A bill before the legislature would expand and improve the Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board as a step toward addressing a mental health crisis.
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A Connecticut genius: Frederick Law Olmsted at 200
Hartford-born landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was born 200 years ago this year. The city will celebrate his achievements.
History tells us the pandemic mental health crisis is far from over
The pandemic has precipitated a mental health crisis. The federal government must invest in solutions.
Use Waterbury’s federal COVID funds to invest in students, not buildings
Waterbury plans to spend the majority of its American Rescue Plan dollars on property upgrades instead of investing in educational programs.
Crisis in the emergency housing response system
The frontline workers who care for people experiencing homelessness are themselves vulnerable and at risk because of state underfunding.
Hospital community benefit requirements: stronger is better
Connecticut should strengthen the community benefit requirements for its non-profit hospitals to protect vulnerable communities.
As climate emergency looms, we must pass SB10
Our state’s elected leaders are considering policies that would put Connecticut at the forefront of the movement toward clean energy.
The most effective way to make Connecticut more affordable is housing
The high cost of housing not only dampens our ability to increase our tax base by growing our state’s population, it also severely strains existing low- and moderate-income households. Creating more housing and making housing more affordable is the most powerful way to grow our economy.
Reckoning with racist violence
Mary Townsend Seymour, Connecticut state organizer for the Anti Lynching Crusaders in the 1920s, would be pleased to see the recent signing of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act by President Joe Biden.
Support Connecticut farmers: exempt agriculture from highway use tax
Connecticut’s farmers deserve a break from the soon-to-be implemented highway use tax on trucks.
Connecticut democracy is omitting 9,480 voters
If we aim to be a leader in restorative justice and providing incarcerated people a real opportunity to re-enter society, we need to make sure they feel like real citizens while in prison.
Connecticut towns need control over transit-oriented development
We need to empower –not mandate — communities to come up with common sense solutions to affordable housing needs.
Connecticut can transition to EVs without hurting consumers
Tesla, Lucid and Rivian can sell their cars in Connecticut — right now — under the same laws that all other auto manufacturers must follow. But they choose not to.
Unionizing workers deserve protection from threats and harassment
Captive audience meetings are held in the vast majority of union organizing campaigns and management frequently threatens workers in these meetings. A new bill before the Connecticut legislature would change that.
Costs still rising on State Pier project
The State Pier project deal is viscously unfair to Connecticut’s taxpayers.

