The Mashantucket Pequot and Eastern Pequot tribes support renaming the Thames River to the Pequot River. But the Mohegan Tribe has concerns.
Proposal to rename the Thames River sparks debate among Connecticut tribes
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CT Politics: New CT prison oversight committee holds first meeting
The meeting marks the first step toward establishing an ombudsperson office with investigatory power over the CT Department of Correction.
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CT Politics: CT lawmakers weigh changes to school resource officer policy
A public hearing on the bill triggered emotional testimony from Black and Latino students who said they don’t feel safe with police officers at their schools.
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CT Politics: Bill would require parental consent for social media accounts
CT lawmakers have proposed bills to address the mental health of young people, which experts say can be negatively impacted by social media.
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CT Politics: Bill requiring towns plan for affordable housing passes committee
The fair share bill, which would require towns to plan and zone for a certain number of affordable units, passed the CT Housing Committee.
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CT Politics: Housing committee passes wide-ranging bills
The bills include a ban on most wintertime evictions, support for workforce housing, measures to encourage fair housing and more.
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CT Politics: Bills would expand education, training in manufacturing
The bills would create an advisory group and apprenticeship programs in the fields of mechatronics, cybersecurity, and additive manufacturing.
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CT Politics: CT weighs tweaks to brownfield program
Two bills would tweak CT’s brownfield program, which provides funding to redevelop contaminated former industrial or commercial properties.
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Tweed Airport publishes draft environmental assessment
Tweed New Haven Airport and a national aviation consultant have published a federally mandated environmental assessment of the airport’s expansion plans — opening the review up to 45 days of public comment.
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CT Politics: CT Committee on Children approves cannabis child-safety labels
A bill requiring labels on some cannabis products warning consumers to keep them out of children’s reach passed the CT Committee on Children.
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CT Politics: Connecticut weighs Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers
CT’s Human Services committee heard public testimony on a bill that would provide Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers.
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CT Politics: CT towns wouldn’t need to store evicted tenants’ property under proposed bills
Two bills being considered in the CT legislature would eliminate the requirement that towns store the possessions of tenants who are evicted.
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Faculty join student protests to pressure Conn College president to resign
Faculty, including sociology professor Afshan Jafar, accuse Bergeron of bullying behavior towards faculty and staff.
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Make it legal for Connecticut kids to play outside
We think that when kids get the chance to roam the neighborhood, play outside, run errands – the kind of things both of us did – that’s not neglect.
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Gov. Lamont’s ‘fiscal discipline’ betrays children and families
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget proposal reduces the number of families getting the Care 4 Kids child care subsidies and does nothing to address chronically low pay for childcare providers.