Assisted suicide contradicts the physician’s most basic calling, to provide cure and hope for the patient.
Assisted suicide is not the compassionate answer
Posted inPolitics
Erin Stewart claims ‘witch hunt’ but doesn’t address pension issues
Erin Stewart, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, said she is a victim of Republican collaborators and Democratic puppeteers on a “witch hunt.”
Posted inGovernment
Senate passes bill creating long-term care insurance safeguards
Senators on Thursday advanced a bill that imposes consumer safeguards and requires greater financial transparency from insurance companies.
Posted inMoney
Last-minute revenue surge makes path to new CT budget easier
Analysts estimate that surging income tax receipts and other revenue would add about $580 million to CT’s coffers this fiscal year and next.
Posted inHuman Services
Child Advocate letter points to DCF failings as CT House approves new oversight
In a letter, Connecticut’s Office of the Child Advocate condemned the declining quality of casework at the child welfare agency.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT lawmakers drop effort to ban Styrofoam takeout containers — again
House Democrats aren’t moving ahead with HB 5524, which would have implemented a ban on food service products containing polystyrene.
Posted inGovernment
Spring peeper, herald of warmer weather, could become CT state amphibian
CT House advanced a bill tying the tiny messenger of winter’s end indelibly to the state’s identity by a vote of 136-0. The Senate is next.
Posted inJustice
Kosta Diamantis’ second trial delayed; sentencing on first trial set
Kosta Diamantis is to be sentenced on 21 convictions from his first trial in September. A second corruption trial is to begin in December.
Posted inStudent Voice
When schools and providers communicate, lives can be saved
Stopping the rate of child suicide from rising anymore should be a primary concern of the State of Connecticut.
Posted inPartner Content
UConn students, staff voice opposition to proposed golf facility
Students, faculty and local residents protested at UConn Wednesday against the potential environmental impacts of a new golf facility.
Posted inMoney
Can CT be more affordable without major tax cuts?
Democratic leaders say town aid and child care investments will pay big dividends, even without tax rebates or a child tax credit.
Posted inPolitics
Leaving office, Erin Stewart sought pension benefit that didn’t exist
Erin Stewart, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, requested a partial pension as she exited as New Britain mayor — a benefit the city doesn’t offer.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Medical debt? Blame high-deductible insurance
Health insurers report billions in profits while increasingly promoting products that shift more financial responsibility onto patients and physicians.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
How climate education and creativity are empowering CT students
What started as a legislative requirement has grown into something far more powerful: a movement that connects learning to action.