A bill being considered by lawmakers would require police to tell family members their loved ones died within 24 hours of identifying their body.
2022 Legislative Session
Catch up on all of The Connecticut Mirror’s coverage of the 2022 legislative session.
Posted inHealth
Nursing home background-check bill sees strong opposition
The measure, sparked by alleged sex assault at East Windsor nursing home, is overbroad and a “public policy disaster,” one advocate testified.
Posted inHousing
Advocates: Bill to study affordable housing law is a veiled attack
CT legislators heard public comments on a bill that proposes a study into a key affordable housing law, a move that worries some advocates.
Posted inEducation
Education Committee approves Sheff v. O’Neill settlement
Facing pressure, members of the Education Committee reluctantly approved measures addressing the Sheff v. O’Neill settlement agreement.
Posted inGovernment
Aid-in-dying bill clears committee vote
A bill that would allow terminally ill patients access to medications that would end their lives cleared an important hurdle Friday.
Posted inGovernment
Connecticut a battleground for labor and its ‘captive audience’ bill
Hospitals, the insurance industry and other interests are lobbying against a bill that has bubbled to the top of labor’s priority list.
Posted inHealth
Lamont’s health care bills draw criticism from advocates
Health care advocates say the measures will harm access to necessary treatment, particularly for people with disabilities.
Posted inPolitics
Upstairs, Downstairs: In CT Capitol, Senate is off limits, House is open
The Connecticut Senate still bars the pubic from its portion of the Capitol as a COVID precaution. The House reopened its floor Wednesday.
Posted inMoney
Democrats vow to continue tax relief for CT’s working poor
Democratic leaders want permanent tax relief for CT’s working poor. The governor isn’t convinced.
Posted inPolitics
A return to normalcy in the CT Capitol, at least on two floors
For the first time since the Capitol closed due to COVID in 2020, masks will be optional when the House of Representatives meets Wednesday.
Posted inMoney
CT budget panel pushes for tighter control of state contracting
The General Assembly’s budget-writing panel is pushing back against Gov. Ned Lamont to assume greater control over contracting policies.
Posted inPolitics
House GOP calls for legislative investigation into school bidding
Such a bipartisan inquiry would explore whether the office overseen by Kosta Diamantis interfered with school construction projects.
Posted inMoney
Legislators exploring income tax cuts, mansion tax
Democratic state lawmakers want to ask more from the rich to ensure new tax relief for CT’s poor and middle-class is sustainable.
Posted inHealth
Public testifies on aid-in-dying legislation
Many stressed the importance of easing suffering, while disability rights advocates said a law could be changed in the future.
Posted inPolitics
Lawmakers mull bill requiring supermarkets to donate excess edible food
A bipartisan group of CT lawmakers is co-sponsoring a bill that would require supermarkets to donate unsold food that’s still edible.
