The uncertain fate of MIRA, the region’s trash-to-energy facility, has some wondering whether it should be run as a utility.
With trash plant at death’s door, is it time for state leadership?
Posted inCT Viewpoints, Talking Transportation
Speeding — the most deadly highway hazard
Speeding on our roads is linked to over 38,000 deaths each year in the U.S.
Posted inEconomic Development
Connecticut is prepping the unemployed for telecommuting. Remotely, of course.
Connecticut began an experimental workforce development program Monday to teach skills necessary for remote work.
Posted inMoney
Arbitrator says social services staff can telecommute through December
State social services field staff can telework about 70% of the time through December under a new ruling.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Haitian migrants yearn to breathe free. Revoke Title 42
I am disgusted with President Joe Biden’s refusal to act by executive order to reverse Title 42.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The TCI is not the right way to reduce emissions
The Transportation Climate Initiative will put more money in government hands, but won’t reduce emissions.
Posted inJustice
Republicans say crime is out of control. Democrats say it’s not. What do the data show?
The summer of car thefts entered a new season, with data to fuel the debate about crime sweeping the legislature.
Posted inHealth
Schedule online visits first? It’s the next big thing in health insurance
Insurers are betting some patients liked telemedicine enough to embrace new types of health coverage encouraging or requiring video visits.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Wet summer raises risk of mosquito-borne illnesses in October
The first report of Eastern equine encephalitis occurred Sept. 23 in mosquitoes trapped in Voluntown, in southeastern Connecticut
Posted inPolitics
President Joe Biden comes to Connecticut for a friend, and human rights
President Joe Biden visited Connecticut to promote the hopes of his presidency and legacies of two former senators named Dodd.
Posted inHealth
More than 100 long-term care facilities still haven’t reported vaccination rates to the state
Nearly 75% of the 600+ long-term care facilities reported that 95% of their staff are immunized against COVID,
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Legislator’s abuse of ‘I can’t breathe’ quote demands an apology
State Rep. Gale Mastrofrancesco should not have applied George Floyd’s dying words to those of children wearing masks in school.
Posted inEducation, Health
California is mandating the COVID vaccine for kids. Could Connecticut be next?
Connecticut’s new public health commissioner supports a vaccine mandate for children once it receives full FDA approval. She’s not alone.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
What is a fair tax system?
There are more and more calls for “tax fairness” — which usually means taking someone else’s money.
Posted inNews
A week after staff vaccination deadline, about half of CT nursing homes had rates under 96%
At least 98 nursing homes had staff COVID vaccination rates under 96% six days after the vaccination mandate deadline.