Group Home Workers Issue Strike Notices
The union representing more than 2,000 workers caring for people with disabilities at 200 group homes sent strike notices Friday to six state agencies.
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State Wants Tourists To #SayYesCT
Connecticut launched a new $1.2 million tourism campaign today that promises to boost the industry following a year of losses from COVID-19. “We’re kind of really excited,” said Gregg Dancho, the director of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport. “We’ve had a year of turmoil which really hasn’t finished yet.” The campaign, themed “Say Yes to…
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Lamont Seeks To Extend Eviction Moratorium
Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that he’s going to keep the eviction moratorium in place a little longer, a day after a federal judge invalidated the national ban. “We’re getting the rent relief program really going now,” Lamont said. “We need another month or two in order to be able to make sure tenants as…
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Branford Affordable Housing Fight Intensifies
Legal experts and fair housing advocates are warning Branford leaders that failure to redevelop a public housing complex would result in multimillion dollar legal expenses for the town. Despite the caution, First Selectman James Cosgrove appointed a new member to the Branford Housing Authority Wednesday night, and advocates say that action may be enough to…
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House Passes Early Voting Amendment
HARTFORD, CT– In a bipartisan vote Thursday, the House advanced the first of two expected constitutional amendments to let Connecticut voters weigh in on the state’s election laws through a referendum question on early voting. Lawmakers are considering two voting resolutions this year. Both would put ballot questions before state voters to consider changing the…
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Vaccine Safety Key for Pregnant Women
HARTFORD, CT — With recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control as to the safety of vaccines for pregnant women, medical providers who work with expectant mothers are encouraging them to get vaccinated to prevent serious illness. “The idea of giving vaccinations to pregnant women is not new by any means and it’s something…
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Senate Sends Absentee Ballot Extension To House
Democrats in the Senate voted early Thursday morning to extend a standing policy allowing anyone concerned about the COVID-19 virus during elections to vote by absentee ballot through Nov. 3. The bill extends a policy adopted by the legislature last year that allowed the use of absentee ballots during the pandemic beyond a set of…
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Connecticut Senate Takes First Step To Ending ‘Prison Gerrymandering’
The Senate acted Wednesday to count most incarcerated people as members of the voting districts where they lived before they were locked up, passing with a nearly-unanimous vote a change that had been controversial for more than a decade. The U.S. Census counts people in prisons as part of the towns where the correctional facility…
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Suburban Zoners Seek Third Way
They lamented “veiled accusations of racism,” a “crafty developer,” and a “missed opportunity” for land-use compromise. Then suburban zoners got to work bringing rules for multi-family housing next door to New Haven into the 21st century. Those suburban zoning reform gears started grinding Monday night during the latest regular monthly meeting of the Woodbridge Town…
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House Votes Imminent On Voting Access
Democratic House leaders said Tuesday they plan to hold votes within the next week to authorize referendums on constitutional amendments easing restrictions to absentee ballots and allowing early voting. House Speaker Matt Ritter and Majority Leader Jason Rojas told reporters they would raise both resolutions, likely on separate days, by next Tuesday. They have planned…
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House Sends Adoptee Birth Certificate Bill To Senate
The House passed legislation Tuesday that will give adoptees born before 1983 access to their original birth certificate with the names of their birth parents. The bill passed 115-28. “It will allow me to go to City Hall in Hartford, where I was born, and make a request for a government document that’s actually the truth,”…
Continue readingFree Inmate Phone Calls Find Funding And Votes
A bill that would make phone calls to inmates free cleared its last committee hurdle and will move on to the Senate after the Appropriations Committee voted to advance it, 46 to 2. Rep. Josh Elliott, D-Hamden, who has championed making the calls to state prisons free for three years, hailed the vote as a…
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Connecticut Law Enforcement Money Blocked Under Trump, Released Under Biden
Attorney General William Tong announced Tuesday that Connecticut will retroactively receive $6.4 million in law enforcement grants that had been blocked under the Trump administration as a result of the state’s defiance of certain federal immigration enforcement policies.
