror
"Everyone says they are not going to" go negative, says one consultant who asked to remain anonymous, because he has a Connecticut client. ...
Source says Simmons told staff he is ending campaign - The Connecticut Mirror
But a source who declined to be identified said that Simmons' staff was told the campaign was ending, bowing to the difficulties of fighting the ...
McMahon appears to have won GOP convention endorsement for US Senate. Unclear ... - The Connecticut Mirror
Though an official tally still has not been announced, sources close to both campaigns said McMahon was about 40 votes away from a majority of the more than ...
Legislative session ends, but lobbying over the energy bill goes on - The Connecticut Mirror
Rell expressed serious misgivings about the legislation prior to passage, but advocates who have met with administration officials said Wednesday that the ...
Borrowing still separates Rell, Democrats - The Connecticut Mirror
In reality, though, one sticking point remains, and according to sources close to both sides, it is arguably the most controversial item in the preliminary, ...
New administration plan revives talks with legislators to reduce 2010 deficit - The Connecticut Mirror
... deficit--without tax hikes--based on a compromise plan offered Monday by Rell, sources close to the administration and the Democratic caucuses said. ...