Nearly 1.4 million Connecticut residents will be eligible for vaccination next, but the state only gets 45,000 doses a week.
January 19, 2021 @ 7:17 pm
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Lamont: ‘I don’t want to build Killingly’ Energy Center
The governor hinted at slowing permitting and being able to “play some games there.”
Posted inJustice
Advocates call for closure of Northern Correctional, reinvestment in community supports
The coalition says the $19 million spent annually to run the prison can help provide housing services and employment.
Posted inEducation
Miguel Cardona’s ideas about education were forged in Meriden, CT. Now he will bring them to Washington, D.C.
Miguel Cardona’s experiences in Meriden will likely be front-of-mind as he coordinates policy as U.S. Secretary of Education.
Posted inMoney
State Rep. Scanlon launches tax fairness debate with proposed $450M break for poor, middle class families
A new proposal Tuesday would give middle class families with children their largest state income tax break in a decade.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Treason is in the air
Abraham Lincoln had been elected but had yet to assume the presidency when southern states started seceding from the Union in the months before his March 4, 1961 inauguration. Four others would follow that spring. American soldiers —like Robert E. Lee, who had taken an oath of loyalty to the nation that he had served since 1825— defected to the Confederacy. By joining the rebellion Lee and fellow travellers became, in effect, traitors.
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The change in leadership must not lead to complacency
We are beginning 2021, and most people are far done with election talk. Sure, the polls are closed, and the results are in, and it is time to move on. I am weary from the hours I spent texting voters this fall, and I’d like to think all my efforts were worth it. But the work is far from done.
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Trump’s reaction to defeat further confirms urgency for school focus on social emotional skills
Imagine what would happen if a preschooler didn’t “use their words” when they got upset about sharing, instead stomping around yelling while adults simply observed in silence. Think about what the school climate would feel like if a student punched another during recess while others watched without seeking help. Now consider the actions – and inactions – by Trump Jan. 6 as the electoral vote counts occurred at the U.S. Capitol.
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Is Trump leading a cult?
My experience as a former cult member and researcher in the field of Social Sciences earned me the ability to identify narcissism and cultish tendencies. Furthermore, as a former New York City resident who kept abreast of interviews with the city’s apparent “movers and shakers,” I often questioned Trump’s qualifications as a leader, let alone as national presidential leader.