Pandemic-related issues will top the agenda for lawmakers on the education and children’s committees during the upcoming legislative session.
2022 Legislative Previews
Catch up on The Connecticut Mirror’s previews of the 2022 legislative session.
Lawmakers eye lofty health care reforms in short session
The ambitious agenda includes bills tackling the mental health crisis, prescription drug costs and aid in dying.
Labor leaders brace to battle Lamont to preserve state workforce
With thousands of retirements expected later this year, unions braced Monday for an uphill fight to preserve public services in 2022.
Exhausted health care workers seek long-awaited legislative relief
Calls to shore up Connecticut’s health care workforce are getting louder as medical workers feel the continuing strain of the pandemic.
COVID restrictions to continue in CT legislature, Capitol
The Connecticut General Assembly will continue its stringent COVID-19 restrictions for at least the first month of the 2022 session.
Proponents of aid-in-dying legislation planning strong push this session
Leaders on the Public Health Committee say they have marked the proposal “No. 1” in importance, and legislators say they’ll press for a vote.
Lamont, labor headed for a showdown over ‘hero pay’
Labor leaders say staffing shortages will become a pandemic unto themselves if essential workers aren’t properly compensated.
Lawmakers plan to prioritize children’s mental health next session
Connecticut lawmakers are already beginning to plan reforms that will target what experts have called a crisis.