New rules granting rights to violent offenders to apply for release from Whiting Forensic hospital needlessly perpetuate victim trauma.
Opinion
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
True community investment requires a new definition of economic development
Millions of dollars are at stake as the state awards community investment fund grants. So how are we really deciding to spend the money?
Posted inStudent Voice
Connecticut colleges must help students access abortions
Health centers at every CT college should provide the financial and emotional support their students need to get an abortion.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut needs offshore wind energy now
The time for Connecticut to take advantage of offshore wind power is now. Here’s why.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut, give democracy back to the people with ranked choice voting
Connecticut, it is time to use ranked choice voting to forge a democracy that is based on active, rather than passive, consent of the governed.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
LGBTQ municipal electees are part of CT’s queer wave
Today, many LGBTQ people feel comfortable running openly as themselves – and that’s a credit to Connecticut’s culture of civility and longtime commitment to LGBTQ rights.
Posted inStudent Voice
Connecticut’s nursing homes must combat staff shortages. Here’s how.
Federal and state authorities need to do more to support long-term care facilities struggling with staffing shortages.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Adequate funding of CSCU would be a ‘virtuous cycle’ for Connecticut
CT needs to recognize the value of its state college and university system — and must fund the schools accordingly.
Posted inStudent Voice
CT’s offshore wind roadmap cannot fall victim to more roadblocks
The state should be moving full-speed-ahead to create offshore wind power as a solution to the climate crisis.
Posted inStudent Voice
Why is intranasal naloxone not available to frontline medical staff?
When I’m on duty at the hospital I don’t have the tools I need to protect myself from secondary exposure to illicit drugs.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT’s Paid Leave offers relief for women with endometriosis
A covered worker can take leave continuously, intermittently, or on a reduced schedule under the Connecticut Paid Leave program.
Posted inStudent Voice
Connecticut universities should require financial literacy classes
A mandatory personal finance class at CT colleges and universities would equip students with the skills they need to make sound financial decisions.
Posted inTalking Transportation
I-95: Still Connecticut’s clogged artery
Last week’s column (Why We Love To Hate I-95) apparently struck a nerve, and it wasn’t the funny bone.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT hospitals need nurse-to-patient ratios. Legislators should mandate them
Unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios have been statistically shown to increase patient mortality. Connecticut needs mandated nurse staffing ratios.
Posted inStudent Voice
Connecticut should require gun safety education for firearm owners
Connecticut should follow New York’s lead in ensuring all new gun owners undergo training in safe handling and storage of their weapons.