The rate of COVID-19 cases caused by the B.1.1.7 variant could be 20% to 40%, some scientists believe.
March 11, 2021
Posted inPolitics
Universal background checks for firearms sales promised a vote in Senate after House passes bill
Despite tight margins, Senate Democrats claim optimism for universal background check bill that passed the House.
Posted inPolitics
Legislators propose sweeping changes to workers’ compensation system to help COVID-19 patients
Lawmakers are struggling to find a way to assist workers who contracted COVID-19 on the job without crippling businesses.
Posted inJustice
2nd Circuit rules CT’s ‘special circumstances’ law for former death row inmates is unconstitutional
The state is still reviewing the ruling to determine its next steps and how it affects the eight men.
Posted inJustice
Connecticut’s sole supermax prison is closing. What comes next for the men who used to be on death row?
Should those confined to prison for the rest of their lives be held on “special circumstances,” or is incarceration enough?
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Frontline services — and frontline workers — are forgotten by Lamont’s budget
or the past year frontline health care workers stood in the way of danger, working throughout the pandemic in nursing homes, home care, substance-abuse counseling and helping children in need. Yet, somehow, health care workers and their patients are forgotten in Connecticut’s proposed budget, freezing or even cutting spending for workers and services urgently needed by the state’s most fragile populations.
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Do we want to get shown up by North Dakota?
I don’t want to wake up in a Connecticut that got surpassed by North Dakota, of all places, in terms of marijuana laws.
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Bridgeport’s proposed menthol ban is bad policy
Bridgeport is considering an ordinance that would ban the sale of all legal flavored tobacco, including menthol cigarettes, by licensed retailers in the city. This is a dangerous, ill-conceived policy that has failed by every measure elsewhere.
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It’s time to fulfill Sheff v. O’Neill’s legacy and reform Connecticut’s zoning
With the 25th anniversary of the Sheff v. O’Neill decision coming up in July, it’s time to fulfill the ruling’s true legacy and reform exclusionary zoning in Connecticut.