Plus, bills to address Connecticut’s “clean slate” law and study pay standards for rideshare drivers advance.
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CT Politics: Witch trials and marijuana gummies
Plus, the Senate approves a financial literacy requirement for high schoolers and a progressive group plans a state budget rally.
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CT Politics: House passes early voting bill
Plus, Lamont attends an Amazon warehouse ribbon-cutting in Windsor and a state report recommends transit-oriented development.
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CT Politics: Pandemic bonus totals and parole board confirmation
Plus, lawmakers weigh employment benefits transparency and a bail reform proposal advances.
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CT Politics: Lamont celebrates local James Beard Award nominee
Plus, HUSKY coverage for immigrants, funding for tourism marketing, and investigating online exploitation of minors.
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CT Politics: CT reacts to Texas judge’s mifepristone ruling
Plus, film tax credit updates, funding for cannabis safety labels and a fiscal analysis of Work Live Ride.
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CT Politics: A crucial time for the CT legislature
Plus, more money for the Premium Pay Program and a jurisdiction expansion for housing authorities.
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CT Politics: Environment bills, budget surplus and manufacturing careers
Plus, sweeping health care legislation and additional taxes on short-term rentals pass committee.
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CT Politics: Lawmakers advance several bills to ease strain in state labor market
Hundreds of Connecticut residents testified at an Education Committee public hearing Wednesday, with much time spent on teacher retention.
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CT Politics: Lawmakers consider bill tackling teacher recruitment, retention
Hundreds of Connecticut residents testified at an Education Committee public hearing Wednesday, with much time spent on teacher retention.
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CT Politics: Sen. Matt Lesser filibusters bill allowing trade groups to offer health plans
The Insurance and Real Estate Committee hit a roadblock when Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, spent hours questioning the committee chair.
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CT Politics: One lawmaker asks, quietly, who should decide required school vaccines
House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora asked to tweak the process by which Connecticut adds vaccines to the list required to attend school.
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CT Politics: International Women’s Day, ‘coerced debt’ and foreclosures
Plus, new representatives get committee assignments and CT lawmakers weigh voting while incarcerated and ranked-choice voting.
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CT Politics: Witch trials, eviction logistics and brownfields
Plus, CT lawmakers weigh new cannabis regulations and a ban on “hostile architecture” in public spaces.
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CT Politics: Student debt, traffic stops and hospital competition
Plus, CT lawmakers weigh new cannabis regulations and a ban on “hostile architecture” in public spaces.