Pay equity, a “liveable” wage and protecting women’s health care topped a list of priorities unveiled Monday by the General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus. Continue Reading →
Health care, wage issues top minority caucus agenda
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State and local officials urge further aid for Puerto Rican arrivals
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As Puerto Ricans continue to migrate to Connecticut in the wake of Hurricane Maria, state lawmakers and local officials Wednesday called for further aid to help Puerto Rican evacuees and announced a new multi-agency task force to tackle issues facing them. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Aid to Puerto Rican evacuess, Black and Puerto Rican Caucus
Looking at police use of force from across a racial divide
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A debate Monday over the police use of force laid bare partisan, racial and geographic divisions in the Connecticut House, where black and Puerto Rican Democrats united behind a bill whose very title, An Act Concerning Police Misconduct, was branded an insult to law enforcement by the House Republican leader. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, police misconduct, use of force
Black and Puerto Rican Caucus wants to broaden CT tax debate
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Leaders of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus said they are exploring raising income tax rates on wealthy households — a once popular proposal among House and Senate Democrats that has fallen into disfavor as Republicans have gained seats in both chambers. Continue Reading →