Plus: Proposed hospital provider tax changes, a pitch for three-year bachelor’s degrees, and a family caregiver tax credit bill advances.
Guns in schools, rent increases, ICE: CT politics news
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.
Posted inGovernment
Colleen Murphy exits CT FOI Commission after 35 years
Colleen Murphy retired on Feb. 27 after 35 years with the CT Freedom of Information Commission, the last 21 as its leader.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Why civics education matters for CT students
The Civics Seal moves the focus away from national culture wars and toward the practical work of being a “good neighbor” and community member.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT knows how to prevent homelessness. Why not do it?
As housing costs rise and financial precarity becomes more common, prevention programs remain underfunded, fragmented, or reactive.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Judge dismisses lawsuit, allowing DEEP to rule on pipeline project
Brookfield and Save the Sound filed suit in objection to DEEP’s denial of their efforts to intervene against Iroquois Gas Transmission System expansion.
Posted inGovernment
Should CT study UFOs? State Rep. asks legislature to hear him out
Rep. Joe Hoxha, R-Bristol, wants University of Connecticut to consider establishing a ‘state center’ to study unidentified aerial phenomena.
Posted inHuman Services
CT lawmakers express concerns while questioning DCF nominee
Lawmakers asked interim DCF Commissioner Susan Hamilton about caseworker turnover, children’s mental health support, homeschooling and more.
Posted inGovernment
CT senators back federal housing bill to address supply, high costs
While it has President Trump’s support, the revised bill faces headwinds in the House, particularly over an institutional investor ban.
Posted inMoney
Lamont strikes deals with 10 unions, but many raises still overdue
Most of CT’s 35 bargaining units are overdue for raises, and time is running out for Gov. Ned Lamont to settle with a key part of his base.