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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Connecticut House on Wednesday approved a bill that intends to make it easier for patients to receive insurance coverage for treatment in residential facilities, the Hartford Courant reports. The bill, which passed in the Senate on May 1, will be sent to Gov. Jodi Rell (R) for final approval.
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The LLama Butchers (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The immortal Katharine Hepburn was born this day 101 years ago in Hartford, Connecticut. Kate has always been something of a paradox to me. As regular Llama readers know, we're rayther a red-blooded crew around here, and Robbo's list...
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illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Scanning websites and blogs for interesting tidbits, I ran across this incredible quote this morning from our own U.S. Senator Dick Durbin in the Hartford Connecticut Courant. At first glance, I thought he'd finally acknowledged what's happening in every major...
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Real Real Estate in Connecticut (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Hartford County Real Estate Market Statistics The market in Hartford County picked up a little in April with 1299 Single Family Sales, Vs. 1103 in March. And in comparison to last year, April 2008 wasn't a whole lot different. The median sales price stayed at $259,900 and homes that sold in April took an average of [...]
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Connecticut Senate on Wednesday voted 22-12 to approve legislation that would allow workers in small businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit groups to join the state employee health insurance pool, the Hartford Courant reports. The bill now goes to Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) for final approval.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children®
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The Music Slut (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
All dates below. Win tix to NYC & London here. 29/6/2008 USA Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center 2/7/2008 USA Washington, DC Verizon Center 3/7/2008 USA Hartford, CT XL Center 5/7/2008 USA Detroit, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills 6/7/2008 USA Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 8/7/2008 USA St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 9/7/2008 USA Kansas City, MO Spring Center 10/7/2008 USA Oklahoma City, OK Ford...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
By Hilary Waldman, The Hartford Courant, Conn. May 9--The University of Connecticut Thursday named an orthopedic surgeon who simultaneously earned an M.D. at Harvard and a doctorate in chemical engineering at M.I.T to head its troubled health center in Farmington. Dr. Cato T.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
By Magdalene Perez, The Hartford Courant, Conn. May 9--OLD SAYBROOK -- -- A woman who was rescued after her son-in-law drove his car into the Connecticut River has reached an $870,000 out-of-court settlement, an attorney for the woman said Thursday.
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Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Filed under: Industry , ABC , CBS , Fox , NBC , Satellite , New content This day last week, DISH Network brought HD locals to Norfolk, Virginia . Today, it's doing the same for Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut and Portland-Auburn, Maine. If you'll recall, neither of these two markets were included on DISH's master list of Spring rollouts, but for whatever reason, it's showing New England...
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TFS Magnum (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Hartford Business It seems gun sales in Connecticut are way above last year's sales volume.n the first three months of 2007, 16,651 guns were sold statewide. In the first quarter of 2008, that number jumped to 20,101. More guns were sold in the first three weeks of April than in the entire month last year. The monthly reports of gun sales from the state Department of Public Safety show...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
HARTFORD, Conn., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: The Connecticut Department of Social Services/Bureau of Rehabilitation Services Connect-Ability Initiative and the Connecticut Department of T...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
OLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of “a” to $500 million 6% 10.5 year senior unsecured notes of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Incorporated (The Hartford) (Hartford, CT)
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Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
A former Connecticut state representative slams the comatose state government in a recent Op-Ed in the Hartford Courant. Job and business growth in Connecticut is nonexistent, and if it wasn't for the super-wealthy Greenwich area, things would be much worse. Yes, Connecticut still has the highest per capita income of any state, but given the [...]