Power is a tool that elected officials feel comfortable utilizing, but their comfort does not extend to sharing that power – particularly when the people are Black, brown, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, or indigenous.
We must all be co-conspirators for justice and change
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT must remove barriers for trained health care professionals
Connecticut should create a category of “graduate physicians” who can work under physicians in the much-needed field of internal medicine and others.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT library users want more e-books. Libraries can’t meet the demand
Demand for library content has not declined; it’s been thwarted. Library users want more online content, but libraries can’t meet the demand.
Posted inHealth
What Lamont’s budget proposal would mean for health care in CT
Lamont’s health care proposals include oversight of hospitals, nursing homes and drug companies. Changes to Medicaid plans are possible too.
Posted inMoney
Lamont’s CT budget plan falls short of social service providers’ requests
The plan lacks the financial investments that CT social service advocates say are necessary to reverse years of financial neglect.
Posted inPolitics
Ned Lamont’s state of the state: Steady
The heart of the State of the State address from Lamont, who governs most comfortably from CT’s political center, was financial stability.
Posted inEducation
Lamont, CT legislature appear headed for a showdown over education
The $26.1B plan the governor proposed trims funding for higher education institutions and scales back a major initiative to expand K-12 funding.
Posted inHealth
Lamont proposes broad bill to address elder care reform in CT
The bill proposes increased transparency in nursing home operations and consumer protections for people in assisted living centers.
Posted inMoney
Lamont’s plan keeps CT budget within guardrails, pays down $500M in debt
Lamont’s budget would adhere to the fiscal guardrails and invest in child care and education while largely holding the line in other places.
Posted inMoney
Lamont’s $26.1B budget plan takes a big bite out of bonded debt
The budget proposal could include a plan to reduce CT’s bonded debt by using rapidly accumulating reserves from its transportation program.
Posted inJustice
Criminal justice discussions to watch for during the 2024 legislature
Bail reform, staffing at correctional facilities and compassionate parole are among the issues CT legislators expect to discuss in 2024.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT must fund energy assistance so no one is left in the cold
As the state with the fourth highest energy costs in the country, some Connecticut families are using up to 47% of their annual income just for their utility bills.
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CRT must include conservative viewpoints
Critical Race Theory as it is now taught is not truthful but infused with liberal bias.
Posted inPolitics
GOP’s Gerry Smith opens uphill race against Sen. Chris Murphy
Yes, Mr. Smith wants to go to Washington. But he’s not counting on it. He’d need to defeat a two-term incumbent, Sen. Chris Murphy.
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: Get a taste of CT at Friday’s big food event
WSHU spoke with CT Mirror’s Erica E. Phillips to discuss her story on Connecticut’s growing food entrepreneur industry.