Author Archives: Michelle Hackman

City | 8:13 pm | March 4, 2013 | By Michelle Hackman

Obama nominates McCarthy to lead EPA

President Barack Obama named Gina McCarthy, the former commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, as the nation’s next head of the Environmental Protection Agency in a press conference Monday morning. McCarthy currently heads the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, where she tightened limits on soot and mercury emissions from power plants. In Connecticut, where »

City | 4:47 pm | March 3, 2013 | By Michelle Hackman

Sexual innuendo costs Rep. Hewett his job

At a public hearing held on Feb. 20 to determine whether to fund a science center in downtown Hartford, the last thing state lawmakers expected was controversy. But controversy was exactly what they got when one of their ranking members turned a teenager’s testimony into a sexual innuendo. The teen in question, a 17-year-old girl whose anonymity is being »

City | 5:00 pm | February 26, 2013 | By Michelle Hackman

Facebook removes tribute pages to Sandy Hook

Facebook has agreed to remove several so-called “tribute pages” for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns that the pages were being used to exploit the tragedy. Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, Sen. Chris Murphy and Rep. Elizabeth Esty wrote a joint letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday morning asking that the pages »

City | 2:47 pm | February 4, 2013 | By Michelle Hackman

Amazon to open in Connecticut, levy sales tax

Connecticut will start collecting sales tax on all Amazon purchases starting this November.

For Connecticut residents, shopping online may suddenly become a bit more expensive. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced this morning that Amazon will open a distribution center in Connecticut in the next two years, a move that is projected to employ over 300 workers and will allow the state to levy a sales tax on all Amazon »

City | 3:38 pm | January 31, 2013 | By Michelle Hackman

Sandy Hook students to perform at Super Bowl

A chorus of 26 students from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., are flying to New Orleans today in advance of their performance, which will take place at the Super Bowl on Sunday. The 26 students, whose names the NFL has not announced to respect their privacy, will perform “America the Beautiful” with Jennifer Hudson during »