A recent editorial parroted Republican talking points of a supposed ‘millionaire migration’ if the legislature dares demand Connecticut’s highest earners pay their fair share. Republicans have resorted to sound bites because they fall short on alternate solutions, or an actual budget, of which they have failed to propose for three consecutive years.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Connecticut residents faced the unthinkable tragedy of potentially losing their homes in the middle of a public health crisis. Even in normal times, over 10,000 Connecticut residents are evicted every year. S.B. 194: An Act Establishing a Right to Housing, which is under consideration in the Connecticut General Assembly, can be the first step to protecting our neighbors who are currently experiencing homelessness or who are unstably housed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a precipitous rise in hate crimes and criminal activity by extremist groups. The Connecticut General Assembly has a duty to take both heed and action.

Remember Miss America, she of the eponymous pageant? Well forget her. Ditto Miss Universe, Miss Gluten Free and all the rest. They’re old hat—yesterday’s politically correct Kumbaya news. Who needs to ogle fulsome females bent on curing world hunger and striving for inter-galactic peace whilst strumming ukuleles in their swimsuits? I, for one, won’t miss […]

As shocking as it sounds, children as young as pre-school and kindergarten can be and are suspended from school each year, and in fairly sizable numbers. Despite the legislature’s effort in 2015 to largely eliminate the suspension and expulsion of children in preschool through second grade, during the 2018-19 school year there were still almost 1,000 very young children suspended from school.