Safety and environmental sustainability are not in conflict. While we are strategically addressing unsafe trees, we are also planting smaller native and healthy trees, bushes, and shrubs that beautify the landscape.
Why CT cuts down trees: For safety of those traveling on our roads
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Finance panel OKs bills to attack poverty, boost child care in CT
The CT legislature’s finance committee adopted measures to fight poverty and backed a 5-year $674 million capital building program for UConn.
Posted inMoney
With tax changes off the table, CT finance panel focuses on studies
The legislature’s tax writing committee now hopes to launch analyses of existing tax breaks and options to bolster CT’s competitiveness.
Posted inPartner Content
Connecticut College names new president, after a tumultuous year
New Connecticut College President Andrea Chapdelaine will replace Katherine Bergeron, who resigned amid months of protest from students.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT must continue to include non-lawyers in judicial selection process
You do not need a law degree to evaluate a person’s experience and temperament, or to confirm their statutory eligibility to be a judge.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
‘Better FAFSA,’ worse results
The Better FAFSA has been mired with challenges, including intermittent availability early in the release, use of outdated inflation data, incorrect calculations for hundreds of thousands of students, delayed transmissions to higher education institutions, and more.
Posted inPolitics
Biden and Trump win CT primaries; Many ‘uncommitted’ votes
The primaries, a gentle test for CT’s first foray into in-person early voting, saw about 18,000 votes cast ahead of Tuesday.
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Early voting in CT brought out almost 18,000 out of 1.2 million
Only 1.4% of CT’s roughly 1.2 million registered Democrats and Republicans turned out last week for the state’s first early voting period.
Posted inJustice
CT advocates criticize prison ombudsperson selection process, nominee
Hilary Carpenter listened to harsh criticism about her nomination to the CT prison oversight role and choice to not withdraw her candidacy.
Posted inPolitics
CT presidential primaries 2024: Live results
Polls close at 8 p.m. in CT, and results compiled by the Associated Press will be updated as numbers come in.
Posted inPolitics
Scanlon proposes tighter oversight of disability pensions
A recent report says many former CT employees are collecting disability payments despite working new jobs or not confirming their eligibility.
Posted inMoney
Leaders now say they can fix CT budget without adding big dollars
Budget transfers could still help CT’s core programs, but Gov. Lamont would have to bend ‘fiscal guardrails’ to make the Democrats’ plan work.
Posted inPartner Content
Wave of ‘uncommitted’ votes could come to CT during Tuesday’s presidential primary
A movement protesting President Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza could make its way to CT polls during this Tuesday’s presidential primary.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Lamont wants to reinstate discrimination against people with disabilities
The governor is proposing to reinstate discriminatory eligibility standards for health insurance coverage under the Medicaid/HUSKY program based entirely on whether people are disabled (or elderly) or non-disabled,
Posted inStudent Voice
Connecticut must end legacy college admissions
Legacy preference — the practice of giving an advantage during the admissions process to college students with family members who are alumni — is immoral.