Many CT employers attribute unfilled job openings to the lack of housing in the state. A ‘workforce housing’ proposal could solve this issue.
Where could “workforce housing” end up in CT?
Posted inStudent Voice
Allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control
When talking to fellow students at Sacred Heart University, every student agreed that if this bill were to pass, they would take advantage of it.
CT Viewpoints
Connecticut must raise the minimum marriage age
A new bill in the Connecticut General Assembly, H.B. 6569, would set the minimum age for marriage to 18 and eliminate all exceptions.
Posted inEspañol
Esto es lo que debe saber sobre acceso a internet de alta velocidad en CT
Pronto puede ser más fácil para los consumidores de CT encontrar información completa sobre precios de internet.
Posted inHousing
CT weighs tax breaks for businesses that help fund new housing
CT employers say their workers can’t afford housing, but private sector investment — spurred by tax incentives — could help fix that.
CT Viewpoints
The human cost of the SEIU 1199 strike
CT legislature should pass a budget that provides a worthy cost-of-living adjustment to group home workers and staff
CT Viewpoints
Police chaplains offer needed support
While the separation of church and state is important, police chaplains offer a necessary support service to Connecticut officers.
Posted inStudent Voice
Don’t neglect support for the arts in CT public schools
CT should ensure students have the opportunity to indulge in the arts by funding humanities programs.
CT Viewpoints
Graduation: Just load the refrigerator
Nowadays in our celebrations, we navigate carefully around politics, gender issues, reproductive rights, mass shootings and more.
Posted inEducation
Newtown school board votes 5-0 to keep books after challenges
The Newtown board’s decision to keep the books ‘Flamer’ and ‘Blankets’ at the high school’s library comes one day after two members resigned.
Posted inEducation
Two major education bills get first passage in CT House, Senate
CT lawmakers passed two education omnibus bills on Thursday, less than a week before the end of the CT legislative session.
Posted inMoney
Protesters arrested as Lamont, lawmakers strike CT budget deal
With a budget centered on middle-class tax relief largely finalized Thursday, protesters were still demanding more spending on wages.
Posted inEducation
Newtown is weighing a book ban. It’s not the only CT town to do so
A debate in Newtown over whether to remove two largely-unread books from the high school library took an abrupt turn this week.
Posted inPolitics
CT Mirror’s 2023 Bill Tracker
The Connecticut Mirror’s 2023 legislation tracker is a tool to help you, our readers, track certain bills as they work their way through the legislative process.
Posted inGovernment
CT Democrats split over debt ceiling vote amid GOP cuts
CT’s congressional delegation was divided over the debt limit bill, but all of them bemoaned Republicans’ push for spending cuts.