The governor’s bill offers help with college tuition and mortgage payments to firefighters and police. EMS workers want to be included.
EMS workers ask to be included in Lamont’s free tuition proposal
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How the war in Iran is impacting home energy costs in CT
The increase in oil costs is particularly harmful to low income families who rely on fuel and energy assistance programs to stay warm.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT’s chance to align juvenile sentencing with science
The United States remains the only country in the world that still permits children to be sentenced to life in prison.
Posted inEducation
CT department says it cannot comply with DCF, homeschool proposal
The bill would require that schools alert the education department when kids are withdrawn for homeschooling so it could then notify DCF.
Posted inPolitics
CT to close transfer station at center of local trash dispute
The Torrington facility was the subject of a dispute involving two trash haulers and allegations of favoritism at the state Capitol.
Posted inHealth
GOP Sen. Harding assails UConn Health CEO Agwunobi
Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding asked UConn Health officials to publicly answer questions about Dr. Andrew Agwunobi’s qualifications.
Posted inGovernment
Blumenthal presses Noem over citizens detained by federal agents
DHS secretary Kristi Noem defended her agency’s practices but said she didn’t know the details of some arrests of U.S. citizens.
Posted inHousing
Where in each town can housing be built? CT guidelines seek detail
The housing growth plans required under H.B. 8002 will have to be specific about where housing can be built, the guidelines say.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont vetoes speedy earmarks: ‘My objection is to the process’
Gov. Ned Lamont cut grants and earmarks worth $4 million from six sections of a bill that sped to passage with little review last week.
Posted inGovernment
Lawmakers consider ways to protect home health care workers from towing
The bill seeks solutions to the lack of parking for providers whose cars are sometimes ticketed or towed while they treat their patients.
Posted inMoney
CT GOP says medical leave program holds too much money
State officials say the family and medical leave program needs a financial safety net, but CT Republicans say it’s gotten out of hand.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Jackson in CT: ‘A disaster born of greed’
“Plants are closed. The tax base is limited. Children are neglected. Slums abound. This is a disaster born of greed,” he declared.
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Let’s make modest homes legal again
I am weary of the false cry of “local control” as an excuse for making modest homes illegal.
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CT can lead in fixing the campaign finance mess
Connecticut can control the power of corporations to spend money on politics inside state lines.
