No seats flipped in two special elections for state House seats Tuesday night.
January 14, 2020 @ 9:38 pm
Posted inJustice
Commission to interview four finalists for chief state’s attorney role
All four applicants responded to the ACLU of Connecticut’s survey.
Posted inHealth
Lawmakers set hearing on proposal to repeal state’s religious vaccine exemption
Lawmakers are wasting no time seeking public input on a proposal to erase Connecticut’s religious exemption from mandatory vaccinations. They have scheduled a public hearing on the plan for Feb. 19 – just two weeks into the legislative session. A draft of the bill is expected to be released next week.
Posted inHealth
Hospitals, nonprofits tackle social determinants of health with digital network of providers
Doctors have long acknowledged that social factors like transportation and housing influence people’s health outcomes.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT2030 plan will help too little and cost too much
Thank your lucky stars the CT 2030 plan hasn’t passed. It needs significant revision and a sharp eye placed on cost control. The rail projects that are included are severely overpriced. As many American leaders continue to shortchange rail, it is tempting to charge ahead with any plan, but the legislature must resist. CT 2030 will, if approved in its current form and entrusted to CTDOT’s current managers, send the state back into the same debt hole out of which it has begun to climb, for crumbs’ worth of transit improvements.