House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, under fire for blocking a provisional budget vote, is calling for a temporary truce. The speaker, who may not have enough votes in the closely divided House to defeat GOP amendments on major issues related to labor concessions, told CT Mirror on Wednesday he wants a pledge from the GOP minority for a clean vote, meaning no amendments and limited debate.
June 28, 2017 @ 7:58 pm
Posted inEducation
UConn building, enrollment initiatives collide with fiscal realities
Hundreds of beds in dorm rooms will be left empty at the University of Connecticut next school year because the school can’t afford to hire the teachers and other staff necessary to accommodate more students. And construction plans are being pushed back.
Posted inPolitics
Q Poll: Support of Senate health care bill at 16 percent
WASHINGTON — Only 16 percent of American voters approve of a Senate health care bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a new Quinnipiac University poll said.
Posted inMoney
1,200 youths will lose their summer job unless legislature acts
Between 1,200 and 1,500 young adults in Connecticut will be out of a job this summer if the legislature is unable to approve a budget, or a proposed mini-budget, by Friday.
Posted inEducation
UConn’s chairman McHugh stepping down
After eight years of leading the University of Connecticut’s governing board, Lawrence McHugh announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down as chairman.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Why raiding Connecticut’s Energy Efficiency Fund is a bad idea
As we try to address our state budget crisis, one option proposed by the Senate Republicans should be off the table: sweeping $136 million over the next two fiscal years from the utility ratepayer-funded Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund to the state’s General Fund.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Get disability out of the abortion debate
In the 1990’s, I was part of a group of women who wanted to reconcile reproductive choice with disability rights in the then new era of prenatal screening. Some in our group had disabilities such as spina bifida or muscular dystrophy that arose in utero. Others like me had conditions like cerebral palsy that occurred at or after birth but were concerned about ripple effect. Would we all become a new class of illegitimates?
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Public charter schools deserve equitable funding for continued success
Having sent my daughter to public schools for more than a decade, I can see the difference between a normal school and an extraordinary one. An extraordinary public school guides students from childhood into the beginning of adulthood, never giving up on them or letting them fall by the wayside. That’s what Achievement First Hartford did for Nyjah. It’s the kind of life changing school that every family should be able to choose, and the kind of school I’m happy to fight for.