The Senate voted Thursday to create a bipartisan commission to Connecticut’s emergency power laws.
May 13, 2021 @ 11:46 pm
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrats vote to strengthen hand of public unions
Senate Democrats rallied behind a bill intended to help Connecticut public-sector unions grow.
Posted inHealth
Fully vaccinated CT residents won’t be required to wear masks indoors starting May 19
The mask mandate will be lifted the same day that other COVID-19 restrictions expire.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont to state employees: Time to come back to the office
The decision comes 15 months after state employees were directed to work from home.
Posted inMoney
Lamont reaches deal to avert nursing home strike
A Medicaid rate increase for wages and health benefits is key part of the deal
Posted inEducation
UConn President Katsouleas resigns
Katsouleas submitted a resignation letter to the UConn Board of Trustees in March.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
As Ramadan ends, suffering on earth continues
How have we grown so cold and complacent to gut-wrenching atrocities bombarding our fellow siblings in humanity all around the world?
Posted inHealth
Health care reform bills face uncertain future as end of session nears
Momentum surrounding a public option bill and a prescription drug proposal has slowed. Here’s why.
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No time to waste for our health care workers
The shared experience of the COVID pandemic, now in its second year, has at times shown the potential to defuse the toxic polarization that divides our nation. Here is a bill that helps protect healthcare workers and has bipartisan support.
Posted inStudent Voice
Violence Against Women’s Act: Why it needs to pass in the Senate
#MeToo, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump. These very words have become synonymous with violations of women’s rights and safety. Women’s voices have been silenced and berated for revealing their experiences, and our elected officials have failed to adequately protect them from abuse.
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Reason #6,456 to better protect seniors from fraud
Too many Nutmeg State seniors risk falling prey to financial fraudsters, and unless our state adequately addresses this problem, it’s bound to worsen. Medicaid Planning is one of the many areas where bolstering safeguarding measures should be, at the very least, studied.
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An activist’s reality check for legislators
The meeting with two state legislators was not going well, then one advised the young environmental activists that legislators “have to live in reality.” That really set her off.