skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Day two of David Pecker testimony wraps in NY Trump trial; Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho's near-total abortion ban; ND sees a flurry of campaigning among Native candidates; and NH lags behind other states in restricting firearms at polling sites.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

The Senate moves forward with a foreign aid package. A North Carolina judge overturns an aged law penalizing released felons. And child protection groups call a Texas immigration policy traumatic for kids.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Wyoming needs more educators who can teach kids trade skills, a proposal to open 40-thousand acres of an Ohio forest to fracking has environmental advocates alarmed and rural communities lure bicyclists with state-of-the-art bike trail systems.

Backers of SustiNet Press Malloy on Support

play audio
Play

Friday, March 25, 2011   

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Gov. Dannel Malloy came to New Haven this week to promote his plan to balance the deficit-plagued budget and listen to constituents' concerns.

Dozens of red t-shirt-clad supporters of the state's health-reform plan, SustiNet, were on hand. Mary Elia, a staffer with the Alliance for Retired Americans in Connecticut, praised the courage of members of Congress in passing the federal health-reform bill a year ago - and challenged the governor.

"Now we need to move SustiNet along. I think you have the same courage and vision to sign the SustiNet bill when it gets to your desk. Am I right?"

Malloy responded that he has to wait for a report on the cost of implementation before he can answer that question. He asked Elia if she would expect him to support something "without knowing what the cost is, without knowing what the deficit that would otherwise create, without knowing what other programs might have to be sacrificed, and eliminated to accomplish that?"

Elia, joined by others in the audience, said "yes" because of fear of a worse outcome.

"We don't know what it would cost - what health insurance would cost - without SustiNet, what the insurance companies would do to us."

The bill eventually would cover most of those in the state who now are without health insurance. Supporters say it would bring down the cost of health care through economies of scale and a focus on wellness and prevention, while opponents charge that costs will increase.

The SustiNet legislation, House Bill 6305, is wending its way through seven legislative committees.


get more stories like this via email

more stories
Creedon Newell practices teaching construction skills in Wyoming's new career and technical educator bridge course, designed to encourage trades students and professionals to pursue a career in CTE teaching. (Photo by Rob Hill)

Social Issues

play sound

By Lane Wendell Fischer for the Shasta Scout via The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service for the Public News …


Environment

play sound

By Naoki Nitta for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public Ne…

Social Issues

play sound

Concerns about potential voter intimidation have spurred several states to consider banning firearms at polling sites but so far, New Hampshire is …


Though Connecticut's benefits cliff persists, there are other programs helping people maintain benefits of some kind when their income pushes them over the limit. (Adobe Stock)

Social Issues

play sound

Today, groups working with lower-income families in Connecticut are raising awareness about the state's "benefits cliff" with a day of action…

Social Issues

play sound

Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick has released 57 "interim charges," the topics he wants Senate committees to study in preparation for the 89th …

It is estimated the Wild Springs Solar Project in New Underwood, South Dakota, will offset 190,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. (Adobe Stock)

Environment

play sound

The construction of more solar farms in the U.S. has been contentious but a new survey shows their size makes a difference in whether solar projects …

Social Issues

play sound

Minnesota's largest school district is at the center of a budget controversy tied to the recent wave of school board candidates fighting diversity pro…

play sound

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a measure which would force employers to properly classify certain trade union workers and others as employees rat…

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021