Complaints about care in CT nursing homes have increased and facilities face staff shortages as more state funding goes to home care.
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CT Politics: Lawmakers advance several bills to ease strain in state labor market
Hundreds of Connecticut residents testified at an Education Committee public hearing Wednesday, with much time spent on teacher retention.
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CT Politics: Lawmakers consider bill tackling teacher recruitment, retention
Hundreds of Connecticut residents testified at an Education Committee public hearing Wednesday, with much time spent on teacher retention.
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CT Politics: Sen. Matt Lesser filibusters bill allowing trade groups to offer health plans
The Insurance and Real Estate Committee hit a roadblock when Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, spent hours questioning the committee chair.
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CT Politics: One lawmaker asks, quietly, who should decide required school vaccines
House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora asked to tweak the process by which Connecticut adds vaccines to the list required to attend school.
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CT Politics: ‘Bill of rights’ for non-English speaking parents passes committee
The bill, which includes a right to translation services for non-English speaking parents of CT students, passed the Education Committee.
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CT Politics: Should CT conduct background checks on nursing home residents? State weighs in
A proposal would require the state to check criminal backgrounds and the sex offender registry for incoming nursing home residents in CT.
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CT Politics: How are women faring in Connecticut?
In a U.S. News and World Report ranking of states on gender equality, CT finished seventh overall and first on disparity in wages.
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CT Politics: Public testifies on voting while incarcerated
A CT bill would allow all people to vote while they’re incarcerated. The public testified on it this week.
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CT Politics: Public testifies on ranked-choice voting
Four bills introduced in the CT legislature this session would implement ranked-choice voting in the state for various elections.
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CT Politics: CT Commerce Committee puts focus on arts and small businesses
The committee passed a bill to fund grants for arts and culture and a bill to let small businesses write off research and development costs.
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CT Politics: Bill centered around higher education tuition passes committee
The bill would expand CT’s debt-free community college program, create tax reductions for those who paid interest on loan payments and more.
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CT Politics: Bill proposing relief from ‘coerced debt’ passes committee
The CT Banking Committee passed legislation that would give recourse to domestic abuse survivors whose partners incurred debt in their names.
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CT Politics: Should CT require a high school financial literacy class?
A bill would require high school students to have completed a half-credit course in “financial management and financial literacy” to graduate.
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CT Politics: Bill would ban foreclosures for unpaid sewer fees, other charges
The bill, which passed CT’s Planning and Development Committee on Wednesday, applies to charges of up to $4,000.