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Low-hanging legislative fruit for CT affordable housing
Step one for the 2025 legislative session should be to mandate, within a reasonable deadline, that towns conform their regulations and procedures to Public Act 21-29.
Suicide and the healthcare workforce
Physicians and other healthcare workers are at increased risk of suicide. We must do more to support our caregivers.
Environmental protection and other issues affecting CT affordable housing
Connecticut’s environmental laws and programs have done a good job of facilitating housing development while protecting environmental quality.Ā
Myths and other misconceptions about affordable housing in CT
It is essential that we also put aside the myths, misconceptions, and false narratives that hinder the discussion about affordable housing.
CT schools are still waiting on the promises of funding
As pandemic funding disappears from classrooms, the Connecticut legislature must step up its efforts with the Education Cost Sharing formula.
Youth are not being heard on gun violence
We put them through lockdown drills and make them wear a bulletproof backpacks, yet we’re not listening to the voice of our children.
Affordable housing challenges, myths, and proposals for the 2025 CT legislative session
The critical problem in Connecticut with respect to housing is that most of the power to permit or deny housing development has been delegated to our 169 municipalities.Ā
Let’s change the narrative around food insecurity in Greenwich and Bridgeport
Despite its reputation as being a wealthy enclave, Greenwich is in fact economically and culturally diverse.
Dock workers might create an October surprise to really hate
On October 1 some 45,000 dock workers at 36 different U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports are expected to go on strike, shutting down almost half of all U.S. imports by sea.
Proposed change in child-to-teacher ratio will compromise care
The proposal to change the required teacher-child ratio in child care centers for 2-year-old children should be REJECTED.
CT’s childcare industry needs regulatory relief
Changing the teacher -to-toddler ratio will not jeopardize the well-being of children in the care of an early childhood education center.
Troubled by the police response at Hartford PRIDE
I saw police officers refusing to contain protesters at this year’s Hartford PRIDE event. They need to rethink their response to this threat.
Student cellphones are a symptom of a much bigger problem
The governor recently discovered that cellphones in the classroom are a problem. The response from teachers across the state was “Welcome to the 21st century.”
CT’s broken child mental healthcare system needs more reform
Legislators made major strides in 2022 to address increases in youth mental health issues. We need to build on this foundation and continue working toward child mental health care reform.
