Connecticut produces almost 2.4 million tons of trash a year. A stronger state role in waste management can reduce rising local costs.
<span class="hide-for-newsletter">PAID POST: </span>Connecticut’s trash and recycling crisis is here now and needs to be solved by state and local leaders
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CHART: State funding for CT State Colleges and Universities
Here’s a breakdown of the funds CT State Colleges and Universities have received from the state and from federal pandemic relief money.
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CHART: State funding for UConn and UConn Health
Here’s a breakdown of the funds UConn and UConn Health have received from the state of CT and from federal pandemic relief money since 2014.
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Republicans have filed dozens of bills to disrupt transgender youth health care
Republicans in more than half the states are pushing to restrict medical providers from offering some gender-affirming health care to minors.
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Ten states are contributing to Connecticut’s smog problem
New data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that ten states are contributing to high smog levels in Connecticut.
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More than half of queer Florida parents have considered fleeing the state in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ study finds
Those are the stark findings from a study on the effects of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law just released by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
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CT Politics: Workforce development, student loan relief bills advance to public hearing
State legislators heard testimony on bills to support and expand the state’s workforce, particularly in child care, education and health care.
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CT Politics: CT ‘Clean Slate’ effort gets $1.5M in Lamont’s budget proposal
Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget includes $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan funds for the state’s delayed “clean slate” effort.
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CT Politics: Where does CT’s ‘Baby Bonds’ program stand in the governor’s budget?
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget only includes $50 million for Baby Bonds and a spokesman said the governor “does not support the program.”
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CT Politics: Lawmakers discuss what qualifies as ‘workforce housing’
Connecticut’s state leaders deployed the term frequently this week, but what qualifies as “workforce housing?”
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CT Politics: Free school lunch for all in Connecticut?
Lawmakers are considering a range of bills, from expanding school food programs to establishing a children’s grief counseling program.
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CT Politics: New UConn president gets a pass on XL Center threat
UConn President Radenka Maric is getting a pass, at least publicly, on a threat to end playing basketball games at the XL Center in Hartford.
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CT Politics: XL Center threat, Lamont’s budget proposal and Baby Bonds
Plus, more funding for Connecticut’s clean slate efforts, free school lunches for all students and ideas for workforce expansion.
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CT nursing home bill calls for major transparency, staffing reforms
The wide-ranging bill would boost nursing homes’ mandatory minimum staffing hours and require more transparency in their annual spending.
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CT is the No. 9 least affordable state for renters, data show
A CT renter earning $21 an hour would need at least one part-time job at a similar rate to afford a moderately priced two-bedroom rental.