In Bridgeport tomorrow, the Connecticut legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee will hear public testimony on an Act establishing a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights for Connecticut. We write today to voice our support for this act.
Op-ed: Domestic workers deserve this bill of rights
Posted inHealth
Latest Obamacare confusion: Exchange plan provider networks
The rollout of the federal health law in Connecticut has been smoother than in many parts of the country, but it hasn’t been without hiccups. The latest one: finding providers who take the new coverage.
Posted inPolitics
CT considering state retirement program for private sector
With the support of the state treasurer and AARP, the Senate and House majority leaders are pushing legislation that would create a state-run retirement program for private-sector employees over the opposition of insurers and private investment advisors.
Posted inPolitics
Newtown cyclists say gun control campaign now a movement
WASHINGTON — Riding 400 miles from Newtown, 26 bicyclists hoping to change the nation’s gun laws faced some strong headwinds on their way to Washington, D.C. When they reached the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, they faced even more — of the political kind.
Posted inEducation
Common Core moves forward; Malloy sets up task force for implementation
Facing mounting criticism on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Connecticut’s public schools, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday named members of a new task force to provide recommendations on how to ensure a successful rollout.
Posted inNews
Nonprofits, Programmers: Are you looking to solve a problem?
Connecticut is at a pivotal point. When equity gaps continue to grow and technological advancements march on the result is an even larger divide. What happens if these two worlds connected? Many community organizations have taken a grass roots approach to solving this problem, so we ask, “Can technology and social enterprise address inequality in our state?” The “Small State, Big Debate: Hackathon” aims to engage community organizations, technology, and social entrepreneurs in ways that extend beyond business as usual and create solutions that are contributing to the equity gaps affecting Connecticut’s communities.
Posted inPolitics
Martha Dean enters Connecticut race for governor
Martha Dean, a favorite of tea-party activists and gun owners, announced Tuesday she is running for governor, giving the Republican field of a half-dozen candidates its only woman and its strongest conservative contender.
Posted inHealth
Access Health CT has 152,561 enrollees; not clear how many were uninsured
More than 150,000 Connecticut residents have signed up for private insurance plans sold through the state’s health insurance exchange and for Medicaid since Oct. 1, according to Access Health CT, the state’s exchange.
Posted inPolitics
Boucher to seek re-election to state Senate
Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, announced Tuesday she has ended her exploratory campaign for governor to seek re-election to the state Senate.
Posted inHealth
Obamacare Q&A: Exchange deadlines, insurance options and tax credits
What you need to know about the end of the 2014 open enrollment period, the insurance options you’ll have once it’s over, when you’ll face a penalty if you don’t get covered and the possibility of getting federal financial help buying a health plan outside the exchange.
Posted inNews
“Small State, Big Debate: Inequality” early bird registration begins
Early bird registration for The Connecticut Mirror’s first statewide event, Small State, Big Debate: Inequality is now open. You can find registration, speakers and the day’s schedule at the event’s website here.
Posted inEducation
Common Core debate heading to state Capitol complex Wednesday
Legislators will get to hear feedback on the rollout of the Common Core Curriculum Wednesday during a public hearing at the state Capitol complex. The noon event is the result of a move by Republican minority legislators to force the reluctant leaders of the Education Committee to hold a hearing on the bill that would put implementation of the state’s new academic standards on hold.
Posted inPolitics
Vote twice? In Connecticut there’s no law against trying
Connecticut election law has a loophole that the state’s top elections’ official wants closed: It is a felony to vote twice in the same election, but trying and failing is no crime.
Posted inPolitics
CT Senate leader opposes privacy bill as affront to FOI
In testimony delivered in quick succession Monday to two legislative committees, Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, strongly condemned post-Newtown legislation that would restrict public access to 9-1-1 recordings, police photographs and names of witnesses in drug or violent crimes.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Support builds for UTC deal, but questions linger
Leaders of two crucial state legislative panels offered strong endorsements Monday for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to provide up to $400 million in tax relief for United Technologies in exchange for its major investment in its Connecticut aerospace industries.