What Is The ‘Pink Tax’ And How Is It Impacting Women?
The pink tax, though not an actual tax, refers to a gender-based pricing system that singles out products and services marketed to women. Stacker explored how the pink tax impacts women across the nation. Personal care products such as body wash, shampoo, lotion, and deodorant cost women close to 13% more than products geared toward men, according…
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New England Ballet Theatre To Expand By Opening Its Own Studio
The co-founder of a Hartford-based ballet theater said the nonprofit organization is launching a capital campaign so it can renovate space in Farmington, allowing the company to expand its community partnerships and training programs.
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How The Idea Of Privacy Has Changed In The US
The Constitution includes 4,400 words, and not one of them is the word “privacy.” In an effort to contextualize the changes in American thinking about privacy in the digital age, Stacker investigated the way the idea of privacy has changed in the U.S. during the last two decades using a variety of news and government sources.…
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Checking In With A Gold Star Family
Brian Scott-Smith talks with a Gold Star Mother who lost her son in Afghanistan and explores how America may be forgetting its Gold Star Families. Plus, we take a look at other stories making the headlines from around the region.
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New Labor Law Gives Boost To Baristas
Labor organizers and legislative Democrats celebrated the Friday implementation of a new law prohibiting captive audience meetings outside a Vernon Starbucks, where employees said that management had discouraged their campaign to unionize ba.
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We Watched 34 Primaries So You Didn’t Have To. Here’s What We Learned.
More than half of the states in the U.S. have held primary elections ahead of the midterms. As Trump looms over the GOP and Democrats attempt to limit losses, politics editor Scott Bland shares five takeaways and a report card on the state of the race.
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Stefanowski: ‘We Should Suspend the Diesel Tax’
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski was making campaign stops at Donut Crazy locations throughout the state Friday reminding voters of the 9-cent diesel tax increase that goes into effect today.
Keep readingJOB LISTING: Program Specialist for Volunteer Engagement
AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence and nearly 38 million members, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to families: health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also produces the nation’s largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. As…
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State Settles Whiting Abuse Case for $9M
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services agreed to pay the family of a man who was abused at Whiting Forensic Hospital $9 million. Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis approved the settlement, which stems from a 2018 lawsuit filed by the family of William H. Shehadi Jr. who is mentally ill was tortured…
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OP-ED | Supreme Court’s Poll Ratings at Record Low
Gallup polled Americans at the beginning of this month and discovered only 25% have confidence in our United States Supreme Court – and this was before its gun control, abortion, religious, and free speech decisions.
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CT Paid Leave Pays Out More Than $81M In Benefits
More than 16,000 Connecticut workers received benefits totaling over $81 million from the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority in the agency’s first six months of operation, according to its inaugural annual report released Thursday.
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‘All The World Is Watching’: Ben Crump, Family, Civil Rights Leaders Blast NHPD In Cox Case, Vow Fight For Justice
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and civil-rights leaders issued a call for justice Tuesday alongside the family of a 36-year-old man partially paralyzed due to his handling by New Haven police. Read more from the New Haven Independent.
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Bradley Airport Transportation Center Will Be Boon to Travelers, Officials Say
State officials celebrated Thursday the completion of a new rental car and transit center at Bradley International Airport designed to eliminate the need for travelers to take a bus from terminals to their rented vehicles. The $210 million Ground Transportation Center was funded in part by bonding, which is expected to be paid back through…
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OP-ED | When Voting Alone Won’t Cut It
“With your vote,” President Joe Biden told a shocked, reeling nation in a speech lambasting the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, “you can act. You can have the final word.” He’s right! Everybody has to vote. Except… we did vote. We have been voting. Every election, we vote like it’s the apocalypse. It wasn’t enough.
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Lamont Appoints Mark Kohler, a Recently Retired Associate AG, as Secretary of the State
Mark Kohler, a recently retired associate attorney general, will serve the remaining six months of Secretary of the State Denise Merrill’s term in office following her resignation Thursday, Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a morning press release. Merrill, who was not seeking re-election, announced earlier this week she would step down at noon Thursday to…
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OP-ED | What Would It Mean To Codify Roe Into Federal Law – And Is There Any Chance Of That Happening?
In simple terms, to codify something means to enshrine a right or a rule into a formal systematic code. It could be done through an act of Congress in the form of a federal law. Similarly, state legislatures can codify rights by enacting laws. To codify Roe for all Americans, Congress would need to pass a law that would provide the same protections that Roe…
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Third-Party Candidate Announces For Secretary of the State
The same day Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced she was stepping down six months early to take care of her sick husband, Cynthia Jennings announced she would seek to join two Democrats and three Republicans in seeking the open seat.
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Sharkey: Time For State Government To Think Big
If Brendan Sharkey has a say, then the state government will be going bigger for towns and cities over the coming years.
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Lamont: State Workforce in Good Shape Ahead of Mass Retirements
The long-expected “silver tsunami” of state employee retirements before July 1 will not have a significant impact on the size of the public sector workforce, members of Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration said Wednesday.
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OP-ED | What Happens When Local Journalism Disappears?
I was surprised and a bit saddened by an email I received a few weeks ago from Kathy Brown, the senior editor of a local news outlet. It began this way: “You are receiving this because in the past you have sent in an article or press release to HK-Now.com/Haddam Killingworth News. Tomorrow I am retiring from the newspaper business.”
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Connecticut To Offer Free Admission To Kids This Summer
For the second year in a row Connecticut will be using $15 million in federal COVID funds to offer children free admission to more than 130 museums.
Keep readingGeorge Floyd Att’y Meets With Cox Family; 4 Minutes Of Video Capture Case’s Key Moments
A nationally prominent civil rights attorney has joined the legal team for a 36-year-old New Havener who was partially paralyzed while in police custody, according to the man’s local lawyer — potentially moving the rapidly developing local police misconduct case into the national spotlight. Read more from the New Haven Independent.
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Lamont, Stefanowski Lay Out Vision For Police, Emergency Services
Connecticut gubernatorial candidates offered competing takes on crime, police accountability, and the state’s COVID-19 response Tuesday during a forum organized by an association of police, firefighters, and emergency management personnel.
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Patients With Opioid Addiction Could Soon Lose Their Virtual Care
Federal regulations that have allowed practitioners the flexibility to virtually prescribe buprenorphine, an opioid withdrawal treatment drug, are due to expire along with the COVID-19 public health emergency — even as opioid deaths reach record levels. Krista Mahr reports for Politico.
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Secretary of the State Denise Merrill to Step Down
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill will step down at noon on Thursday to spend more time with her ailing husband, according to a Tuesday report from the Associated Press.
Keep readingPodcast: Armed School Security Personnel to Protect Students and Staff
After a 7-2 vote by the Region 18 Board of Education in favor of arming school security, we speak with Ian Neviaser, Superintendent of Schools for Lyme and Old Lyme, to find out how they got here and what it all means.
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Lamont Declares Another COVID Emergency
Gov. Ned Lamont declared another COVID-19 emergency Tuesday in order to secure additional federal funds through the end of December.
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OP-ED | Rule No. 1: Do Not Ignore Nazis
White supremacists have been trying to recruit new members in Connecticut, and we need some ground rules. As town officials in Newington, West Hartford, Bristol, East Hartford, and elsewhere are seeing these groups try to make inroads, it’s understandable if town officials are at a loss as to what to do…
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