More than 600 Connecticut hospital employees descended on the state Capitol Thursday to protest $550 million in state funding cuts proposed under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's two-year budget plan.
As many doctors struggle to keep their practices financially sound, some are buckling under money woes and being pushed into bankruptcy -- and an Enfield oncologist is among the unfortunate.
Connecticut homeowners, businesses and municipalities have so far drawn more than $250 million in federal disaster aid -- the bulk of it flood insurance -- stemming from last October's Superstorm Sandy, authorities say.