A 7-year-old girl does not see the value in the Real Bodies exhibit currently at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford.
Seven-year-old (and her dad): Stop the body exhibition
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On Equal Pay Day: Reflection on the gender pay gap
Today, April 2, 2019 is Equal Pay Day, a day that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.
Posted inTransportation
Report: More than 300 bridges in CT ‘structurally deficient’
Connecticut is ranked 26th in the nation in the percentage of structurally deficient bridges. The bridge in the worst condition is the Yankee Doodle Bridge in Norwalk, which was built in 1957.
Posted inHealth
Bill allowing doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication dies in committee
Strongly held religious beliefs and concerns from people with disabilities prevented the bill from advancing to the House.
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Is Connecticut at a tipping point?
Taxes are a necessary evil. They are the cost of running our government. However, raising taxes too much ultimately reduces the total value received. Many economists believe the paradox that the more you tax, after a certain point, the less total revenue you collect, thus reaching a tipping point. Legislators should consider “How many taxes are too many; have we reached a tipping point; when do more taxes create diminishing returns and result in lower total tax revenues? ”
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First Monday: Bad acts and guilty minds — the twin attributes of a crime
Some unlawful acts are considered civil offenses, for which the payment of money to compensate for an injury is sufficient penance. But other illegal acts are deemed crimes, the commission of which indelibly brands the defendant a “criminal” and exposes him to the loss of personal liberty — jail.
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Mental health patient safety must come first
The assurance of safe, high-quality mental health care in Connecticut is at risk: SB 966 has been raised in Connecticut’s General Assembly (CGA). This bill would allow psychologists to prescribe medications. Why is this alarming? It helps to understand the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist.
Posted inMoney
So you think you know about transportation and tolls?
Tolls, gas taxes, highways, bridges and rail lines are in the news. How much do you know about them?
Posted inHealth
Advice for next FDA chief: Go big on e-cig regulation
City and county public health officials are urging the Trump administration to go bigger in its response to adolescents’ growing use of e-cigarettes.
Posted inHousing
HUD sues Facebook over housing discrimination
The agency said Facebook’s ad system discriminates against users even when advertisers did not choose to do so.
Posted inNews
A ‘pencil neck’ in Washington and, here, the ‘toll monster’
It was government by name calling and sound-bite rhetoric last week on two hot issues: the president’s ties to Russia and, in Connecticut, highway tolls.
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Solid as Brownstone: Our Community Commitment
By Elliot Joseph HHC Chief Executive Officer The history of healthcare in Connecticut begins with hospitals created to serve their communities – sometimes filling an urgent need. Hartford Hospital was established in response to an 1854 industrial accident that left nine dead and dozens wounded – some critically. There was no place to care for […]
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Education Committee approves Lamont’s watered-down regionalization bill
Gov. Ned Lamont’s two key education bills — including one intended to push school districts toward regionalization — were approved by a legislative committee Friday.
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Bill to limit eminent domain advances — for now
For the first time in more than a decade, a bill to restrict public taking of private land for economic development purposes has made it out of committee. But the bill faces an uncertain future.
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Bill banning deceptive practices at faith-based pregnancy centers advances
The legislature’s Public Health Committee green-lighted a measure Friday that would ban deceptive practices by the state’s so-called crisis pregnancy centers.