A national consultant said the state must act to revamp its juvenile justice system.
November 21, 2019 @ 7:57 pm
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Courtney scores win with House approval of workplace safety bill
Under Courtney’s bill, the Labor Department would have to issue a rule requiring health care and social service employers to implement workplace violence prevention plans and to report all incidences of workplace violence.
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Himes presses impeachment witness on ‘fictional’ GOP Ukraine claims
Rep. Jim Himes condemned the GOP for its “failure to name and shame the Russians for the attack in 2016″ during Thursday’s impeachment hearing.
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State’s health exchange reports similar enrollment numbers as last year
Three weeks into open enrollment, the state’s insurance exchange has signed up about 20,000 people for 2020 health plans, roughly the same amount as this time last year, the group said Thursday.
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Filling the gaps is a poor role for philanthropy
At a recent conference of nonprofit leaders, Gov. Ned Lamont said that nonprofits should turn to philanthropy to fill the state’s budget cuts. This might leave the impression that philanthropy isn’t currently doing its share. It also presumes that filling state budget gaps is a good role for foundations and donors in our state. For me, as an audience member that day and as the president of the CT Council for Philanthropy, the state’s largest association of grant-makers, neither of these sentiments ring true.
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Debunking Connecticut’s enduring tax myth
There’s an oft-told tale about the income tax. And it’s completely false.
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Being a woman of color in Connecticut is bad for your health
Being a woman of color in Connecticut is bad for your health. As a nurse working in an inner-city hospital, I have seen this first hand. I have seen women delay or forgo prenatal care because they do not have insurance. I have seen women who are here illegally ignore cancers growing inside them for years because of fear of medical providers, or fear of deportation.