The attorneys argue that their clients’ rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act are secondary to concerns of public safety.
Advocates threaten discrimination lawsuit over treatment of Whiting patients
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Bill advances that could curb cuts to ICUs, labor and delivery services
Proposed legislation offers a path to closing loopholes that allow CT hospitals to cut services without obtaining state approval.
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Gov. Lamont and Attorney General Tong need to end prison debt
Like all barriers to reentering society, Connecticut’s prison debt scheme harms not just the person trying to build a new life, but their loved ones, living and dead.
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The road from Damascus — to Ukraine
The Arab Spring was an epic fail; democracy, openness and good governance did not sweep the middle east or north Africa. One of the worst results was in Syria, where the protest movement became a civil war that was eventually won by the bad guys. The Assad regime, which had been merely oppressive, rose to […]
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With democracy at stake, unifying leadership is critical
As democracy is currently under internal and external assaults, the sort of leadership now urgently required is the kind that organizes all of our people and directs us toward the public common good.
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Lead toxicity is still a problem in Connecticut: H.B. 5045 can help
Thousands of children – in our neighborhoods, in our schools, and even in our own homes – may currently be exposed to levels of lead considered unsafe by the CDC.
Posted inPolitics
Abortion fight, once deemed settled, resumes at CT Capitol
Connecticut will not be a bystander, whatever the Supreme Court decides on abortion before its terms ends in June.
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One year’s CT budget surplus could top entire rainy day fund
State officials are feeling the pressure to share CT’s swelling budget reserves with struggling households and businesses.
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At least 4 towns now subject to subpoenas in school construction probe
The subpoenas to Groton, Tolland, Bristol and Hartford seek records of communications with Kosta Diamantis and school building documents.
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Health providers: It’s nearly impossible to attract new physicians to CT
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would make some short- and long-term investments in physician recruitment and retention.
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Decades of data support medical aid in dying
As a retired board-certified emergency physician and as a son who lost his mother to cancer last November, I have a unique perspective on death.
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Connecticut lawmakers should support medical aid in dying
Here’s why the Connecticut legislature’s Public Health Committee should vote to approve the medical aid in dying bill.
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Assisted suicide: A dangerous practice based on false claims
Assisted suicide is a political policy which undermines a doctor’s role as healer.
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Lawmakers to vote Wednesday on a gas tax holiday in Connecticut
Along with a three-month suspension of CT’s 25-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline, a second one-week sales tax holiday on clothing is planned.
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CT eviction filings on track to reach highest number in years
After the state stopped accepting new applications for rental assistance, eviction filings in Connecticut have risen.