WSHU’s Ebong Udoma and CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala discussed her article written with Laura Tillman about the potential elimination of Community First Choice.
PODCAST: CT home care advocates fear cuts could be coming
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Revolution Wind provides first power to New England grid
The offshore wind installation, off the Rhode Island coast, turned on Friday night after several threats from the Trump administration
Posted inEnergy & Environment
How much does electricity cost at CT’s municipal utilities?
Eversource and UI provide electricity to most of CT — except the 77,000 or so customers of municipal-owned utilities. But who pays the most?
Posted inCT Viewpoints
More work to do in ending racism and hate
Hate still exists and is allowed to live and thrive in our environment.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Stable housing is pivotal to ending child poverty
Expanding just-cause eviction protections to include working families and strengthening rental assistance are stabilizing policies.
Posted inHealth
‘Unbelievably cruel’: Advocates decry threat to home care program
Lamont proposed ending Community First Choice, which provides at-home care to all who qualify. Families are confused, worried and angry.
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Lawmakers must act now to address the long-term economic consequences of out-of-school suspensions.
The cost of locking up students is much higher than educating them, and the long-term benefits of investing in education and support programs are robust.
Posted inTalking Transportation
A gift at the pump in an election year
As one seasoned Connecticut legislator once told me: “Sometimes good politics is also good policy.”
Posted inBriefs
Guns in schools, rent increases, ICE: CT politics news
Plus: Proposed hospital provider tax changes, a pitch for three-year bachelor’s degrees, and a family caregiver tax credit bill advances.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT considers Styrofoam ban and limits for single-use plastics
The proposed restrictions are included in wider-ranging bill before the CT legislature that addresses the management of solid waste, HB 5524.
Posted inPolitics
Absentee voting, voter intimidation bills get public hearing
CT Democratic lawmakers said the voter intimidation bill was a response to President Donald Trump’s threats to nationalize local elections.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
Here’s how much CT gasoline prices have gone up
Prices for regular unleaded gasoline in CT have jumped from less than $3 per gallon in late February to about $3.50 per gallon this week.
Posted inBriefs
Are CT restraining orders only issued if there is physical violence?
The law expanding the domestic violence definition is named after women killed by their partners: Jennifer Farber Dulos and Jennifer Magnano.
Posted inPartner Content
CT lawmakers consider rapid response program to treat invasive hydrilla
The proposed new program would establish a task force to develop a state-wide protocol for containing and eliminating hydrilla.
Posted inPartner Content
Veterans who depend on mental health care keep losing their therapists under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office.