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2023 Legislative Session

Posted inPolitics

Connecticut is deep blue — but too cautious for progressives

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas June 13, 2023 @ 5:00 amJune 13, 2023 @ 12:17 am

The Democratic governor and legislature were cautious on major progressive issues, raising the question: What is CT’s political identity?

A voter, wearing a red sweater, is casting a ballot at the Hartford Public Library.
Posted inJustice

Gov. Ned Lamont signs CT voting rights act into law

Avatar photo by Jaden Edison June 12, 2023 @ 7:35 pmJune 12, 2023 @ 7:35 pm

The new CT law requires municipalities with a record of voter discrimination to receive “preclearance” before making changes to election-related policies.

Posted inEducation

CT will expand Farm to School program to teach kids about food

Avatar photo by Jessika Harkay June 12, 2023 @ 3:06 pmJune 13, 2023 @ 9:21 am

The Farm to School program aims to help CT students learn about fresh foods through hands-on experience in school gardens and field trips to farms.

Posted inHealth

The disabled have had long waits for services. That could change

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Ginny Monk June 11, 2023 @ 5:00 amJune 12, 2023 @ 12:22 pm

Waiting lists have plagued CT’s disabled for years. Advocates hope latest effort to aid those with developmental disabilities isn’t a one-off.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Climate change all but ignored by the CT legislature in 2023

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel June 8, 2023 @ 3:48 pmJune 9, 2023 @ 1:27 am

CT’s environmental community never had high hopes for legislation this session to address climate change, waste disposal or other issues.

Legislators at work in the Connecticut House chamber.
Posted inPolitics

CT fails to pass ‘coerced debt’ relief for domestic violence victims

Avatar photo by Erica E. Phillips June 8, 2023 @ 3:32 pmJune 8, 2023 @ 3:32 pm

Proposed relief for survivors of domestic and financial abuse fell through over details in legal language during legislature’s final hours.

Posted inEducation

Two of four proposed CT charter schools left out of state budget

Avatar photo by Jessika Harkay June 8, 2023 @ 2:49 pmJune 8, 2023 @ 3:46 pm

Proposed charter schools in Norwalk and New Haven got funding in the final CT budget — but proposed schools in Middletown and Danbury did not.

Posted inEconomic Development

How CT is encouraging grocery stores to open in food deserts

Avatar photo by José Luis Martínez June 8, 2023 @ 8:00 amJune 7, 2023 @ 9:02 pm

Provisions that provide tax incentives for grocery stores opening in CT food deserts were incorporated into the state budget.

Posted inPolitics

CT 2023 legislative session ends with passage of wide-ranging bill

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas June 8, 2023 @ 1:10 amJune 8, 2023 @ 3:49 pm

The CT General Assembly ended its 2023 session with votes on bills addressing campaign finance and municipal pension reforms.

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Posted inPolitics

CT Senate clears expansion of autism, disability services

Avatar photo by Katy Golvala June 7, 2023 @ 11:55 pmJune 7, 2023 @ 11:57 pm

The bill addresses the needs of residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities across education, employment, housing and more.

Posted inMoney

Lawmakers send $7.5B bipartisan bond package to Lamont’s desk

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Ginny Monk June 7, 2023 @ 11:16 pmJune 8, 2023 @ 12:00 am

The General Assembly OK’d a $7.5 billion two-year bond deal that invests in transportation, housing, higher education and school construction.

Posted inPolitics

CT Senate passes housing bill following day-long debate

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk June 7, 2023 @ 10:06 pmJune 7, 2023 @ 11:46 pm

The bill aims to improve CT tenants’ rights and housing quality, but lacks zoning reforms that advocates and lawmakers had pushed for.

Posted inPolitics

CT passes new regulations on alternative lenders

Avatar photo by Erica E. Phillips June 7, 2023 @ 7:31 pmAugust 9, 2023 @ 1:29 pm

The bill lawmakers approved is aimed at improving transparency for CT small businesses that seek financing from certain alternative lenders.

Posted inPolitics

Hospital staffing proposal gets overhaul in state budget

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 7, 2023 @ 6:38 pmJune 8, 2023 @ 12:09 am

A plan to implement mandatory nurse staffing ratios in CT hospitals was scrapped, but an overhaul of hospital staffing committees survived.

Posted inHealth

Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers gets OK

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Katy Golvala and Jenna Carlesso June 7, 2023 @ 4:59 pmJune 13, 2023 @ 5:12 pm

The Senate passed the original bill without the community health worker provision, which was included in an amendment added Wednesday morning.

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