U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes has been the recent target of racist phone calls, vile emails and social media posts. Lawmakers were warned to take more precautions at public events during Congress’ summer break.
August 1, 2019 @ 5:54 pm
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House Republicans slam Larson’s plan to reform Social Security
GOP lawmakers say U.S. Rep. John Larson’s plan to keep Social Security solvent would hurt millennials and the nation’s small businesses,
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With impact study, Pequots ramp up lobbying push
No one doubts they are an economic player. But the Mashantucket Pequots are making the case anyway.
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CT’s budget reserve on the brink of hitting unprecedented high
By the end of the new budget cycle, the state could have a $3 billion reserve, which is three times the size of the cushion it built in the early 2000s.
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Compliance with accreditation standards not optional
If you wrote a 90-page report, a term paper perhaps, and you got back six pages of comments from your professor that repeated points of the original question that your report was meant to answer, would you call the instructor’s comments:
A. A polite but pointed hint that you missed the point of the question.
B. A suggestion to try again – harder;
C. A “roadmap” for points of interest you had missed;
D. All of the above?
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Rapinoe’s immature behavior is not activism
Megan Rapinoe’s profanity-accented and premature refusal to travel to the White House if the USWNT won the Women’s World Cup has been extensively reported. Since the story first broke, arguments have raged both in the media and on social media about whether her statements reflect positively or poorly on her patriotism and professionalism. To me, this conversation is irrelevant. I don’t doubt for a moment her patriotism or her professionalism as a footballer, but I seriously question her maturity.