Sean Scanlon’s announcement is another step toward setting the Democratic and Republican lineups ahead of next month’s conventions.
Sean Scanlon announces for comptroller
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Let’s rise to the challenge and provide mental health support in Connecticut’s schools
The question is whether Connecticut will be bold enough to make the investments in the systemic changes that our students so desperately need.
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Connecticut must better educate its students on climate change
It is time to dispel the myth that students are already receiving adequate climate change education. We are not.
Posted inEconomic Development
In CT, the child care industry cries out for a fix
One in four working families in CT has a child under 6. Economists have attributed much of the workforce deficit to a child care shortage.
Posted inTalking Transportation
Self-serve gasoline in Jersey? Fugeddaboutit
Here in Connecticut we have to pump our own gas, but not in New Jersey, where another effort at self-serve has died.
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Attorneys for Alex Jones say he’ll sit for a deposition and appeal a judge’s fines
Attorneys for InfoWars host Alex Jones say he’ll sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Churches and health care align to offer trusted space for addiction treatment
Alliances of frontline health care workers with trusted community leaders are addressing the alarming rise of substance use disorders.
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State unions ratify contracts granting raises and $3,500 bonuses
Gov. Ned Lamont will ask lawmakers to approve large bonuses as workers retire from state government in increasing numbers.
Posted inMoney
Audit: West Haven misspent $893,000 in federal relief funding
Officials are considering a takeover of West Haven’s finances after an audit found the city misspent federal pandemic relief funding.
Posted inGovernment
CT legislators set to decide on the acceptable amount of mold in marijuana
The Attorney General’s Office has approved the proposed change. Now, it’s up for discussion in a legislative committee.
Posted inMoney
GOP to Lamont: Take Biden to court to expand tax relief for CT residents
Republicans want CT to join other states in challenging federal rules that limit the state’s ability to cut taxes this year.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams, facing illness, opts against reelection
Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams, D-Meriden, absent from the legislative session due to illness, will not seek reelection in November.
Posted inHealth
CT doesn’t expect to mandate 2nd COVID booster shots
State officials are encouraging people with multiple co-morbidities and older residents to get a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Bill would allow more residents with disabilities to keep Medicaid coverage
The bill approved by the Human Services Committee would increase Medicaid income and asset limits for residents with disabilities.
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Partnerships for child welfare
April is a time to focus on ways families —along with professionals from realms including law, education, and social services— can prevent harm to children year-round.