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Mar 22, 2024 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Brian Scott-Smith |Christine Stuart |Mike Savino |Susan Bigelow
Posted inNew London Students in New London Public Schools will soon see more Coast Guard cadets and staff in their classrooms after the school district signed an agreement this week with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy based in the city.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Brian Scott-Smith |Hugh McQuaid |Christine Stuart |Mike Savino
Posted in2nd CD Saturday, March 16, 2024, was a special day for the US Navy and the workers at General Dynamics Electric Boat as the latest Virginia-class fast-attack Submarine was christened at the Groton facility.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
Skip to content Posted inEconomic Justice State Treasurer Erick Russell said 7,810 babies have already been enrolled in the state’s Baby Bonds program, a benefit state officials hope will put those children on a path to leaving poverty. Posted inBusiness Posted inHealth Care Posted inNonprofits Posted inEducation Posted inEducation...
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Jun 19, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
The University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents are poised to finalize their budgets in the coming weeks. Both systems say they can balance their budget thanks, in part, to additional money included in the $51-billion budget recently signed by Gov. Ned Lamont. That reprieve only seems temporary, though, with higher education officials warning that deficits loom in fiscal year 2025. That seems to be setting up another budget fight when lawmakers return in February.
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Jun 7, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
Connecticut lawmakers Wednesday approved a bonding package that calls for roughly $2.5 billion in borrowing each of the next two fiscal years. The funding would go to a range of projects, including affordable housing, the State Pier in New London, safety measures to address wrong-way driving, and money for new vote tabulators. “Bonding projects are often the lifeline of the state,” Senate President Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven said.
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Jun 5, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
The Senate Monday approved a bill requiring the tire industry to figure out how to prevent tires from being illegally dumped instead of recycled. The bill, which garnered a 33-3 vote, previously cleared the House of Representatives, and it now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont. If signed into law, producers and other companies in the industry would need to create a stewardship to oversee the disposal of used tires.
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Jun 2, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
Skip to content The Senate Friday unanimously approved banning anyone under the age of 18 from getting married, sending the bill to Gov. Ned Lamont for approval. The bill closes exceptions the legislature carved out in 2017, when it raised the minimum age for marriage to 18 but allowed for 16- and 17-year-olds to do so with parental approval.
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Jun 2, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
With crime rates high and new types of guns reaching Connecticut in the early 1990s, lawmakers were looking for ways to turn the tide. “It was a very different time when it came to public policy related to firearms,” former state Rep. Mike Lawlor said Thursday at the Capitol. That attitude helped push a controversial, but bipartisan bill to ban most assault weapons in 1993.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Mike Savino
Skip to content More than 50 protesters were arrested for blocking Capitol Avenue in Hartford Thursday as striking union workers continue to demand state funding for higher wages and other benefits. With lawmakers and Gov.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Julie Banks |Mike Savino
Hearst Connecticut Media Group is about to complete its purchase of the family-owned newspaper this weekend and is expected to take over operations starting Monday. Sources at The Journal Inquirer did not provide details of the purchase price. As an afternoon tabloid, The Journal Inquirer – also commonly referred to as the JI – was unique in Connecticut.
