Category: Gov. Jodi Rell
Longevity bonus debate impacts state
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 16th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) -- Nearly everyone knows by now that state government is running at least a half billion dollars in the red in the current year and projected to be billions in the hole in the future. Yet thousands of state employees are in line to… more »
UTC: Conn. too expensive
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 16th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) -- Governor Rell says she spoke this morning with the CEO of UTC about the company's recent comments that it is too expensive to operate here. more »
Bonding Commission rejects new lab
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 16th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) -- Similar to the outcry when Governor Rell attempted to locate a detention center for girls in Bridgeport, the State Bonding Commission has rejected a $68 million proposal for a new infectious disease laboratory in Rocky Hill.… more »
Rell: State awarded $7.3 million
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 15th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) -- Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state has been awarded nearly $7.3 million in federal stimulus funds to build a cutting-edge information technology network for the health care system in Connecticut that will reduc… more »
Lawmakers: stop changing name of camp
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 11th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (AP) -- Lawmakers are moving closer to stopping the tradition of renaming the Connecticut National Guard training camp with each new governor.The Public Safety Committee voted Thursday to send a bill to the Senate that would permanently n… more »
CT to host Climate Action Summit
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 11th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) -- Governor M. Jodi Rell said today that Connecticut will hold its first ever "Municipal Summit on Climate Action" this Saturday to support efforts of cities and towns to address climate change."We need local officials to assume a… more »
Fixing up homes for returning vets
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 10th, 2010
Rocky Hill, Conn. (AP) -- Five empty state-owned houses near the State Veterans' Home in Rocky Hill may be renovated for veterans to use temporarily when they return from the Middle East.Gov. M. Jodi Rell plans to ask the State Bond Commission next week… more »
Rell's proposals for girls center
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 8th, 2010
Hartford, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state will seek new proposals for a planned juvenile detention facility for girls after legislators from Bridgeport and Hamden opposed plans to site the center in their communities.The Republican governo… more »
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