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ANALYSIS | Connecticut Is Doing Something About Healthcare Costs, Finally

Healthcare analyst Ellen Andrews is celebrating today. When the Governor signs his omnibus healthcare bill, which passed in the last hour of the session on Wednesday, it will take a bite out of monopoly hospital systems and prescription drug prices for care. It’s not a silver bullet, but it will make a serious dent in our healthcare costs.

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Voting Rights Act Wrapped Into Budget

Included in the 832-page budget is an effort to codify the federal Voting Rights Act into state law. The language was included because the House of Representatives was unlikely to vote on a separate bill to do the same before the legislative session comes to an end Wednesday at midnight.

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Keep CT’s Climate Promise

Connecticut promised to cut climate pollution and protect our future. But our state isn’t on track to meet its obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Join us in calling on Connecticut lawmakers to pass meaningful legislation this year and Keep CT’s Climate Promise. Learn more at ClimateActionCT.org.

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Graceless Gospel & Pyramids Then And Now

The Associated Press reports that a Utah parent, frustrated by efforts to ban books from schools, convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And Gatis Sluka offers his perspective on the world’s trash problem. Editorial cartoons by Randall Enos and Gatis Sluka.

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