The bill comes amid ongoing investigations into a scandal involving CT state troopers who allegedly intentionally falsified traffic tickets.
2024 Legislative Session
Posted inHousing
‘Work Live Ride’ would help more people stay in CT, advocates say
College students and recent graduates are among those who told CT legislators that the state would benefit from transit-oriented development.
Posted inHousing
Wide-ranging CT affordable housing bill sparks familiar arguments
The bill would allow housing authorities to build in other towns and would further fund CT’s homelessness response and Rental Assistance.
Posted inHealth
CT elder care bill gets mixed support from advocates, officials
Home care and nursing home industry leaders had cautious support for a sweeping bill that would overhaul aspects of CT’s elder care sector.
Posted inHealth
Lamont negotiates big pay hike for CT home health aides
The tentative 3-year contract would boost minimum wages for home health aides by 26% to $23 per hour by the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
In CT and D.C., Democrats flinch at rapid transition to EVs
CT Democrats are joining the Biden administration in a retreat from controversy over how hard to push a change from gas to electric vehicles.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT legislators take another swing at a big climate bill
The bill has 17 multi-part initiatives designed to address climate change, but it is not a comprehensive greenhouse gas reduction roadmap.
Posted inHousing
After day-long debate, Housing Committee OKs tenant protections
Lawmakers voted along party lines to OK bills to largely end evictions that occur when leases expire and offer other protections to tenants.
Posted inJustice
Fireworks bills advance out of committee, despite safety concerns
The more ambitious bill, which would legalize consumer fireworks, could face an uphill battle getting through the CT legislative process.
Posted inHealth
CT lawmakers unveil bill overhauling aspects of elder care sector
The bill includes more oversight of CT home care workers and would create a way to speed up the process for accessing Medicaid, among other things.
Posted inTransportation
CT vows targeted crackdown on reckless drivers
Gov. Ned Lamont and top public safety officials outlined a data-driven approach to mitigate endemic speeding and reckless driving in CT.
Posted inEducation
‘Disconnected youth’ bill receives support during public hearing
The ‘disconnected youth’ bill, aimed at re-engaging students at risk of dropping out or young adults out of work, has bipartisan support.
Posted inHousing
CT bill would offer distressed municipality funds to towns that build near public transit
The bill would incentivize zoning reform by giving distressed municipality funding to towns that want to build transit-oriented development.
Posted inGovernment
CT task force encourages use, regulation of artificial intelligence
The task force says CT should explore the use of AI in government and the private sector while protecting consumers from potential harm.
Posted inHealth
CT proposal would ban religious objections to reproductive care
A CT proposal would no longer allow medical providers to deny a patient reproductive care based on a religious or conscientious objection.