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Pedestrian, Traffic Camera Proposal Advances
A bill aimed at making Connecticut roads safer for pedestrians – which includes a pilot program allowing towns and cities to install traffic enforcement cameras – cleared a second legislative committee Monday with bipartisan support. The Finance Committee approved the omnibus proposal that is designed to curb the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed by…
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Baby Bonds Pitched To Combat Wealth Inequality
Those living in poverty don’t grow up with the expectation of getting a higher education or starting a business, and that’s something state Treasurer Shawn Wooden is asking lawmakers to help change. Wooden has been…
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OP-ED | What If No One Was Watching?
But for the video, the Minneapolis Police Department may have succeeded in convincing the world, the case of George Floyd was nothing more than a middle-age man who happened to die of an unknown affliction, while being arrested by hard-working police officers, who saw he needed help and called an ambulance on his behalf.
Continue readingLive News Update: 4 p.m., Thursday
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and members of his administration are scheduled to provide a briefing today at 4 p.m.
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ANALYSIS | COVID-19 Cases Fall Again as Connecticut Among National Vaccination Leaders
Cases of COVID-19 in Connecticut dropped significantly for the third straight week as the state continued to be among the nationwide leaders in vaccination rates.
Continue readingGoodwin’s Food Pantry Recognizes Local Businesses
The Ann B. Clark Transitions Food Pantry at Goodwin University recently highlighted three members of the local business community for their support with its Community Partners Appreciation Award.
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Lawmakers Signal Desire To Increase Nursing Home Worker Pay
Nursing home workers who say they risked their lives to go to work last year are getting ready to strike at 33 nursing homes across the state. They plan to strike May 14 if they…
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OP-ED | Affordable Drug Pricing Is Possible
Mike Finley says it’s tough to understand the reasoning behind lawmakers who, on one hand, are working to encourage vaccinations and trust in science, while on the other they are proposing to gut the very system that enabled COVID-19 vaccines to be developed in record time.
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OP-ED | So What Exactly is the Point of Our State Government?
Jamil Ragland ponders how we can call our government’s response a success when 8,000 Connecticut residents have lost their lives to COVID-19 while the entire nation of South Korea lost less than 2,000.
Continue readingQuarterly Newsletter To Provide Analysis Of Connecticut’s Economy
An Economics professor at the University of Connecticut is making his analysis of Connecticut’s economic state accessible to the public in a new quarterly newsletter.
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OP-ED | In Perspective: Biden’s First 100 Days
Jonathan L. Wharton and Thomas J. Balcerski analyze the the president’s joint address to Congress and the challenges ahead
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OP-ED | Raising Taxes on the Rich: How Much is Too Much?
President Joe Biden’s spending proposals are all pretty popular right now; turns out people actually like it when government uses taxpayer money to do big, important things like rebuild the country’s infrastructure. They even like his proposal to raise taxes on the rich to help pay for these programs.
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Spreading the Word
Whether it’s through a newsletter or meetings, some Connecticut organizations for advocacy are making sure to get important information to its members and the public.
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OP-ED | Will the COVID School Year Result in ‘Teacher Loss’?
As students deal with so-called “learning loss,” Barth Keck writes that teachers have had plenty to cope with, too.
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Students, Professors March For More Money For Higher Ed
Students, professors, and graduate students marched to the state Capitol Friday to say they don’t want education funding to be on the chopping block and they don’t want to be in debt for the rest…
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Essential Workers’ Rally Seeks Expansion Of Paid Sick Leave
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Social Impact Start-Ups Highlighted At Venture Showcase
Building a business while making a social impact is the goal for the 14 Connecticut-based start-ups who pitched their plans to a virtual audience during reSET’s Venture Showcase Thursday evening.
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