Themis Klarides outraised all GOP rivals in the Connecticut Senate race, but Leora Levy countered with a $750,000 loan to her own campaign.
GOP Senate race: Themis Klarides raises most; Leora Levy loans herself more
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CT ‘Fair Work Week’ bill aims to provide stability for hourly workers
The bill would require employers to compensate hourly workers for scheduled shifts that get canceled with less than a week’s notice.
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Budget panel braces for intense hearing on CT employee raises and bonuses
The Appropriations Committee hearing will address an issue that has polarized the General Assembly, labor and taxpayer advocacy groups.
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Crisis in the emergency housing response system
The frontline workers who care for people experiencing homelessness are themselves vulnerable and at risk because of state underfunding.
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As climate emergency looms, we must pass SB10
Our state’s elected leaders are considering policies that would put Connecticut at the forefront of the movement toward clean energy.
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Hospital community benefit requirements: stronger is better
Connecticut should strengthen the community benefit requirements for its non-profit hospitals to protect vulnerable communities.
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The most effective way to make Connecticut more affordable is housing
The high cost of housing not only dampens our ability to increase our tax base by growing our state’s population, it also severely strains existing low- and moderate-income households. Creating more housing and making housing more affordable is the most powerful way to grow our economy.
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Report: State workers’ raises would cost almost $1.9 billion over four years
The package, which would force CT to draw almost $300 million from its reserves, is expected to come under fire from Republican lawmakers.
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WATCH: The Future of News: A Conversation on Change in Local Journalism
CT Mirror Executive Editor Elizabeth Hamilton, former Hartford Courant reporter Daniela Altimari and UConn professor Amanda Crawford joined John Dankosky on April 20, 2022 for a conversation on the future of local journalism. Watch here.
Posted inHealth
CT physicians call for Medicaid expansion for undocumented children
Expanding access to health care, particularly for children, has been a priority for majority Democrats in the legislature.
Posted inPolitics
3 Democrats seeking to be CT treasurer begin a sprint to the convention
Connecticut Democrats now have a three-way field for the state treasurer: Erick Russell, Karen Dubois-Walton and Dita Bhargava.
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CT officials vote to increase state control over West Haven’s finances
The Municipal Accountability Review Board voted to tighten its grip over West Haven’s spending even as the city’s leaders objected.
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Reckoning with racist violence
Mary Townsend Seymour, Connecticut state organizer for the Anti Lynching Crusaders in the 1920s, would be pleased to see the recent signing of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act by President Joe Biden.
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Support Connecticut farmers: exempt agriculture from highway use tax
Connecticut’s farmers deserve a break from the soon-to-be implemented highway use tax on trucks.
Posted inCities & Towns
Is CT embracing more regionalism? And 19 other questions for Lyle Wray
The retiring head of the Capitol Region Council of Governments talks about the potential of regionalism with CT Mirror’s Tom Condon.