Senate action Wednesday likely ensured House passage of a bill expunging criminal records of thousands of Connecticut residents.
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Senate advances bill banning deceptive advertising by faith-based pregnancy centers
The proposal gives the Attorney General’s Office the power to seek a court order to stop faith-based institutions from handing out misleading information about abortions and other women’s services.
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Senate extends Lamont’s COVID-19 emergency powers
The bill ratifies Gov. Ned Lamont’s pandemic declarations and extends his authority by one month until May 20.
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Without vocal dissent, Senate confirms Justice Andrew McDonald
The state Senate acted quickly Friday to confirm Andrew J. McDonald to a second term on the Supreme Court.
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Some Senate Democrats still publicly hedge on tolls
We asked the seven Senate Democrats whose votes on truck tolls have been in question. Here’s what they said.
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Drug-price transparency bill passes legislature with no dissent
A bill designed to help Connecticut officials peer into the black box of drug pricing won final approval from a unanimous state Senate early Wednesday, and will now go to the governor. Proponents of the measure called it a necessary first step toward curbing expensive prescription drug prices.
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Bills approved mandating ‘essential benefits,’ helping uninsured pregnant women
A bill headed to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s desk would give uninsured women the ability to sign up for health insurance after they learn they are pregnant. A second bill sent to the governor requires individual and small-group health insurance policies to cover the same 10 “essential health benefits” the Affordable Care Act mandates.
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Deal gives Democrats edge in evenly split CT Senate
Senate Democrats and Republicans finalized a deal Thursday on how an evenly divided Senate will operate in 2017, agreeing that Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, will remain as the top leader, while sharing some authority with the GOP.