CT should use the upcoming special legislative session to tap the state’s ample surplus to properly fund the energy assistance program.
Opinion
CT State Community College is an infant with an unpromising future
We are seeing the slow and sad demise of the community college era. It was supposed to be educationally uplifting to some of society’s least privileged members. But as usual, they are again being cheated.
Connecticut: Don’t repeat the mistakes of Big Tobacco settlements with opioid money
Connecticut must have a clearly defined strategy, measurable outcomes, and a “test and learn” implementation approach for its opioid settlement money.
A truthful curriculum should not be controversial
Critical race theory has become controversial in the classroom, but in fact its the tool we need to move our society forward.
A soccer stadium won’t rescue Bridgeport. It needs more middle-class housing
Hartford’s decline into poverty over the last 60 years hasn’t been reversed or even halted by the expensive development projects that have shuffled the city’s downtown this way and that — first Constitution Plaza, an office building complex; then the Hartford Civic Center; then the Connecticut Convention Center; and most recently a minor league baseball […]
The need remains urgent to grow and support CT’s healthcare workforce
Connecticut needs some 3,000 new nurses per year to meet increasing care needs, but the number of new nursing school graduates is only estimated at 1,900 annually.
Connecticut has strong gun laws — but we need national action on gun safety
Even though Connecticut is a leader on gun control legislation, its residents can’t be safe if the federal government does not act.
To prevent car crashes, CT must close loopholes in distracted driving laws
Connecticut has taken steps to make roads safer, but it needs to do more to combat the danger of distracted driving.
Racism is not an option — but don’t fight injustice with malice and violence
In 2024, we still look to a day, as Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed, when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
‘Big Bro’ likes your driving, so auto insurance costs less
Our phones know a lot about us, so good drivers can cash in on that with a smartphone app.
North Haven’s proposed ‘Eco Park’ is really ‘Toxic Dump Park’
The waste reclamation facility proposed for North Haven is a threat to air and water quality of its surrounding towns.
For progress, put Connecticut lawmakers and researchers in the same room
CT lawmakers heard 15 policy presentations from academic researchers Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind event. The takeaway: We need more.
CT disregarded literacy screening requirements during Right to Read initiative
The Right to Read legislation and district wishes do not supplant CT’s requirement for districts to use K-3 reading screening measures.
Here’s a good way for Connecticut to stop ‘street takeovers’
Here’s an effective strategy for deterring more street takeovers in the future.
A modest proposal for ensuring the rights of ‘unborn human beings’
Since the Supreme Court ruled that the state can legally intrude into a woman’s most intimate and private parts to control her body, her privacy, and her free will, then certainly the state can also legally make lesser intrusions to achieve the same end.
