Banning noncompete agreements would improve the quality of life for workers while ensuring an equitable balance of power between bosses and workers.
Connecticut cannot make the same mistake twice. Ban noncompete agreements.
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Colleges and universities must stop holding transcripts for ransom
The Student Loan Fund calls for an end to the practice of colleges and universities withholding transcripts from students who owe small amounts of institutional debt.
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A return to normal is an upside down idea
By overturning the “normal” values of an upside-down world, we may actually turn the world right-side-up.
Posted inHousing
No-cause evictions in CT more than doubled during the pandemic
A bill would ban evictions without cause in many settings and would extend requirements that rent increases be fair and equitable.
Posted inHealth
Lawmakers not giving up on bill to expand Medicaid to undocumented kids
The bill to expand HUSKY to undocumented children up to 18 failed in committee, but some think it could be included in the budget implementer
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Help me to lower gas costs for consumers
The wording and language of the new law has created a troubling situation that could severely effect pricing and supply on April 1 and into the weekend.
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CT gas tax holiday is causing confusion for locally owned stations
The Connecticut Energy Marketers Association warns that the implementation of a gas tax holiday in the state could lead to confusion, losses for local gas stations and potentially outages.
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At CCSU: More questions than answers on ‘mandatory reporters’
As a historian of the Soviet Union and international communism, I find CCSU’s policy of mandatory reportage profoundly disturbing.
Posted inPolitics
GOP ads attack Lamont’s integrity, and Democrats respond in kind
The early Republican attacks and immediate Democratic counter are harbingers of an ugly rematch of the Lamont-Stefanowski 2018 campaign.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
New England once took salt marshes for granted. But the tides are changing
The Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford was treated as an ugly nuisance for years, but now it’s the focus of a $4 million restoration project.
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A 100% renewable energy economy would be win-win-win for Connecticut
A study from Stanford University has put to rest some of the myths surrounding renewable energy and highlighted the benefits of a 100% clean energy power economy
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A direct confrontation with Russia must be avoided
We may admire the Ukrainians’ bravery, but the potential destruction of our country is not worth escalating this war
Posted inMoney
CT contracting watchdog clears key hurdle to add investigative staff
The measure also would expand the board’s authority to probe quasi-public agencies and would shield it from emergency budget cuts.
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Mud season in Connecticut
March has been a muddy time for early childhood providers. And it’s been muddy in the way that adults experience mud – messy.
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Connecticut must be next to ban deceptive interrogation tactics
The legislature should pass Senate Bill 306, which will close the door on law enforcement’s use of harmful and unnecessary methods of securing confessions,