A bill aimed at bringing stability to hourly workers’ schedules stalled in the judiciary committee Monday after franchise owners pushed back.
CT ‘Fair Work Week’ legislation stalls in committee
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CT narrowly votes to advance bill inspired by Bridgeport police inaction
The bill was inspired by two high-profile cases in Bridgeport in which Black women died and police failed to quickly notify their families.
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Off the News: The man who lost his home
Gregory Brooks was one of the residents who was forced to leave the Quinnipiac Valley Center nursing home in March. Here’s his story.
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The 2nd Amendment doesn’t say that
Gov. Ned Lamont has presented a new $64 million gun-control package. Some of his proposals are smart and strong, while others merely sound smart and make us feel good.
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The rise in youth overdose fatalities calls for antidote in all schools
Connecticut must invest money to ensure all schools have access to lifesaving naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The dental care access crisis and racial disparities in CT
Why aren’t there more dentists and oral health specialists treating people on HUSKY? The answer: we have a chronically underfunded safety-net.
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The collision of the CT community college consolidation and politics
The ill-conceived idea to consolidate the 12 community colleges in Connecticut into one massive college has been going on for approximately five years.
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A CT group home director wants to cash in on her state-funded properties
State ethics officials in 1999 ruled the ownership structure for the group homes was a “direct conflict of interest” under Connecticut law.
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CT Humanities grants strengthen communities, cultural organizations statewide
For the past two and a half years, CT Humanities has been using state, federal, and foundation funds to steward the cultural sector through the pandemic.
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New study shows how complex trust in science, medicine is for Black Americans
A majority of Black adults have had at least one negative experience with a health care provider, according to a new report. But young Black women are particularly likely to report a harmful interaction during routine health care. More than 70% of Black women ages 18 to 49 said they’ve experienced at least one negative interaction […]
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‘Don’t say gay’ bills aren’t new. They’ve just been revived.
In a handful of states, versions of the legislation have existed for decades.
Posted inTalking Transportation
If Connecticut state workers are overpaid, why so many open jobs?
If the salaries and benefits of these so-called cushy state jobs are so great why can’t CDOT fill the 700 job openings it anticipates in the next few months?
Posted inHealth
Senate passes sweeping children’s mental health legislation
The first of three bills meant to improve services for children’s mental health in CT cleared the Senate on Friday with overwhelming support.
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Senate gives final approval to raises, bonuses for CT state employees
The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 22-13 along party lines to approve the contracts, which cover about 46,000 workers.
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Social service agencies see big raises for unions and ask: Why not us?
As state budget talks wind down, CT nonprofits ask why a $72 million proposal to help their industry, which employs 115,000, is bogged down.