Advocates worry the state’s hands-off approach could harm Connecticut’s most vulnerable students, who struggle to learn remotely.
September 14, 2020 @ 5:54 pm
Lamont orders fines for those who flout rules on mask-wearing and large party limits
Not wearing a mask when its required will expose you to a $100 fine.
Connecticut jobless to receive additional $300 starting this week from new federal program
The money will be paid retroactively to July 26 for those who qualify and will be paid for six weeks.
Tong takes on ExxonMobil over climate change
Connecticut on Monday joined a list of states using litigation to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for causing climate change.
COVID-19 vaccine makers seek diversity in clinical trials in Connecticut and elsewhere
While Blacks and Latinos are hardest hit by the coronavirus, they are wary of participating in vaccine trials.
New study: CT’s Citizens’ Elections Program has become a national model for clean elections
About 85% of legislative candidates used public funds in 2018, making Connecticut’s elections program a national model, Common Cause reports.
Care can’t be gagged
Imagine you’re a health care provider and you know exactly how to help your patient. You’ve got the information they need and there’s a safe, legal medical procedure they want. Now, imagine you can’t tell them about it. You can’t give them all the facts and you can’t tell them where they can get care they need. How would you feel?
Advocating ‘affordable housing’ in some towns is regarded as an act of war
Uttering the words “affordable housing” in my town is akin to an act of war. Defenses are thrown up, accusations of “racist” vie with those of “socialist,” the occasional allusion to legal threats is made – -and that’s just the debate as played out in Facebook threads.
Connecticut can and must do better to address income inequality
Keith Phaneuf’s Sept. 6 article, citing a new report from CT’s United Way, describes the rise in the number of working poor in Connecticut. That should concern us deeply, along with the fact that our state’s income inequality — one of the highest in the country — continues to skew along racial lines.
PODCAST: Why can’t Connecticut keep the lights on?
Jan Ellen Spiegel, The CT Mirror’s environmental reporter, says that outrage over electric rates has distracted from the real problem