State utility regulators will hold an emergency meeting Friday to consider renewing key moratoriums on electricity and other service shut-offs.
PURA will meet Friday to consider renewing ban on utility shut-offs
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Health, Money
Advocates press state regulators to extend moratoriums on power utility shut-offs
With temperatures dropping, advocates for Connecticut’s vulnerable are urging state regulators to extend moratoriums on electricity and other utility shut-offs.
Posted inPolitics
Bolstered by the power of incumbency, CT Dems in Congress favored for re-election
All five Connecticut U.S. House lawmakers are favored to win re-election, although a couple are facing tougher competition than expected.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
‘Ballads for Ballots’ intended to help women find their voices
A choral community of women in Eastern Connecticut, Choir Matrix and Women of Concinnity, have been turning out a get-out-the-vote series of video recorded pieces called “Ballads for Ballots.” The pieces, composed by women and using text from women writers and activists, are all about women finding their voice in a nod to the centennial of the 19th Amendment.
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Watching the returns is no longer entertainment
For me, election night used to mean getting together with friends to watch the returns, having a few beers, and exchanging high fives when our favorites triumphed. Actually, in 2016, there were no high fives and more beers than usual. This year, of course, COVID-19 makes it unsafe to huddle around a television with a crowd. But it’s never been more important to watch the election results with friends.
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It’s time to modernize the way Connecticut votes
When Connecticut voters go to the polls this year they will use a voting system that is secure, accurate — and old. It’s a problem that should be high on the agenda of state officials and the newly elected legislature which convenes in January.
Posted inStudent Voice
Outsourcing elections materials has its risks
If you received an absentee ballot application in September for the upcoming election, it may have come from New York. Mine was mailed by a private mail house, Fort Orange Press in Albany, NY. For the August primary, the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s office contracted with a private mailing house to send out absentee […]
Posted inJustice
ACLU alleges ‘systemic patterns of non-compliance’ in COVID-19 prison lawsuit
The ACLU claims prison staff aren’t wearing masks, sick inmates are subjected to “punitive isolation” and aren’t given adequate soap.
Posted inNews
Panel will propose new legislation for nursing homes as COVID-19 cases, deaths in facilities continue to rise
Officials and legislators will consider whether there should be new requirements for staffing levels, testing and more in nursing homes.
Posted inEducation
UConn halts free tuition program amid surging budget deficits
Citing gaping deficits caused by the pandemic, UConn announced Wednesday it is discontinuing its free tuition program after one year.
Posted inPolitics
Land of Steady Habits? Rematches are the fashion.
Eight of the 36 state Senate races are do-overs, as are 26 of the 151 state House races.
Posted inEducation
As New Haven schools move to reopen, 37% of parents are opting out
The state’s largest school system is the only one yet to open in-person. Many parents don’t want that to change.
Posted inStudent Voice
Make your vote count and protect the USPS
An individual’s right to vote in the upcoming national elections may be compromised if the Trump Administration’s push for privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS) succeeds. Millions of Americans, including Connecticut residents, will send their ballots by mail this year to avoid any unnecessary and potential exposure to the coronavirus, but undermining the USPS may delegitimize crucial votes.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Don’t blame COVID for Connecticut’s economic woes
Abraham Lincoln once said, “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” So, what are the “real facts” for Connecticut’s struggling economy? Can we even stomach them at this point?
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Connecticut’s health information exchange will improve care coordination
Connecticut’s Health Information Exchange will improve care coordination and make available critically important patient data under some emergency conditions, though it will never supplant the care provided by front-line healthcare workers who are putting themselves at risk every day.