This bill provides options to the same healthcare plan offerings as big companies are afforded and which few small businesses can access today.
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Now is the time to really support CT’s frontline hero nurses
One thing I have noticed across 15 years of nursing in various settings is that we never seem to have enough staff.
To prevent child abuse, help CT parents and caregivers
If we can support the adults who care for children, children will be safer.
CT needs a workers equity agenda. Here are its elements
Living without a stable, predictable paycheck remains part of the daily routine of nearly 70,000 tipped workers in Connecticut.
Pass SB 1145 to achieve Connecticut’s climate goals
An Act Concerning the Establishment of Sector Specific Subtargets For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions, would provide the necessary tools for our state to achieve the climate goals we have already set.
Less discrimination is still discrimination in HUSKY Health
There are glaring inequities that exist in the Medicaid program and bills pending before the CT legislature could help to address these.
Two CT judicial nominees have questionable record on trans rights
On March 29, two days before Trans Day of Visibility, Gov. Ned Lamont nominated 20 people for judgeships on the Superior Court. Better it were April Fools’ Day.
CT protesters say stop ‘Cop City’
The effort to build the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, known by its opponents as Cop City, has involved violence, death and misinformation by the police, and sabotage of equipment by a those who identify with the opposition to the project.
CT VITA Coalition supports a permanent refundable Child Tax Credit
A permanent, refundable, state-level CTC at $ 600 per child would support over 600,000 children, including about 80,000 children living in poverty.
Opinion: CT can end homelessness- with proper funding
The state holds the power to fund emergency shelters and protect unsheltered constituents, and I urge the Appropriations committee and Gov. Ned Lamont to take this responsibility seriously.
Hickory dickory TikTok, the environmental clock is ticking
If you have been following the weather (perchance on TikTok?) or if you actually venture outside periodically, you know it’s not normal out there, hasn’t been for decades.
An evening in the emergency department reveals how broken our health system is
Having spent an evening in the emergency room of Yale New Haven Hospital, it brought a few important issues into focus.
Degrading strip searches remain in effect in CT
. It is a policy that I would like to believe most of us consider repugnant, abusive and the most degrading sexual exploitation within Connecticut jails, prisons, and yes, youth facilities.
Emissions bill would increase cost of gasoline, heating oil, gas, electricity, food and more
There is a reason why we have three branches of government. Checks and balances are in place for a reason and this bill doesn’t have them.
Connecticut turns a blind eye to the visually impaired
Low vision and totally blind Connecticut residents are being denied the most basic tool for safely navigating through their daily lives thanks to a legislative budget bumble.



