Under the bill, children ages 10 to 14 would be referred to a Juvenile Review Board, designed to keep young people out of the court system.
In CT, 10-year-olds can be arrested. A bill would raise the age to 14
Posted inEnergy & Environment
A black bear hunt in CT? Legislators are considering it, again
A bill would require CT to establish a bear hunting season and prescribe the methods of hunting, the fees and number of bears to be killed.
Posted inEspañol
“Trabaja, Vive, Viaja” regresa a la agenda legislativa en CT
Qué saber sobre el proyecto de ley cuyo objetivo es crear más viviendas y desarrollo cerca de las paradas de transporte público en CT.
Posted inPartner Content
West Haven highlights dangers of illegal basement, attic apartments
Their prevalence became clear in 2023, when just over half of West Haven’s fires were in areas that shouldn’t have had people living there.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
What Maria Ressa can teach Americans
Now a professor at Columbia University, she has warned of parallels from the Philippines that she sees in some actions taken by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Climate Change Superfund Act –another costly tax on businesses, consumers
We should be enacting policies that make it easier for businesses and families to thrive and succeed—not punishing the industries that drive our economy.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Use evidence, not conspiracy theories, to make America’s kids healthy
It is impossible to meaningfully discuss improving children’s health without acknowledging the immense impact that poverty plays.
Posted inCities & Towns
Have CT towns benefited under Lamont? Depends on whom you ask
Gov. Ned Lamont said communities have benefited greatly under his leadership. The lobbying group for municipalities disagrees.
Posted inJustice
Advocates want video of J’Allen Jones’ death in CT prison released
Jones died at Garner Correctional Institution after being pepper sprayed, restrained, struck and forcibly moved by correction workers.
Posted inPartner Content
Mia Love, first Black Republican woman to serve in Congress, dies at 49
Love, who was raised in Connecticut and attended the University of Hartford, represented Utah’s 4th District from 2015 to 2019.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Rent control won’t build the housing CT needs
Most of the housing legislation proposed in the CT General Assembly wouldn’t increase the supply of housing at all.
Posted inHealth
CT weighs stronger protections for doctors providing abortion, gender-affirming care
The bill would protect physicians who provide reproductive and gender-affirming care services via telehealth to patients in other states.
Posted inPartner Content
New Haven sues Trump over climate change, energy funding loss
The city joined a second nationwide lawsuit against the Trump administration, this one over loss of access to already-allocated grants addressing climate change and clean energy.
Posted inMoney
CSCU saved hundreds of millions while asking for more
CT’s public colleges and universities pushed hard for funds since COVID rocked their finances. But now, they have more than $1 billion saved.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Where poverty, mental illness become crimes
It didn’t take working at the DOC long for me to see the ways our justice system is based entirely on the criminalization of mental illness and poverty.