Lawmakers Look To Extend Lamont’s Powers Next Week
The legislature will meet for two days early next week to debate extending Gov. Ned Lamont’s pandemic-related emergency declarations which are currently scheduled to expire next Thursday. Lawmakers in the House will convene Monday for a special session to approve the extension and the Senate will follow suit on Tuesday. The governor has maintained a…
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Lawmakers Request Public Hearing For Those Impacted By Employer Vaccination Mandates
A conservative group of lawmakers wants to hold a public hearing this week to hear from workers who say they have been negatively affected by COVID-19 vaccination requirements imposed by their employers. The hearing is tentatively scheduled for noon on Wednesday, Sept. 22, but the Office of Legislative Management still hasn’t signed off on the…
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Resettling Afghan Refugees Is A Bipartisan Affair
Connecticut is ready to welcome 310 Afghan refugees who were able to escape the Taliban in the past few weeks. The effort to resettle them is bipartisan. Gov. Ned Lamont made the announcement Friday on the steps of the state Capitol. He was flanked by a Democratic mayor and the chair of the Republican Town…
Continue readingRedistricting Moves Beyond Deadline To Next Phase
After two meetings and four public hearings, Connecticut’s 2021 Reapportionment Committee disbanded Wednesday when, as expected, it missed its deadline to draft plans for new voting districts. It will now reshape itself into an expanded commission. The committee was sure to miss its Sept. 15 deadline before it even got to work on the once-in-a-decade…
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Eight Straight Months of Job Growth
The state of Connecticut added 11,100 jobs in July and 3,300 jobs in August, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means Connecticut has added jobs consecutively for eight months. The state’s unemployment rate remains around 7.2%. “These numbers are good and going in the right direction, especially the July job…
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Effort To Change Sex Offender Registry Still A Work In Progress
More work will need to be done before members of the state’s Sentencing Commission give their stamp of approval to legislation that would provide a path to move some people off the state’s sex offender registry. “The question is how granular do you get on this?”Judge Robert Devlin said Wednesday. “Should it be retroactive or…
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Don’t Call It A ‘Passport’
Despite avoiding the term “vaccine passport,” Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration is exploring ways for Connecticut residents to provide digital proof of their COVID-19 vaccine status to businesses or employers. During a press conference Tuesday, Lamont said he had yet to reach a decision on implementing a state method to prove residents had been vaccinated, but…
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DOC Unions Say Shortages Jeopardize Safety
Staffing shortages at the state Department of Correction are forcing frontline staff to work repeated 16-hour shifts which is compromising the safety of employees and inmates, according to the unions representing more than 4,000 agency workers. “When staffing levels are low, that includes health care workers and counselors,” said Brian Larson, a correction officer at…
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Lamont To Seek Sixth Extension of Emergency Powers
Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday he would recommend the legislature extend his emergency declarations related to the pandemic at least until the start of the next legislative session in February, but the length of the extension was still a topic of debate Tuesday afternoon. The governor’s emergency authority, which serves as the basis for around…
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Report Shows State Wage Inequality, Sluggish Growth
A new report shows significant racial inequality in pay in Connecticut beyond the disparities that exist nationwide. According to the 2021 State of Working Connecticut report issued by Connecticut Voices for Children, the typical Black worker in the state was paid 68 cents for every dollar a typical worker made – 19% less than Black…
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Meet the People Who Want To Police The Police
A federal public defender, a retired judge who is the chair of the state’s Sentencing Commission, a veterans’ legal rights attorney and a former state prosecutor who is now a criminal and civil defense attorney are the finalists vying to become Connecticut’s first Inspector General investigating fatal police use of force incidents and in-custody deaths.…
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Study: Police Referrals Disproportionately Affect Students With Disabilities
In more than two dozen high schools throughout the state, students with disabilities made up nearly half of the referrals to police for in-school behavior during the 2017-18 school year according to federal data analyzed by the Center for Public Integrity.
