During the pandemic, our state’s public health and public safety have depended heavily on frontline essential workers. They have cared for patients, stocked grocery store shelves, staffed prisons, operated public transit systems, maintained construction sites, cared for children, and ensured residents had access to other important services.

As legislators debated the state’s budget at the end of April, State Sen. Gary Winfield cut to the heart of the matter by asserting–“equity requires revenue.”

The General Assembly’s session will end on June 9, after which we may all fancy that our life, liberty and property has survived the legislative assault by Democrat progressives.

On April 20, a Minnesota jury convicted former white Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin of killing African-American George Floyd. While far from dismantling systemic racism in the U.S., the verdict is a mini milestone for justice and incentive to press on. Paradoxically, as movement for American racial justice is fortified, the U.S. government continues to support […]

The State Senate seems to want to bring us back to 2009, in the darkest days of the Great Recession. The proposals to raise taxes to redistribute income do nothing to drive the economic growth and vitality that the Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth said we needed, nor will it create the first job or opportunity for the disadvantaged to improve their lives.

I am the mother of two young Black boys in Bridgeport and an eldest son in the military.  I am part of a steady drumbeat of families calling for our children not to be pushed aside when it comes to equity in education.

It is time to update Connecticut’s risk warrant law to empower families that can save lives. Let’s give them a powerful tool that takes a balanced approach to firearm ownership, the wellness of those with access to firearms, and public safety. Let’s ensure that when we see a potential tragedy in the making, we can take action to save lives.

The Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) is an important step that will not only  reduce air pollution, traffic congestion and vehicle fatalities, but also raise revenue for investments in cleaner, safer transportation across Connecticut. The state legislature should approve legislation that will authorize the state to join TCI to protect the health and quality of […]