Renewal was delayed on the 1994 law credited with significantly reducing intimate partner violence. Republicans objected to a proposed gun-safety provision.
The Violence Against Women Act may finally get renewed — without a proposed gun safety provision
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Calls to rethink the war on opioids
While Connecticut has implemented a wide range of responses to opioid addiction, but more people are calling for a fundamental rethinking of how to address the condition.
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Champagne, Miner not running, leaving Senate GOP with four open seats
Three of the four retiring Senate Republicans were reelected last year with less than 52% of the vote.
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‘Out of the blue’ — Diamantis’ daughter landed job as firm was awarded no-bid contracts
A firm at the center of a grand jury probe got two no-bid contracts during the period of time when it hired the daughter of Kosta Diamantis.
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CT court’s reapportionment verdict: The ‘lobster claw’ survives
With the filing of a perfunctory final order, the CT Supreme Court has approved minimal revisions to a 20-year-old congressional map.
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Maus, Whoopi Goldberg, and our confusion about race
Whoopi said what most Americans believe: race is about skin color, and Jews are white people.
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Expand access to high-speed internet
As educators in Connecticut, we have seen first-hand that students who do not have access to high-speed internet are at a distinct disadvantage.
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With House vote, Connecticut adopts timeline for ‘living with COVID’
Connecticut’s management of a COVID-19 pandemic would loosen under new rules approved Thursday by the House of Representatives.
Posted inHealth
Prescription drug cap among Lamont’s planned health care reforms
Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled health care proposals aimed at increasing accessibility, promoting primary care and curbing the cost of medication.
Posted inGovernment
Lamont says McCaw ‘a valued member of our team’
Gov. Ned Lamont expressed confidence in the workplace culture of his administration and in his top budget official, Melissa McCaw.
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Yale New Haven Health to acquire three hospitals in central CT
The state’s largest health system by revenue said Thursday it had signed an agreement with PE-backed Prospect Medical Holdings to acquire its three CT hospitals.
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Photos: Let the 2022 legislative session begin
The Connecticut General Assembly gaveled into session on Wednesday with the first order of business being the governor’s State of the State address.
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My short shelf life and the Connecticut General Assembly
I am using what time I have left to do the things I’ve always wanted to do—and one of them is to advocate for medical aid in dying.
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Lamont budget would expand mental health services, other health care initiatives
New psychiatric beds and other services for children top a list of mental health investments in the $24.2 billion budget Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled Wednesday.
Posted inGovernment
With praise and pointed silence, McCaw confirms tension in Lamont administration
The OPM Secretary affirmed a “close working relationship” with Gov. Ned Lamont while implicitly confirming a distant relationship with others.