Government and nonprofit entities are stepping up with COVID relief and recovery, including the Boston Fed and CT’s community foundations.
May 2021
Posted inTransportation
Infrastructure overhaul should focus more on safety, advocates say
Despite the pandemic, traffic fatalities are up 5% in 2020.
Posted inHealth
CDC reports rare breakthrough COVID cases among fully vaccinated
The number of breakthrough cases represents (.01%) of the 101 million people who were fully vaccinated on April 30.
Posted inHealth
Pandemic fuels continued rise in STDs among youngest sexually active adolescents
Black teens are disproportionately affected — five to eight times greater than whites.
Posted inGovernment
Strike threat could push hundreds out of group homes and into nursing homes
Hundreds of group home residents, trapped in a game of state budget brinkmanship, could be transferred into nursing homes.
Posted inHousing
Senate passes controversial zoning reform bill
The legislation, which nudges towns to loosen restrictive zoning policies, now heads to the governor’s desk.
Posted inMoney
Tax break for CT’s working poor has strong support in budget talks
An income tax break for the working poor seems to have a reserved spot in the next state budget.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Philanthropy’s role in this once-in-a-lifetime situation
We can make a transformational difference to people and communities throughout Connecticut by working together toward a more equitable Connecticut. The philanthropic sector, state, and local leaders have a collective responsibility to make this opportunity a reality, and we must do it now.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The legislature fails its terminally ill constituents again
Last week, the General Assembly voted to make pizza the official state food. I wish our lawmakers had shown as much respect for their constituents with terminal illnesses. Kim Hoffman In contrast, last month, the Judiciary Committee chose to ignore and disregard the wishes of 75 percent of Connecticut voters who support medical aid-in-dying legislation […]
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Time to reform Connecticut’s waste mess (with a new bottle bill)
With the Hartford incinerator expected to permanently shutter next year, many are left wondering where to turn for a solution. Fortunately, legislators are considering a bill that would reform the state’s recycling system and help get us out of this polluting, expensive mess.
Posted inSteady Habits
PODCAST: Finding mental health solutions for CT kids
This last year, spent in a pandemic, has changed the lives of so many. But those changes might be felt most acutely by children.
Posted inPolitics
Final passage in Senate of labor, early voting measures
Lawmakers approved a bill intended to curb pay disparities and a referendum on whether the Constitution should allow early voting.
Posted inPolitics
Narrowed ‘clean slate’ bill wins final passage
The House passage puts the bill on the desk of a noncommittal governor.
Posted inNews
No ‘mission accomplished,’ but Lamont suspends COVID briefings
With infections comfortably low and vaccination rates enviously high, Gov. Ned Lamont bid farewell Thursday to his twice-a-week briefings.
Posted inNews
Proposal requiring higher staffing levels in nursing homes clears Senate
Under the proposal, nursing home staff are required to provide at least three hours of direct care per resident daily.