In Bridgeport tomorrow, the Connecticut legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee will hear public testimony on an Act establishing a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights for Connecticut. We write today to voice our support for this act.
Paul Stern
Paul has more than 40 years of reporting and editing experience at newspapers in New Jersey, Florida and Connecticut. He worked 22 years at the Hartford Courant in various editing roles including as deputy state editor, assistant editor of Northeast Magazine, and as an associate editor at Courant.com. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University. A trained chef, he and his wife own and operate a bed and breakfast in an historic home in Mansfield.
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Unjust prosecution shows why we need death-with-dignity laws
A dying family member, and those who love him or her, should be able to deal with this end-of-life tragedy in their own way, without heavy-handed government intrusion into their moment of profound sorrow.
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Community colleges: Time to be revolutionary
The community colleges of the state of Connecticut ought to declare their independence from the Board of Regents for Higher Education
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Child Protection: A system crying for change
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families has adopted a “differential response system” that allows its caseworkers more flexibility in reacting to various kinds of child abuse and neglect, depending on the risk to the family. Families and staff say this new kind of intervention is more effective, satisfying and respectful.
Posted inEducation, Politics
Connecticut school segregation, education funding and Tom Foley
Is breaking the link between race, poverty, housing and school segregation an intractable problem in Connecticut? Judging from our recent stories by education reporter Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, it would seem so.
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Paul Stern: No more ‘Corrupticut,’ but less interest in opening government
About a year ago, The Center for Public Integrity in Washington enlisted 50 journalists, including me, in a massive project measuring the degree to which state governments were accountable, open to public scrutiny and susceptible to corruption. To my surprise, Connecticut ranked second, next to New Jersey, as the most transparent of all 50 states. […]
Posted inEducation, Money
G.E. and UConn announce $7.5 million collaboration
The University of Connecticut and General Electric have agreed to collaborate on a $7.5 million program to improve technologies related to the distribution of energy. Gov. Dannel Malloy, UConn President Susan Herbst and a top GE executive held a press conference to announce the program — only part of GE’s partnership with the university. GE’s […]
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Nearly 30,000 new voters register for primary
Even if you are not registered to vote or not a member of a political party, it is not too late to participate in Tuesday’s primary elections. Prospective voters — either unregistered or unaffiliated with a political party — have until noon Monday to visit their local registrars of voters and sign up as Democrats […]