Category: Govt.
Blumenthal: AG And Senate Candidate Questioning NewAlliance Bank Takeover
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal — AND Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate – today wrote First Niagara and NewAlliance banks asking them to provide information on and justification for their proposed merger. Under Connecticut law, the state Department of Banking may only approve bank mergers that benefit Connecticut’s economy and the public, Blumenthal said in releasing [...]
“Magnetic Maze” Wooden Game Boards are Recalled Due to Choking, Intestinal and Aspiration Hazards
HARTFORD, August 30 – “Magnets are dangerous for young children, not only because they could lodge in a child’s throat or nasal passages, but if two or more magnets are swallowed, they can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages which can be fatal,” Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said today in [...]
DPUC To Investigate Connecticut Water Co.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) — less than a week after his request — has agreed to investigate the Connecticut Water Company’s (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after it was permitted to raise rates to fund higher staffing levels. “I commend the DPUC [...]
Giant Little-Known Social Security Loophole Could Be Shut Down
Those of us who were forced to start collecting Social Security benefits at 62- the earliest year – still have an opportunity to bump up our benefits to a much higher level. There is a little known loophole in the Social Security regulations that permit people to pay back their benefits and start all over [...]
“Jailed Grandson” Calls Grandma From Montreal and Fleeces Her Out Of $935
The call from Tyler was scary. He had been in a car accident in a rental car in Montreal and needed money to pay an attorney and fly home. Dorothy Cheo, 81, of Niantic, was so upset on hearing her grandson was in trouble that she couldn’t think straight. She quickly went to a local [...]
Blumenthal Asks Pratt To Avoid Layoff Of 129 At Cheshire Plant
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today called on Pratt & Whitney to avoid the projected layoff of 129 workers at its Cheshire plant by reducing overtime, instituting furloughs or taking other steps short of letting go workers. Pratt & Whitney currently has many Cheshire plant employees working overtime and on weekends. In a letter to Pratt [...]
Conn Water To Lay Off Employees After Getting Rate Increase To Hire More
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is urging an investigation into the Connecticut Water Company’s (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) approved a rate increase to fund higher staffing levels. Blumenthal’s office learned about the layoffs through an anonymous employee, and later confirmed with the company [...]
Federal Law Suit Challenges Comcast’s Policy Requiring Rental Of Internet Modems
Comcast – the largest cable company in Connecticut and in the US – is being sued in federal court in Bridgeport for requiring its customers pay a monthly rental fee for its modems used for telephone and Internet service in Connecticut. The suit is similar to a consolidated federal suit in Pennsylvania where lawyers from [...]
Conn Officials Turn Up The Heat On Rite Aid Price Increases
Following a request by Conn. Gov. Rell, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in cooperation with the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), today issued a subpoena to Rite Aid demanding information about significant changes and price increases to a discount drug program that the company falsely blamed on a new state law. The law requires pharmacies to [...]
Drastic Cutbacks Needed To Reduce State Pension Obligations, New Research Shows
One of the critical questions voters need to demand SPECIFIC answers from politicians BEFORE the election is what they plan to do about a ticking time-bomb: promised government pension and health benefits. Some political candidates who are counting on state worker support at the poll will downplay the problem as will many labor leaders. But [...]
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