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No Exemptions Needed to Opt Out of State Vaccine Mandate
(Updated at 8:15pm to reflect a subsequent executive order signed Friday by the governor which stated that state hospital and long-term care employees do not have the option of electing weekly testing rather than vaccination. ) Gov. Ned Lamont’s order requiring school workers and state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 included medical and religious…
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State Offers COVID Outbreak Examples
State public health officials pointed Thursday to separate COVID outbreaks at a summer camp, group home, and outdoor party in August to stress the importance of maintaining pandemic precautions as fall weather approaches. In an afternoon press release, Gov. Ned Lamont and acting Public Health Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford said the cases tied to the…
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Children And Adolescents Struggling With Pandemic’s Mental Health Fallout
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OP-ED | UConn Football Needs More Than A New Coach
The heart says one thing, the head says another when it comes to the future of UConn football for Barth Keck.
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Quinnipiac Student Shares Covid-19 Story
She’s 20 years old and fully vaccinated. She went home for the weekend and got Covid-19. She’s one of more than 11,000 Connecticut residents who have had a breakthrough case. “It’s definitely scaring me that…
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Oct. 7, The Official Start To Sports Betting
State officials confirmed Thursday that sports betting is set to begin in Connecticut on Oct. 7. The news follows approval last week of changes to the tribal gaming agreements by the U.S. Bureau of Indian…
Continue readingOfficers are First Graduates of Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations
Fourteen police officers from seven municipalities are the first-ever graduates from the Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations, from which they will go back to their communities with their own programs that will benefit the local youth and help build strong relationships, officials said.
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ANALYSIS | Few Surprises Despite Incumbent Losses on Primary Night
Results from Tuesday’s primaries show party committees know their voters, or at least know how to motivate some of them.
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ANALYSIS | Covered Connecticut Is A Good Start, But Needs Tending
Covered Connecticut – the state’s alternative to a public health insurance option or the restoration of funds that were cut from HUSKY parent coverage – has advantages over the other two but also raises different concerns.
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Challengers In Two Contests Best Incumbents
The Democratic Party in Hamden and Stamford voted for change Tuesday when they oust their sitting mayors in exchange for challengers. In Hamden, Lauren Garrett defeated three-term incumbent Mayor Curt Leng by more than a…
Continue readingCorrection Officer & Father of Five Dies of COVID
State Department of Correction staff announced Sept.10 the agency’s first death of a correction officer from COVID-19. Quentin Foster, 45, a 9-year employee of the agency, left behind five children, according to DOC Commissioner Angel…
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Fertility Clinics, Practice Firms Agree to $1.6M Antitrust Settlements
NewHavenBiz reported today that two fertility clinics and two Avon practice-management firms have agreed to settlements totaling $1.6 million with the state over alleged price-fixing and anticompetitive conduct.
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Democratic Primaries in 15 Towns and Republican Primaries in 5
The primaries are Tuesday, when local towns and city voters will tackle taxes and educational leaders. “Here in New Britain we give a lot of tax breaks to very wealthy companies, but small businesses and…
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Physicians Accused Of Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation Will Be Investigated, State Says
The state DPH will investigate physicians accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccines designed to combat the virus if a complaint is filed, officials said.
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OP-ED | If 9/11 Happened Today, Could We Unite As We Did 20 Years Ago?
Two decades ago, Terry Cowgill saw a divided country come together in the wake of 9/11, but he says there’s little to suggest it could happen today.
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Regulators Knock Down Carrier Rate Requests
Insurance Department regulators said Friday that despite an increase in health care costs they are knocking down the average increases requested by health insurance carriers. They cut the average rate request in the individual by…
Continue readingCT DOT Launches Pedestrian Safety Campaign Ahead of Oct. 1 Changes to Law
New rules aimed at better protecting pedestrians will soon go into effect in Connecticut, and the state Department of Transportation is making the public aware of those rules through its “The Pedestrian Rules” campaign.
Continue readingNew Haven Foundation and UConn Start BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership Program
With current nonprofit executive leaders retiring, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has started its first BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color) Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership Program.
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Redistricting Committee Seeks Public Input
This is the first week the public will get a chance to weigh in on how Connecticut’s political lines should be drawn. But not many members of the public took lawmakers up on the offer. …
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Restaurant Association Director Talks Recovery
Scott Dolch said the industry’s workforce in Connecticut – according to June numbers – is nearly 30,000 jobs short of where it was pre-pandemic.
Continue reading20th Inmate Dies From COVID
A 78-year-old inmate who recovered from COVID-19 in December died Wednesday after contracting the disease a second time. The man is the 20th incarcerated person in the state to die from complications related to COVID-19. The…
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