What is the purpose of prison? Punishment, certainly, but do you have an expectation that our prisons are rehabilitating the ones they’re incarcerating?
Opinion
CT’s pre-K endowment diverts pension dollars
The state’s new early childhood education fund could add $900 million in pension costs while still falling short of funding universal pre-K.
State land ownership doesn’t equal stewardship
Connecticut keeps treating preservation and public access as competing values. They aren’t.
CT ratepayers pay the price when utility bullying goes unchecked
Since engaging in a well-funded bullying campaign to run the lead regulator at the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority out of town, Connecticut’s monopoly utility corporations are now on the prowl for more of our hard-earned money to pad their record high profits. Tom Swan, executive director of CCAG If we let these out-of-control bullying tactics […]
I’ve knocked on 4,000 doors. We need more urgency to bring down the cost of living
The conversations on doorsteps keep coming back to the same thing. Who will be able to live here if the cost of living keeps going up?
There’s more to the story on the Supreme Court decision on Roundup
There’s been a lot written about the safety of glyphosate, but very little concerning the possibility that it contains an additional active ingredient.
Hot and bothered – summer’s transportation meltdown
The effect of last week’s heat wave on trains, planes and automobiles is worth remembering, and planning for, because this kind of weather will return.
The Supreme Court didn’t ban trans athletes. It handed CT a choice
The court’s ruling allows states to exclude transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s school sports. It does not require them to.
Immigration fear is reshaping patient trust inside CT hospitals
Among Connecticut residents who fear immigration enforcement, 14% have avoided medical care or know someone who has.
It’s time to de-ICE Citizens Bank
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG), through its subsidiaries like Citizens Bank, is a principal lender to the two largest public corporations operating ICE detention facilities.
Federal government must protect kids from dangerous hemp products
Congress should hold firm on its decision to close a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill allowed for a gray market of intoxicating hemp products.
1.5 million eggs is the least of it
An outrageous Supreme Court ruling allows the president to fire members at the FTC and replace them with lackeys — won’t give a peep about what Americans pay for eggs.
July heat wave’s unsung heroes? Rooftop solar users
During the hottest hours, solar was producing was generating approximately 3,594 MW. That’s more than both New England’s largest power plants.
Legal weed doesn’t mean harmless
High schoolers in 2024 perceived regular cannabis use as less risky than in the year 2000. But how harmless is it?
Building the 21st Century arsenal of democracy
The work in our region is just beginning to build a 21st century Navy.

