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...year-old program has been, supporters say it needs to enlarge its talent pool in order to attract the waves of younger troops returning from hot spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan and making the not-always-easy transition to civilian life. A pair of House members, Connecticut Democrat Joe Courtney and Wisconsin Republican Tom Petri, are getting ready to introduce legislation that would greatly expand the program by opening its doors to tens of thousands of veterans of all ages. (See pictures from inside a public boarding school...
...Earlier this year, the Connecticut legislature overrode a governor's veto to pass a comprehensive health-reform bill that aims to provide health insurance to 98% of its residents by 2014, in part through the creation of a statewide self-insured health plan. Derek Slap, a spokesman for the president of the state senate, says, "The hope is that it will dovetail very nicely with health reform nationally." Rhode Island, which has some of the most stringent insurance-market regulations in the country, already has guaranteed issue in the small group market (requiring insurers to accept all applicants) and strict...
Rhode Island handily won the regatta, besting runner-up Connecticut by 20 points...
...Reportedly attended the Cardozo School of Law in New York City and passed the Connecticut Bar exam this year...
...Connecticut...