The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) states that it will “vigorously oppose” any efforts to involve homeschoolers in Connecticut in involuntary mental health screenings as a result of a recommendation by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, a task force
The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, convened by Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP), says it is recommending tighter control of homeschooling families in the state to prevent another Newtown shooting. According to the Connecticut Post, the commission states, “[T]ighter scrutiny of homeschoolers
Results of a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday find incumbent Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) trailing his challenger, Republican Tom Foley, by six points, 46-40 percent. Researchers surveyed 1,304 likely voters with a margin of error of +2.7 percentage
After embracing the Common Core standards and their associated testing in his state, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) is now up for re-election in November and says he wants students in Connecticut to spend less time taking tests. According to
With even pro-Common Core polls showing support for the education initiative plummeting throughout the nation and among teachers, Connecticut’s Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) and state board of education chairman Allan Taylor say they will continue to embrace the controversial standards.
A new online poll released Monday by the New York Times, CBS, and London research firm YouGov found Connecticut Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley with a nine-point lead over incumbent Dannel Malloy (D-WFP). According to ctpost.com, the poll found Foley
Pressured by pro-amnesty groups in his state, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) said he is exploring the former campus of a New Haven community college as a possible place to house the young illegal immigrants coming across the U.S. border
The administration of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) has denied a request from federal officials to temporarily house up to 2,000 illegal immigrant children from Central America at a residence in his state for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Citing concerns
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) said he is moving forward with the Common Core standards in his state, despite the fact that more states are attempting to extricate themselves from the controversial education initiative that is the brainchild of political,
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) appears to be unwilling to sign a bill that would ban chocolate milk in the state’s public schools. Earlier in the week, the state’s General Assembly unanimously approved a bill that was initially purported to
Connecticut’s Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy told Breitbart News on Sunday that numbers reported by The Hartford Courant, showing only 15 percent of Connecticut residents owning “assault weapons” applied for the mandated state certificate, were wrong. “It’s not true. That’s a
What started as a slow trickle when American Tactical Imports (ATI) and PTR moved from the northeast to South Carolina, has now become an all out surge with Magpul Industries leaving Colorado, Beretta leaving Maryland for Tennessee, and Remington acquiring
PTR Industries’ John McNamara says the former Connecticut gun manufacturer has found Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) and South Carolina to be a perfect fit for their operations. PTR is one of a number of gun manufacturers relocating after the draconian
ESPN, a company that makes $6 billion a year in cable subscription fees, has received nearly $260 million in tax breaks from Connecticut over the past 12 years. As the New York Times notes, ESPN is “hardly needy,” because with
A few days after Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) co-authored an op-ed in the Washington Post in which he said ObamaCare was “working” in his state, he has sharply distanced himself from the White House, rebuked the Obama administration for
The mother and step-father of a Newtown shooting victim say the tragedy they endured was hijacked by President Obama, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP), and the media in order to support the politics of gun control. According to an interview
A draft proposal presented at a town hall meeting in Newtown, Connecticut on Thursday evening states that the families of each of the 26 victims of the horrific school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School will receive $281,000 in donated
Within a week after the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that Connecticut’s GDP has decreased for the second year in a row, the same agency has declared that the state’s high cost of living has slashed personal
John McKinney (R), Connecticut’s Senate Minority Leader who represents the town of Newtown, voted in favor of An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention And Children’s Safety. Before voting in favor of the sweeping new gun restrictions for his state, he read the names
Colt Manufacturing is considering a move out of Connecticut after 175 years in business due to the new gun bans being mulled by the state legislature and Democrat Governor Dannel Malloy. Colt President and CEO Dennis Veilleux published an op
