The annual sessions of the Connecticut General Assembly always generate anxiety—and at times frustration— for small business people like me.
The dangerous disconnect between CT legislators and small businesses
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The predictable corruption of the Connecticut budget process
It happens this way in Connecticut every time: Party leaders deliberately drop a huge bill, hundreds upon hundreds of pages long, on the desks of legislative members without anywhere enough time to understand what they are voting on.
Posted inPolitics
On climate change, a political shift in Connecticut
With final passage of a “Connecticut Clean Air Act,” the House put a bow on a productive session for addressing climate change.
Posted inGovernment
Senate approves bill to shield contracting watchdog from budget cuts
A second proposal, to allow the board to investigate all quasi-public entities created by the legislature, was stripped from the bill.
Posted inEducation
UConn student fees to increase beginning July 1
The fee increases total about $600 for students on the Storrs campus. Some are mandatory, and some are for housing and dining.
Posted inJustice
Solitary confinement bill heads to Gov. Lamont’s desk
This is the second year in a row lawmakers have passed a bill to limit the use of solitary confinement in prison and jails.
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CT’s mental health crisis among K-12 students must be addressed
As our state slowly emerges from a pandemic that forever changed our society, the stress of COVID 19 has resulted in an unprecedented spike in mental health conditions among K-12 children.
Posted inMoney
House balks at proposal to privatize delinquent tax collection
Legislators want more information next year from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration on its plan to sell CT tax debt.
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Go all the way Governor Lamont: Sign the PROTECT Act
To make certain that isolated confinement is not abused in any correctional facility in Connecticut, he must sign SB 459 into law before this legislative session ends.
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Support education equity in Connecticut
New legislation introduced this year could provide a long-sought solution to struggling Connecticut school districts.
Posted inPolitics
CT House passes juvenile crime bill
The bill passed over the concerns of Republicans who said it didn’t go far enough and Democrats who worried it would harm children of color.
Posted inHealth
Bill focusing on mental health supports for kids clears Senate
The bill would bolster school mental health programs, increase wages for child care workers and create a minority teacher scholarship fund.
Posted inGovernment
Data privacy bill wins final approval in Connecticut House
Connecticut will offer consumers new data privacy protections after final passage of a complicated bill by the House.
Posted inPolitics
Democratic Sen. Matt Lesser enters crowded race for secretary of the state
Eight days before the Democratic convention, Sen. Matt Lesser of Middletown entered the race for the nomination to succeed Denise Merrill.
Posted inStudent Voice
Current mental health proposals fail to boost vital community services
Connecticut legislators are rightly prioritizing children’s mental health this session, but they are still short-changing community nonprofits.