Connecticut needs to follow up with frequent service if it expects people to ride — not just make a token offering free.
Dig deeper than fare free transit to increase ridership
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Blumenthal should commit to reducing poverty in Connecticut and abroad
Now that he is reelected, Sen. Richard Blumenthal should make reducing poverty here and abroad a priority.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont, legislators agree to boost essential worker bonuses, extend gas tax holiday
As Eversource asked for a big rate increase, Lamont underscored the need for more assistance to consumers
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CT secretary of the state favors 3 to 5 days of early voting
Stephanie Thomas, who begins her term as CT’s next secretary of the state in January, said there are many details yet to be worked out.
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Los nuevos fondos de asistencia de alquiler serán para detener los desalojos que ya están en marcha
Los $11 millones y $1.5 millones de un programa estatal de banco de alquiler, tendrán como objetivo evitar los desalojos.
Posted inHousing
CT expanding supportive housing for adults with disabilities
State funding to build housing for adults with intellectual disabilities began in 2017, but many units are only now becoming available.
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Funding, process, equity, and the future of free bus service in Connecticut
Free fares are not a choice if other options are not considered. The real question is: what is the best use of new investment from a rider’s perspective?
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Eden redux
It’s clear that Mother Earth is sick, infected by her children whose entitled behavior spikes her fever; whips up whirlwinds that slash her coasts and flood her plains
Posted inPolitics
Lamont names Alexandra Daum to succeed David Lehman at DECD
Daum, now deputy commissioner and chief investment officer of DECD, oversees state investment in local economic development projects.
Posted inPolitics
Fairfield recount gives CT House Democrats a 98th seat
Democrats flipped the seat held by Republican Laura Devlin, Bob Stefanowski’s running mate.
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CT essential workers could see bonuses of $233, not $1,000
CT pandemic bonuses for essential workers are to be slashed. Comptroller-elect Scanlon is calling for another $100 million for the program.
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42% of New Haven students ‘chronically absent’
For the first 45-day marking period, more than 42% of students so far have missed at least 10% of school days since late August.
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CT residential facility negligent in sexual assault of girl, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit claims the Village for Families and Children in Hartford allowed an 11-year-old girl to be alone with a teen boy who assaulted her.
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Jetting off to the COP climate conference, the ultimate contradiction
The annual COP conference on the climate crisis is a contradiction. It has a giant carbon footprint, including emissions from private jet-setting fossil fuel CEOs.
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Conspiracy theories used to be just for kids
Like the breakfast cereal Kix, wild conspiracy theories are not just for kids anymore. In fact, alleged grownups have cornered the market.