The Human Services Committee voted to advance the proposal, which would expand Medicaid to people under 19 of any immigration status.
2023 Legislative Session
Posted inMoney
CT legislators raising questions about heating assistance program
Legislators want to know how many families can’t get any more funding from the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
Posted inPolitics
Labor asks CT to regulate Amazon warehouse quotas
A bill aimed at regulating Amazon’s use of surveillance of warehouse workers drew dramatic testimony from labor and silence from Amazon.
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CT bill proposes relief from ‘coerced debt’ for domestic violence victims
CT lawmakers are considering a bill that would help victims whose abusive partners incurred debt in their names, similar to identify theft.
Posted inPolitics
Connecticut confronted as originator of New England witch trials
Salem gets the notoriety, but CT’s witch trials came 45 years earlier, and descendants of the hanged want apologies and exonerations.
Posted inJustice
CT continues to prosecute some marijuana cases despite legalization
Proposed legislation would end the prosecution of any ongoing marijuana-related cases if the activity being prosecuted is now decriminalized.
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14 arrested at CT Capitol protest
Members of a union lay down in the CT Legislative Office Building to protest challenges in obtaining a stipend for health coverage.
Posted inMoney
CT still borrowing to pay off debt, but some are pushing back
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget calls for $80M in new borrowing in the next two years to pay off existing debt, but some say the practice should end.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats hold three CT House seats in special elections
CT Democrats said they won elections for House seats opened by the death of Quentin Williams and resignations of Dan Fox and Edwin Vargas Jr.
Posted inHousing
CT Democrats pitch wide-ranging bills to address housing issues
The bills, which aim to address issues including evictions, workforce housing, homelessness and fair housing, had a public hearing Tuesday.
Posted inGovernment
CT proposes financial penalty for nursing homes with empty beds
The bill is the latest in a series filed this legislative session that focuses on how nursing homes spend money from the state.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
What is the future of CT’s trash disposal? Lamont, industry at odds
Gov. Ned Lamont wants to increase recycling and radically overhaul how and where CT waste is disposed. Industry officials aren’t so sure.
Posted inPolitics
CT will fill 3 state House seats in Tuesday special election. Here’s what to know
CT voters in Hartford, West Hartford, Middletown and Stamford will vote for their next state house representatives on Tuesday.
Posted inEducation
Lamont supports ‘Bill of Rights’ for non-English-speaking parents
Gov. Ned Lamont is supporting a bill to give non-English-speaking parents the right to translators for interactions with school personnel.
Posted inTransportation
CT lawmakers consider fixes for wrong way crashes, other roadway deaths
CT plans to buy technology that alerts wrong-way drivers. But the DOT commissioner says more can be done — particularly to reduce drunk driving.
