I hope any law that does pass [about shared solar energy] includes direction to PURA to do a study of what the true value of solar power is to society, so we can set this matter to rest.
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Op-ed: Accessing mental health care still a challenge in CT’s rural areas
In rural populations, the rates of depression exceed those in urban populations, and suicide rates among teenagers and adults are significantly higher in rural areas than in urban areas.
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Op-ed: Sen. Williams not qualified or eligible to be college president
Connecticut State Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams Jr. is not qualified to be appointed president of Quinebaug Valley Community College. Nor should the position become a fallback sinecure for a politician looking to retire and reinvent himself.
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Op-ed: Adoptee access — a personal story
Will the state ‘grant’ adult adoptees the right that is ours? The right to know who we really are? Will they right an egregious wrong?
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Op-ed: Why does legislature beat up on businesses when CT needs jobs?
Unemployment remains higher than national and regional averages, and the workforce continues to shrink.
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Op-ed: CT took a great step: Independent APRNs can help deliver primary care
Clearly, today’s primary care workforce is insufficient to meet the health care needs expected of it.
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Still more standardized testing? Listen to the youth.
A bilingual student remembered being told in first grade, ‘You have to do this because you’re preparing for the test,’ but the standardized test wasn’t given until 3rd grade.
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Op-ed: Still more standardized testing? Listen to the youth.
A bilingual student remembered being told in first grade, ‘You have to do this because you’re preparing for the test,’ but the standardized test wasn’t given until 3rd grade.
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Op-ed: Recommendations to the Common Core Task Force
As we start to implement Common Core Standards, instead of playing the blame game, we should concentrate on moving those districts that are behind in implementation forward.
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Op-ed: Buyers beware (of Common Core)
Let’s look the governor, the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education in the eye and say: No Sale.
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Op-ed: Let Connecticut’s people be heard!
By adopting ‘Initiative, Referendum and Recall,’ Connecticut citizens would have some meaningful leverage over their elected officials.
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Op-ed: Malloy should identify savings from SEBAC agreement
I believe Malloy should be forced to issue a report indicating the original plan to save $1 billion and the final results by item.
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Op-ed: Thank you, State Board of Education, for approving 4 new charters
Approving all four schools was the right thing to do – educationally, fiscally, and morally.
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Op-ed: Why telemonitoring makes sense for Connecticut’s chronically ill
The state should support advanced in-home telemonitoring services under our state’s private insurance plans, Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Op-ed: CT Lawmakers: Don’t forget bill that widens ‘step therapy’
The Connecticut General Assembly has just six weeks left in its 2014 legislative session, with limited time set aside for votes on a number of important bills. As our state’s leaders work to complete their business for the year, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and its Connecticut Chapter hope that one bill in particular won’t be forgotten: S.B. 394, designed to improve the safety of an insurance practice called step therapy.
