A bill aimed at regulating Amazon’s use of surveillance of warehouse workers drew dramatic testimony from labor and silence from Amazon.
Labor asks CT to regulate Amazon warehouse quotas
Posted inPolitics
CT bill proposes relief from ‘coerced debt’ for domestic violence victims
CT lawmakers are considering a bill that would help victims whose abusive partners incurred debt in their names, similar to identify theft.
Posted inPartner Content
CT restaurateurs want ‘hospitality fund’ for recovery from COVID-19
Under the proposal, the state would leverage its existing 1% food and beverage tax that generated more than $90 million last year for the state’s general fund.
Posted inPolitics
Connecticut confronted as originator of New England witch trials
Salem gets the notoriety, but CT’s witch trials came 45 years earlier, and descendants of the hanged want apologies and exonerations.
CT Viewpoints
The darkness policing brings to Waterbury schools
From our own personal experiences, and the experiences of those after us, our schools are spaces where punitive public safety and school discipline practices lead to arrests and not success.
CT Viewpoints
CT’s 500,000 student loan borrowers deserve the ombudsman they were promised
I always wanted to go to college, and I knew that making certain sacrifices would pay off in the end. I never, ever expected the sacrifice to be this great.
Posted inJustice
CT continues to prosecute some marijuana cases despite legalization
Proposed legislation would end the prosecution of any ongoing marijuana-related cases if the activity being prosecuted is now decriminalized.
Posted inPolitics
14 arrested at CT Capitol protest
Members of a union lay down in the CT Legislative Office Building to protest challenges in obtaining a stipend for health coverage.
Posted inMoney
CT still borrowing to pay off debt, but some are pushing back
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget calls for $80M in new borrowing in the next two years to pay off existing debt, but some say the practice should end.
Posted inEspañol
¿Qué es el Fondo de Prevención de Desalojos de UniteCT? ¿Puede ayudarme a que permanezca en mi hogar?
En enero pasado el Estado lanzó un fondo UniteCT diseñado para evitar los desalojos que ya están en curso.
Posted inPartner Content
Conn College students occupy buildings, call for president’s resignation
Protests were sparked by president Katherine Bergeron’s now-cancelled plan to fundraise at a club accused of racist and antisemitic actions.
CT Viewpoints
The legislature must act to prevent health care deserts
Windham Hospital, Sharon Hospital, Johnson Memorial Hospital and Day Kimball Hospital are calling out to you for life saving measures to stop the closures and the health inequities
Posted inPolitics
Democrats hold three CT House seats in special elections
CT Democrats said they won elections for House seats opened by the death of Quentin Williams and resignations of Dan Fox and Edwin Vargas Jr.
Posted inHousing
CT Democrats pitch wide-ranging bills to address housing issues
The bills, which aim to address issues including evictions, workforce housing, homelessness and fair housing, had a public hearing Tuesday.
Posted inData
CHART: Number of pedestrian fatalities in Connecticut by year
From 2011-2021, the number of pedestrians struck and killed by cars in CT more than doubled, due to several factors. Here’s the yearly data.