February 6th, 2009 by spazeboy
In her budget proposal, Governor Rell proposed cuts to higher education funding in the state that could result in tuition hikes for students. Though she failed to mention these cuts in her address to the legislature (full text – executive summary), Christine Stuart reported on them at CT News Junkie:
Although public colleges will have [...]
May 8th, 2008 by spazeboy
Yesterday at midnight marked the end of the 2008 General Assembly session (the “short session”) and one of the bills that passed the Senate but did not even have a chance in the House was the Paid Sick Days Bill. Christine Stuart reports at CT News Junkie:
A bill that would allow workers to accumulate [...]
April 16th, 2008 by spazeboy
Christine Stuart at CTNewsJunkie published a story today about a legislative intern’s interesting testimony Tuesday. From Christine’s story, Intern Gone Wild:
At a forum on Connecticut’s history of disciplining public officials Tuesday, an intern known for sporting a Fedora, made some wild accusations about what goes on at the Capitol.
“80 percent of the legislators here [...]