Connecticut’s community health centers, as crucial healthcare safety net providers, are in danger. Due to a range of causes, we are experiencing tens of millions of dollars in budget shortfalls.
Community health centers desperately need the CT legislature’s help
CT Viewpoints
Connecticut must enact common-sense gun safety legislation now
Among other things, this bill would require firearms owners to carry liability insurance like car owners must.
Posted inGovernment
CT moves to end unregulated sales of marijuana gummies
CT moved towards banning synthetic marijuana and limiting the sale of consumables containing THC sold outside the regulated cannabis industry.
Posted inJustice
CT Senate votes to expand parole eligibility for young adults
Under the bill, the CT parole board could consider parole for certain people serving long sentences for crimes they committed under age 21.
Posted inGovernment
Quentin Williams and wrong-way driver both drunk in fatal crash, officials say
Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams and the wrong-way driver blamed for his death were legally drunk, officials familiar with investigation said.
Posted inHealth
Danbury nursing home facing fines after assault allegations
A resident of Western Rehabilitation Care Center put a camera in their room. What they discovered started a DPH inquiry and criminal probe.
CT Viewpoints
Pharmacists should be able to prescribe birth control
If politicians are going to have control over women’s bodies, they might as well do some good with it.
CT Viewpoints
Expand the HUSKY program to all immigrants in CT
Research tells us that in order to promote the well-being of immigrant children and youth, we must also ensure the well-being of their adult parents.
Posted inStudent Voice
Housing discrimination in CT: abolished or just unreported?
A new bill seeks to give Connecticut renters more power to act when they encounter discrimination.
Posted inHealth
CT lawmakers may pass on key elder care reforms this session
Several ambitious legislative proposals to reform nursing homes have hit a wall, hampered by funding and stunted by a lack of political will.
Posted inPartner Content
Randy Cox seat belt bill clears CT house, advances to senate
The proposal, named for the man paralyzed in a New Haven police van, would mandate that suspects are secured with seat belts in police vehicles.
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: A Danbury charter school faces barriers to open
WSHU spoke with CT Mirror’s Jessika Harkay to discuss her article on the struggle of a Danbury charter school to get funding.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
To support our students, we must support paraeducators
Our students are suffering from learning loss due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are still carrying trauma from the impact of the pandemic and require extra social and emotional help. Paraeducators are part of the solution. We desperately need them if we are going to fix the student learning crisis. Unfortunately, Connecticut […]
Posted inStudent Voice
A new step for overdose prevention in Connecticut
Connecticut lawmakers have shied away from providing safe injection sites for drug users in this state. They could have been a step forward.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut is weighing several changes to Medicaid. Here’s a look at some of them
The CT General Assembly has proposed several changes to the state’s Medicaid program this year. Here’s an overview of some of them.