Yale Daily News
Briefly: Blumenthal calls for end of gender inequity in health insurance costs

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 called for federal legislation that would prohibit health insurers from using gender as a pay-rate determinant in individual coverage, […]

Briefly: Lieberman hails economic recovery plan

Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67 praised the Congressional economic stimulus and recovery plan today, saying the state would directly benefit from the federal […]

Briefly: Bysiewicz top contender for governor behind Rell, poll says

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz ’83 is the favored candidate for the gubernatorial Democratic primary among Connecticut voters, according to a poll released Tuesday […]

Briefly: Architecture grants to foster innovative work

The Yale School of Architecture chose the five projects that will receive the inaugural grants from the $5 million endowment fund established by Gerald D. […]

Briefly: SCHIP reauthorized until 2013, expanding children’s health coverage

Following bipartisan votes of approval in both the House and Senate, President Barack Obama signed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program reauthorization bill Wednesday, alongside […]

Briefly: Hartford mayor arrested for bribery

Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez surrendered himself to authorities Tuesday after investigators confronted him about the $40,000 of construction work done on his home — by […]

Your ticket to the inauguration

WASHINGTON — Catherine Cheney, the online editor for the News, reported on the inauguration from the Newseum — and, later, the Western Ball.  Watch her […]

Briefly: Columbia Law loses $3 million to Madoff

Columbia Law School announced it lost $3 million to investor Bernie Madoff, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. The money lost was not invested as part of […]

By the numbers: Yalies watch the inauguration

Shortly after 11 p.m. on the night of Election Day, as the major television networks declared the race for Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, hundreds […]

Briefly: Underwhelming tax revenue projections feed growing State deficit

Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday that the state budget deficit swelled to nearly $922 million, after quarterly estimates for income tax payments fell severely […]

With celebratory cake, the long trek home begins

By Han Xu ON INTERSTATE 295 OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, 6:06 p.m. — I’m back on the Af-Am House bus, and all of the other Yalies have […]