The bills would create an advisory group and apprenticeship programs in the fields of mechatronics, cybersecurity, and additive manufacturing.
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CT Politics: CT weighs tweaks to brownfield program
Two bills would tweak CT’s brownfield program, which provides funding to redevelop contaminated former industrial or commercial properties.
CT Politics: CT Committee on Children approves cannabis child-safety labels
A bill requiring labels on some cannabis products warning consumers to keep them out of children’s reach passed the CT Committee on Children.
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.
CHART: Number of pedestrian fatalities in Connecticut by year
From 2011-2021, the number of pedestrians struck and killed by cars in CT more than doubled, due to several factors. Here’s the yearly data.
CHART: Fairfield County towns’ affordable housing plans, ranked
A Fairfield County housing group scored the affordable housing plans that towns in the region submitted to the state. See how each town did.
CT will fill 3 state House seats in Tuesday special election. Here’s what to know
CT voters in Hartford, West Hartford, Middletown and Stamford will vote for their next state house representatives on Tuesday.
What is the UniteCT Eviction Prevention Fund, and can it help me stay in my home?
The UniteCT Eviction Prevention Fund can help CT tenants who are facing eviction stay in their homes. Here’s what to know about the program.
CT Politics: Student debt, traffic stops and hospital competition
Plus, CT lawmakers weigh new cannabis regulations and a ban on “hostile architecture” in public spaces.
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” 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.



