A bill that would allow parents to relinquish their infants in temperature-controlled chambers at hospitals could unleash a slew of issues.
2025 Legislative Session
Posted inHousing
CT bill would ensure unhoused aren’t punished for sleeping outside
Following a Supreme Court decision, advocates worry that people experiencing homelessness might be ticketed or arrested for sleeping outside.
Posted inTransportation
CT advocates call for more rail funding, service to Litchfield County
Lawmakers are considering bills that could lead to increased service on Shore Line East and Metro-North’s New Haven Line railroads.
Posted inMoney
CT’s dilemma: Cut aid to some schools to boost help for others?
Rural towns say they’re unfairly penalized under the state’s ECS formula, which would cut aid to 80 municipalities in the proposed budget.
Posted inGovernment
CT library book banning bills raise concern among some lawmakers
Some GOP lawmakers opposed bills designed to deter book banning, arguing parents need input into which books are taken off library shelves.
Posted inHealth
CT approves funding for Planned Parenthood to stockpile abortion pill
Gov. Ned Lamont previously rejected proposals to stockpile mifepristone over cost concerns, but emergency legislation has cleared a new path.
Posted inPolitics
CT AI regulation bill puts senators, top Democrats at odds
CT’s Chief Innovation Officer Dan O’Keefe said the bill was a risky effort to regulate fast-evolving technology and would chill CT’s economy.
Posted inHealth
Bristol plant spurs medical waste bill that would change emission standards
A CT lawmaker said the bill would close what he described as a ‘loophole’ allowing municipal-waste plants to burn some medical waste without meeting stricter federal standards.
Posted inJustice
Correction ombuds says lack of staff, funding have limited his efforts so far
Interim leader DeVaughn Ward says it has been nearly impossible to resolve the complaints coming in while being the office’s sole employee.
Posted inPolitics
Special elections: Jason Perillo wins in Senate, Dan Gaiewski in House
Rep. Jason Perillo, R-Shelton, was elected to the CT Senate and Dan Gaiewski, a Democratic councilman from Groton, won a seat in the House.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont hints at line-item veto of special education funding
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to use a line-item veto to kill a $40 million appropriation for special education that the Senate passed Tuesday.
Posted inPolitics
‘Emergency’ CT bill tackles immigration policy, UConn athlete pay
The bill illustrates the legislature’s opportunistic take on what an ‘emergency’ is and the degree to which Trump is shaping politics in CT.
Posted inPolitics
CT House takes issue with Lamont, Trump in emergency bills
Ignoring a hinted veto, the House voted overwhelmingly for a bill that would provide a supplemental $40 million for special education.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT lawmakers weigh bans on pesticides, rodenticides, other chemicals
Several bills have been filed dealing with herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and chemicals that affect animals and, in some cases, humans.
Posted inEducation
Lamont calls legislature’s special education plan fiscally ‘irresponsible’
The special education plan would push CT’s budget $100 million over spending cap, said a strongly opposed Gov. Ned Lamont.