Senate Bill 4 is a comprehensive housing bill that will provide relief and make long-term investments that drive down costs through increased protections for renters, more affordable housing, and a program to lower energy costs for residents.
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CT Viewpoints
Danbury needs both — increased funding and a charter school
Opponents of the Danbury Charter School argue that funding the charter would take money from the public school system, but that is false.
Posted inInvestigations
Director of controversial school construction grant program resigns
Douglas Rogers, hired to replace Konstantinos Diamantis to steer CT’s school construction grant program, resigned after barely four months.
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Connecticut College president resigns following student protest
President Katherine Bergeron will step down at the end of the semester after student protests over a since-canceled fundraising trip.
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CT’s ‘budget guardrails’ adopted without hearings or public input
We were stunned that the General Assembly readopted perhaps the most far-reaching fiscal legislation in Connecticut history — locking in the basic parameters of future state budgets for the next 10 years– by using an “emergency certified” procedure.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Want better schools? Listen to teachers
More and more experienced teachers are leaving the classroom, even as administrators seek to return to a pre-pandemic “normal.”
Posted inJustice
Here’s what to know about CT’s ‘clean slate’ law, which erases some criminal records
The law, designed to erase certain criminal records after a period of time, took effect earlier this year but has not yet been fully implemented.
CT Viewpoints
Connecticut must create more — and easier –pathways to teaching
Currently, Connecticut requires a cumbersome and expensive certification process that presents unnecessary obstacles to the teaching profession.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut’s nursing homes are facing an uncertain future
Connecticut’s nursing homes, which have 20,000 residents, are facing pressure from all sides — financial, legal and internal.
Posted inTalking Transportation
Talk of pedestrian deaths touches a nerve
Last week’s column on the increase in pedestrian deaths brought us a lot of comments. Here are a few for you to consider.
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Growing the trades through work-based learning
CHCC is working with the eleven tech schools in the state that offer HVAC programming to offer job shadowing and work-based learning opportunities to CT students.
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How Cigna saves millions by having its doctors reject claims without reading them
The company has built a system that allows its doctors to instantly reject a claim on medical grounds without opening the patient file, leaving people with unexpected bills, according to corporate documents and interviews.
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Hartford residents push for transparency as sewage and flooding concerns escalate to legislature
A new bill is generating support from Hartford’s North End advocates who want change after what they’ve described as years of sewage and flooding problems.
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Connecticut considers safe injection sites following success in New York City
At safe injection sites, people can inject opioids like heroin while under medical supervision to remove the risk of overdose or the spread of disease.
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CT Politics: Environment bills, budget surplus and manufacturing careers
Plus, sweeping health care legislation and additional taxes on short-term rentals pass committee.