Some Connecticut lawmakers have resurrected a proposal from last year to expand the state’s workers’ compensation law to cover employees who’ve suffered an emotional or mental impairment after witnessing a traumatic death or maiming while on the job. Similar legislation …
A Connecticut businessman who pleaded guilty to defrauding golf tournaments by failing to pay golfers hole-in-one prizes insured by his company has been sentenced to three months in jail plus $15,000 in restitution. The Seattle Times reports Kevin Kolenda was …
A private flood insurer has stepped into Connecticut’s market, the first time homeowners along the shoreline battered by Superstorm Sandy have an alternative to increasingly costly federal insurance. The Flood Insurance Agency of Gainesville, Fla., is writing flood insurance policies …
Connecticut officials have rejected $18 million in requests for the latest round of Superstorm Sandy aid from shoreline homeowners who want to use the emergency funding to elevate their homes to avoid future storm damage. The state sent rejection letters …
A state law is about to take effect imposing fines on truckers who fail to clear their commercial vehicles of snow. Three years after the General Assembly and then-Gov. M. Jodi Rell enacted the so-called “ice-missile” legislation, the measure makes …
Melanie Bassi’s mother promised to wake her up from a nap with a phone call on Christmas Day six years ago, but instead, she received a message from police in her Connecticut hometown. A neighbor was concerned about a large …
The state of Connecticut is opening two additional intake centers to help homeowners seeking disaster assistance for losses caused by last year’s Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday that homeowners in New London County will be able to …
A year after Superstorm Sandy drove Deborah Dinan from her Milford home, she lives above a loud bar and is often reduced to tears as she struggles to return to her flood ravaged home. Dinan, a 59-year-old former nurse on …
Connecticut police are cracking down on motorists who text or use a hand-held cellphone while driving. Authorities call it “high-visibility enforcement” intended to call attention to a law that took effect Oct. 1. It allows reporting of distracted driving offenses …
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday he expects the state of Connecticut will soon begin collecting applications for federal financial assistance from homeowners and small business affected by last year’s Superstorm Sandy. Appearing with Department of Housing and Urban Development …