A bill requiring labels on some cannabis products warning consumers to keep them out of children’s reach passed the CT Committee on Children.
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CT Politics: Connecticut weighs Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers
CT’s Human Services committee heard public testimony on a bill that would provide Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers.
CT Politics: CT towns wouldn’t need to store evicted tenants’ property under proposed bills
Two bills being considered in the CT legislature would eliminate the requirement that towns store the possessions of tenants who are evicted.
CT Politics: Bill would require officers to explain why they stopped drivers
Dozens of people testified on a bill that would, among other things, require CT police officers to tell drivers the reason for a traffic stop.
CT Politics: Lawmakers weigh new rules for Connecticut cannabis market
The opening of CT’s adult-use cannabis market earlier this year has raised questions of equity and logistics in the market’s regulation.
CT Politics: Bill would ban ‘hostile architecture’ in Connecticut public spaces
Hostile architecture is an urban design method typically used to keep people from lying down or camping in a certain location.
CT Politics: Danbury parents voice support for charter school at public hearing
Danbury parents with “Latinos for Educational Advocacy and Diversity”Ā asked CT lawmakers to approve funding for a charter school.
CT Politics: Bill puts focus on CT arts, culture, tourism
The bill calls on the state to award grants and establish strategy and success metrics for CT’s arts, culture and tourism organizations.
CT Politics: Lawmakers weigh limiting ‘anti-competitive practices’ in hospitals
A bill would prohibit using certain contract terms between hospitals and insurers that supporters say drive up the cost of care for patients.
CT Politics: Hearing on proposed rent cap lasts overnight
A CT Housing Committee public hearing on a proposed rent cap began at 3 p.m. Tuesday and didnāt end until close to 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
CT Politics: CT legislators address student loan debt
Several CT General Assembly committees are considering legislation to help ease the burden of educational debt.
CT Politics: CT receives $1.55M to address student mental health
The money, part of a federal program designed to improve students’ mental health, will go to EdAdvance, a Litchfield-based organization.
CT Politics: CT landlords weigh in on proposed motor vehicle property tax repeal
A bill that would eliminate the property tax on motor vehicles got a public hearing Wednesday in the CT Planning and Development Committee.
CT Politics: Education committee weighs school resource officers, charter school approval process
State legislators supported raising “concepts” that include acts concerning school resource officers and the charter school approval process.
CT Politics: State has ‘no immediate plans’ for future prison closures
CT Department of Correction Commissioner Angel Quiros’ comments come after the state said it would close Willard Correctional Institution.



