The state will begin deducting the new tax to support family and medical leave benefits from non-union employees this month.
CT to start collecting family-leave tax from its workers next week
Posted inHealth
Vaccine clinics canceled across CT after feds urge ‘pause’ on J&J vaccine
The single-dose COVID shot is key to CT’s rollout strategy, especially in cities.
Posted inJustice
CT’s prison population shrunk during the pandemic. Will it last?
The historic declines coincide with a demand for equity as racial disparities in the incarcerated populate have widened during COVID-19.
Posted inPolitics
The calculus of cannabis: How legalizing pot became a political puzzle
Whether Connecticut legalizes marijuana depends on two legislators solving a puzzle of politics and numbers.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut must protect vulnerable populations from biased and discriminatory healthcare practices
At a time of great uncertainty for the public health of our nation, the path to protect patients in Connecticut from unfair and even discriminatory healthcare rationing is clear. And it begins with turning away from European models that rely on controversial approaches to determine the price and value of new drugs.
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Governor Lamont can negotiate a bold, equitable budget
Last summer, after George Floyd’s murder sent a shock wave through our nation, people across Connecticut took to the streets to demand an end to systemic racism and inequality in our state. Residents in urban, rural, and suburban communities spoke in one unified voice demanding that in Connecticut, Black Lives Matter. This is a call for the liberation of Black folks — for the removal of structural, institutional and economic violence that has thwarted the progress of Black people and the progress of our state.
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Connecticut should have a one-house legislature — and fewer lawmakers
In 2020, there were 35 out of 187 (19%) statehouse seats that were basically uncontested, which meant the election/balloting in these cases was a foregone conclusion. This is the norm, election after election. By definition then, we have too many statehouse seats in Connecticut.
Posted inHealth
A COVID milestone: More than half of CT adults are now vaccinated
State officials are still continuing to encourage young adults to get the shot.
Posted inNews
$10.7 million program aims to get kids back in schools
The money will help families in 15 high-needs districts transition back into schools in the fall.
Posted inGovernment
Long lines for free food persist more than a year into the pandemic, causing concern among advocates
While food insecurity remains high, the state is not seeing a corresponding increase in food stamp recipients.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Everybody in, especially those left out
In the wake of the spate of gun violence massacres, resuming again with deadly consequences, we are at a familiar crossroads: Do we revert to our usual, American individualized ‘othering,’, or do we reconcile that there is no ‘them’- only ‘us,’ that we refuse to claim? I’m campaigning to reframe the American ‘us’ from some of y’all to “ALL of us all!”
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New Haven at a zoning crossroads
Unbeknown to many, most Connecticut zoning (and that of many other states) designates people of color to segregated areas. For that reason, zoning won the moniker, Exclusionary Zoning. Although there’s no mention of race or color in zoning regulations, clever dimensional requirements, put together in the 1950s, achieve exclusion.
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My father should have had options
Max Fey, a Farmington resident whose father Mark lost a battle with pancreatic cancer, shares why it is critical to pass HB 6425 ASAP. This bill would authorize medical aid in dying, so that all Connecticut residents at the end of their lives would have the option to end unbearable suffering.
Posted inHealth
Can independent primary care doctors survive dominance of hospital health systems?
hospital systems and private businesses are increasingly buying private medical practices and taking over their business operations.
Posted inEconomic Development, Housing
Closely followed Woodbridge zoning case enters new phase
On Monday night, commissioners held their final public hearing on a two-pronged rezoning proposal looking to make it easier for developers to build multi-family affordable housing in Woodbridge.