Debate grew heated during a hearing on a Connecticut bill offering towns access to public dollars if they zone for more residential density.
CT ‘Work Live Ride’ bill revives transit-oriented development debate
Posted inPolitics
CT could loosen qualifications to run for Attorney General
The rule that a lawyer have 10 years of “active practice” in CT to run for attorney general would change to six years under a new bill.
Posted inPartner Content
Worst fiscal year? CT officials question hospitals’ financial woes
CT health officials are questioning a hospital association report that showed 2022 was the worst fiscal year for hospitals in the state.
Posted inData
TIMELINE: How a controversial Willington school site was chosen
The town might buy the first selectwoman’s mother-in-law’s land for the site of a new school. Here’s how the ethics questions arose.
CT Viewpoints
Lawmakers should codify the inherent human right to shape one’s last days
Aid in dying is now the law in 10 states and in Washington, D.C., without social chaos or an increase in related murder.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Once again, CT lawmakers take hard look at utility accountability
Connecticut lawmakers are looking to overhaul electric utility accountability and regulations for the second time in three years.
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¿Qué hace Connecticut con su basura? El Estado se encuentra en una encrucijada
El Gob. Ned Lamont y su encargada del Medio Ambiente, Katie Dykes, comenzaron a delinear una política para la eliminación de esos desechos.
Posted inHealth
AG Tong: Plaintiffs have standing in Hartford HealthCare antitrust case
CT Attorney General William Tong filed an amicus brief in the proposed class-action lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare.
Posted inHousing
Advocates fear CT senior property tax relief bill could weaken affordable housing law
Advocates worry the bill would allow towns to enact moratoriums without actually putting any new affordable units on the market.
Posted inEconomic Development
Pratt & Whitney F135 engine gets big boost in Biden budget
The president’s 2024 budget request would opt to modernize the engine for the F-35 fighter jet instead of looking for a replacement.
Posted inEducation
CT lawmakers look to end the ‘transcript trap’
Thousands of CT students’ college transcripts are held up over debt, but a bill already approved in committee would end the practice.
Posted inHealth
Covenant Health cancels Day Kimball hospital acquisition plan
The deal to take over Day Kimball faced opposition from residents concerned that the Catholic system would limit services in northeastern CT.
Posted inPartner Content
Texas abortion ruling nears, but blue states aren’t waiting to protect pill access
A federal judge soon could make medication abortion pills harder to come by, even in states like Connecticut that support abortion rights.
Posted inLong Story Short
PODCAST: Conflict of interest may delay construction of new school in Willington
The town of Willington needs a new elementary and middle school. Should it buy property from the family of the first selectwoman? CT Mirror’s Andrew Brown discusses his reporting.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT theaters want tax credit to lure Broadway pre-tour production
Performing arts leaders are pushing lawmakers to approve a tax break for traveling theater productions that choose to “tech” in Connecticut.