Stating that neither the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission he created, nor the Connecticut legislature’s bipartisan committee has moved fast enough on measures to curb gun violence, Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) took matters into his own hands by unveiling his own
Though Adam Lanza may have committed one of the most heinous crimes in history, had he survived his rampage and been convicted in court, he would not have been sentenced to death. In April of 2012, Gov. Dannel Malloy (D)
Despite a $1.5 billion tax hike on income, sales, corporations, and other areas in 2011, the state of Connecticut is projected to have a budget deficit that reaches $1 billion by the end of June 30, 2013. Gov. Dannel Malloy
In an interview on Thursday, Democratic Senate candidate Chris Murphy (D-WFP), said, “I represent my state, I don’t represent my party.” Murphy, however, who is locked in a tight race in Connecticut against GOP candidate Linda McMahon, votes with his
HealthBridge Management and CareOne, related companies that own and operate nursing homes in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and two other states, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the New England Health Care Employers Union, also known as Service Employees International
Has it been only one month since the left-wing media excoriated Mitt Romney for raising campaign funds at the Hamptons home of David Koch? Wasn’t there a demonstration, albeit rather meager, at Mr. Koch’s home, protesting the fact that a
Union workers at Connecticut nursing homes represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are alleged to have vandalized and sabotaged assisted living facilities in Connecticut — including those that care for Alzheimer’s patients — during a mass walkout earlier
Last week our colleague Dan Riehl reported that a building used by the Connecticut Communist Party, chaired by Joelle Fishman, was believed to be a shoe-in to receive $300,000 in Connecticut tax-payer funds for building renovations via the state’s Bond Commission, headed by
On Friday, the Connecticut Bond Commission abruptly delayed a vote on a $300,000 grant to the New Haven People’s Center, a project of Progressive Education and Research Associates. The decision was made, according to Gov. Dannel Malloy (D- Working Families Party), because the project
Under the guise of granting higher wages and healthcare benefits to daycare providers and personal care attendants, Connecticut’s Democratic-led state House has passed a bill that will force these workers to collectively bargain with the state. However, the director of the Connecticut
Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-Working Families Party) of Connecticut, the state with the largest achievement gap in the nation, made it clear that a primary focus of his agenda this year would be to fix what is broken with Connecticut’s public schools. The
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has been making the rounds throughout the state, promoting his education reform plan, which he has promised will be “the most far-reaching in our state’s history.” The Democratic governor wants to increase the number of charter schools
MERIDEN, Conn. – Ask Gwen Samuel to describe just what her Connecticut Parents Union does, and she’ll begin by explaining what it doesn’t do. “This is not a parents union that sells brownies to raise money for the local school,” Samuel tells EAG. “There’s no
HARTFORD, Ct. – Since 2010, Connecticut has had the dreary distinction of having the largest student achievement gap in the nation. Students in Connecticut’s well-to-do school districts significantly outperform students in poor, urban districts, which is a major economic and
Dannel Malloy, Connecticut’s Democratic and Working Families Party Governor, told citizens of his state last year that the highest tax increase in the history of Connecticut, including a retroactive state income tax hike, would balance his state’s budget. It appears
The legal counsel of Governor Dannel Malloy (D-CT) has reported that “many” Connecticut state employees may be involved in food stamp fraud, and is urging heads of state departments to cooperate with investigators and prosecutors on both the state and
An unprecedented nor’easter that ravaged the northeast last weekend with snow, wind, ice, fallen trees, and downed wires, left more than 820,000 Connecticut residences and businesses without electric power as of last Sunday. Some in Connecticut and Massachusetts remained still,
Continuing a fiat governance style that is right out of the Obama playbook, Democratic and Working Families Party Governor Dannel Malloy issued two executive orders yesterday that will force daycare providers and home healthcare workers in Connecticut to join unions.
Connecticut residents are awaiting the results of the second vote of its state’s unions on a concessions package that will, allegedly, allow rank and file union members to participate in the “shared sacrifice” of Governor Dannel Malloy’s budget. To the
Connecticut state correctional officers and prison employees say they have been misrepresented by their union leaders. The current members of a Connecticut local of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) are actively soliciting membership, instead, in