Many CT towns are writing a ‘Catch-22’ into their zoning regulations on affordable housing, excluding people who most need shelter.
How affordable housing rules protect wealthy enclaves in Connecticut
Posted inStudent Voice
CT must prioritize the safety of home care workers
Recent tragic events have shown us that home care workers are still vulnerable; Connecticut can do more to protect them.
Posted inStudent Voice
Young people can help each other through mental health struggles
These centers give people experiencing a mental health crisis access to others around the same age who have gone through something similar.
Posted inNewsletters
On Balance: The ARPA deadline looms
Erica E. Phillips writes about CT lawmakers’ wrestling with how to spend pandemic relief money and the effects of affordable housing on economic growth.
Posted inPartner Content
‘An amazing work of art’: Officials celebrate rapid reopening of I-95 after bridge fire, demolition
First responders and construction crews worked through the weekend to get the stretch of I-95 reopened following a tractor-trailer fire.
Posted inPolitics
On final day of session, a showdown is threatened in CT Senate
A collision seems unavoidable over two bills the Senate Democratic majority pledges to pass and the Senate Republican minority vows to block.
Posted inMoney
CT legislature passes $370M budget stabilization plan
Higher education and human services in CT get a temporary boost under the plan, but Republicans say budget rules were ignored.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut must stop cheaping out on its education and teachers
Withholding funds that would allow our education system and the CT residents served by our schools to thrive is a move in the wrong direction.
Posted inStudent Voice
Building equity: the path to affordable housing in CT
Affordable housing is not just an economic policy issue in Connecticut; it is a vital necessity for social justice and community well-being.
Posted inHealth
Broad CT elder care bill wins final passage in Senate
The bill would require more oversight of CT home care workers and create a swifter process for accessing Medicaid, among other measures.
Posted inHousing
CT eviction reform bill won’t be taken up, lawmakers say
Lawmakers said they don’t have the votes to pass a contentious eviction reform bill, which faced strong opposition from landlord groups.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT traffic stop reform bill would increase -public safety — and equity
With a goal to reform traffic laws to increase equity and public safety, the bill would benefit police officers, drivers and communities as a whole.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT needs to ditch dirty oil for clean heat pumps
Fear not, Connecticut can absolutely generate enough electricity to meet our heating needs with clean technologies like heat pumps.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
With improvements, proposed CT energy bill could be good for CT
SB 385 would ensure that CT’s Millstone Nuclear Power Plant remain operational. The bill has some ideas that are worth further discussion.
Posted inPartner Content
EV study bill stalls in the CT legislature as end-of-session draws closer
The bill would establish a 40-person group to examine how to prepare CT for more electric vehicles and their charging infrastructure.