| By Keith Phaneuf on Dec 31, 2018 03:41 pm NEW LONDON - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal pledged Monday to introduce legislation to restore wages for all U.S. Coast Guard personnel, about 43,000 individuals whose pay will be suspended Tuesday as part of the ongoing federal shutdown. Read more... 
By Mark Pazniokas on Dec 31, 2018 05:00 am Alex Bergstein joins the Connecticut Senate next week as a curiosity in the huge new class of Democrats: She is a Greenwich Democrat, the first elected to the state Senate since the mid-term elections of 1930, when Republicans were wounded by a deepening Depression and an unpopular Herbert Hoover. Read more...
By Julia Werth on Dec 31, 2018 05:00 am Ginger Katz founded The Courage to Speak Foundation in 1996, shortly after her son died of a drug overdose. With support from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services' $22 million State Opioid Response Grant (SOR), Katz will be delivering her message, "Parenting Through the Opioid Crisis and Beyond," at numerous events scheduled throughout the coming year. Read more...
By Paul Stern on Dec 30, 2018 05:00 am Two 40-something New Haveners —a former alder who runs the Land Trust and an ex-federal prosecutor who targeted government corruption — are "seriously considering" challenging incumbent Toni Harp for mayor in 2019. The two, Justin Elicker and Liam Brennan, have been meeting with community leaders and activists to build support for Democratic mayoral primary challenges. Read more...
By Paul Stern on Dec 30, 2018 05:00 am It isn't often that the Department of Public Health mandates staffing or requires nursing homes to hire consultants, but an order issued last spring to one facility reflects a broader emerging problem affecting the care provided at many nursing homes: insufficient staffing levels and caregivers who lack training. Read more...
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