The Senate passed a bill extending the right of restaurants to offer outdoor dining as authorized by one of the governor’s COVID orders.
2022 Legislative Session
Catch up on all of The Connecticut Mirror’s coverage of the 2022 legislative session.
Posted inHealth
Bill advances that could curb cuts to ICUs, labor and delivery services
Proposed legislation offers a path to closing loopholes that allow CT hospitals to cut services without obtaining state approval.
Posted inMoney
Lawmakers to vote Wednesday on a gas tax holiday in Connecticut
Along with a three-month suspension of CT’s 25-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline, a second one-week sales tax holiday on clothing is planned.
Posted inMoney
CT companies to lawmakers: Fund child care
Electric Boat, Bigelow Tea, Hartford HealthCare are among CT employers calling for boost to social safety net spending on child care.
Posted inJustice
Car thefts in CT declined in 2021, according to preliminary data
The preliminary figures support the theory that Connecticut’s car theft spike was due to disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Posted inPolitics
CT House votes to ease absentee voting for caretakers, commuters
The measure stops short of providing no-excuse absentee voting, which would require a constitutional amendment.
Posted inMoney
Sen. Cathy Osten: Economic aid for small towns needs a shot in the arm
The STEAP program, designed to help launch key developments in small towns, has lost its way, says one legislator who wants to revive it.
Posted inHealth
With limited timetable, advocates press for ban on flavored vaping products
The bill has triggered pushback from people who say that vaping is an important alternative for those who are quitting smoking.
Posted inHealth
Lawmakers weigh ‘anti-competitive’ practices in health care
A bill would outlaw certain clauses in contracts between health care providers and insurers that analysts say drive up prices and premiums.
Posted inJustice
Hearing on criminal justice bills crystallizes a divide between the parties
Republicans continue to spar with advocates over how to respond in an election year to an uptick in gun violence and car thefts.
Posted inHousing
Advocates: ‘Fair Share’ law would increase affordable housing in CT
The bill would split the responsibility of planning and zoning for more affordable housing among Connecticut’s towns.
Posted inHealth
Bill requiring nursing homes to spend more on direct care won’t advance
Proponents of a bill that would require CT nursing homes to use 90% of Medicaid funding on direct care vowed to revive the measure next year.
Posted inMoney
GOP lawmakers want to suspend CT’s wholesale gas tax
Republicans in the state House and Senate called Thursday for suspension of the state’s wholesale tax on gasoline, until at least July 1.
Posted inHealth
Immigration activists rally in support of child health care expansion
A bill seeks to expand medical insurance coverage to all children under the age of 19, regardless of immigration status.
Posted inGovernment
Buy a T-shirt, get some weed: CT bill aims to end marijuana ‘gifting’
At a public hearing, supporters said the bill would help regulate sales, but some advocates were wary that it would re-criminalize marijuana.
