Students missed nearly as many days of school in September as they did in December.
January 29, 2021
Posted inGovernment, Health, Money
CT budget panel leaders pledge to reverse years of eroding funds for social service safety nets
State spending for nonprofits has grown by about 10% over about two decades. With inflation, nonprofits say they lost money.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
A shocker in the plan to finally update residential solar rates: No complaints
Connecticut is on the verge of changing one of the key financial underpinnings for residential solar electric systems.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
It’s time to fix the broken workers’ compensation system in Connecticut
Workers hurt on the job in Connecticut can look forward to months or years of fighting with insurance companies whose goal often seems to starve the injured worker into settling their claim even before they are physically able to work again.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
If Connecticut wants to reduce its trash, it must expand the Bottle Redemption Bill
It’s been more than 40 years since Connecticut lawmakers enacted the CT Redemption Bottle Law, known as the “Bottle Bill.” The CT Bottle Bill became law in 1978, and at that time a five-cent deposit was put on the bottles of water, beer and soda. That same five- cent deposit remains today, 42 years later. In our present economy. the five-cent deposit fee is inadequate.
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Municipal leaders urge Gov. Lamont to include PILOT in next biennial budget
On Friday, January 15, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and 27 of his counterparts, executive officeholders from across Connecticut, sent a letter advocating that Gov. Ned Lamont includes in his budget the necessary funding to implement a tiered Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program. Here is the complete text:
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It is time to support EV freedom
The time has come to permit direct sales of EVs in Connecticut and the EV Club of CT is behind a newly introduced bill that would do that.