CT GOP delegates may be asked to choose a gubernatorial candidate without one of the most important tools they have to evaluate candidates: debates.
Opinion
‘Personnel matter,’ read: avoiding accountability
CSCU regents won’t face up to the cause for interim chancellor’s resignation
CT public schools need more funding for mental health
Students are losing access to school-based mental health services due to cuts in funding, just when they’re needed most.
CT children can’t wait any longer for more investment in behavioral health
It will not be possible to meet the behavioral health needs of CT children and families without raising Medicaid reimbursement rates.
Act to protect Muslim students in CT schools
A 12-year-old boy in Danbury went to school this year expecting to learn, grow, and feel safe among his peers. Instead, according to his family, he was called a “terrorist” by his classmates —a slur that no child should ever have to hear, let alone carry. Eventually, the harassment escalated. The child —whom I will […]
Needy CT patients won’t benefit from 340B changes
The 340B drug plan language that was recently added into SB 494 risks increasing costs for the very patients it purports to help.
The cheapest gallon of gas is the one you don’t use
We’ve all known ways to save on gasoline expenses, but now that it costs more than $4 a gallon, it’s time to pay attention.
Finding balance in school phone use policies
Instead of banning phones in schools, CT should focus on teaching students how to manage technology in real-world ways.
The cost of becoming a nurse
In order for me and thousands of others to achieve our dreams, we need not only financial assistance, but respect.
A solution to CT’s high energy costs — more shared solar
CT has a good solution to rising electricity costs: community solar. It should be expanded.
Assisted suicide is not the compassionate answer
Assisted suicide contradicts the physician’s most basic calling, to provide cure and hope for the patient.
When schools and providers communicate, lives can be saved
Stopping the rate of child suicide from rising anymore should be a primary concern of the State of Connecticut.
Medical debt? Blame high-deductible insurance
Health insurers report billions in profits while increasingly promoting products that shift more financial responsibility onto patients and physicians.
How climate education and creativity are empowering CT students
What started as a legislative requirement has grown into something far more powerful: a movement that connects learning to action.
YIGBY could be Connecticut’s solution to health and housing crisis
This bill would make it easier for religious organizations like churches and synagogues to build affordable housing on their own land.

