If good law should be based on good data, as the modern saying goes, then this bill is the antithesis of that.
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Commuter rail cuts raise social equity issues
Many lower-income and minority customers have work schedules that require them to be on the train early in the morning or late at night.
Breaking news is breaking our hearts these days
There’s a mass shooting at least once a week now. And deaths from killer tornadoes in the first three months of this year have accounted for three times the fatalities for all of 2022.
Why the East Hartford police should drop its chaplain program
The separation of state and church demands that law enforcement agencies, when acting in their official capacities, may not proselytize or promote religion.
Artificial intelligence: Our future to build
The government, the technology sector, and the public have the right and obligation to apply these technologies in ways that amplify the best of our society.
The legislature’s funding of CT’s early voting falls short
It’s clear that state lawmakers need to provide more money so that every citizen has equal access to exercise their right to vote.
Our best chance to build a problem-solving offshore wind grid
Connecticut should pursue plans for development of a regional networked offshore grid that allows projects to connect to the power grid through a common cable system.
Greenwashing our world (Connecticut included)
Today, only 9% of plastics are recycled globally, despite a doubling of plastic waste since 2000.
Honor CT’s nonprofit ‘heroes’ with living wages
The rewards of changing lives for the better are often very gratifying … but they are not currency accepted at the local supermarket.
Cuts to the CSCU budget could devastate
When I taught about the proposed budget changes, students spoke about their stress and fear about what may come — and what it would mean about their ability to stay in school at all.
A CT snowbird retreats from the ‘Gunshine State’
Unsuspecting Americans may buy the marketing of the “free state of Florida” only to find themselves living in a state of repression.
Cancer and fertility: Everyone deserves hope
The law mandating that insurers cover fertility preservation procedures for cancer patients leaves out people with public Medicaid insurance and creates a huge inequity in access to medical care.
Stop the use of CT’s FOI as a weapon to harass faculty
SB 1153 doesn’t change the FOI law’s coverage of university financial records, It protects faculty from those who use the FOI law as a weapon to harass them for personal or ideological reasons.
Anesthesia should be covered by insurance for reproductive health procedures
A bill before the legislature would go a long way toward making contraceptive procedures accessible and painless by mandating insurance coverage for anesthesia during the procedures.
The General Assembly is set to kill Shore Line East rail service
Additional service cuts proposed by the state would be devastating to the Shore Line East rail service, will further erode ridership, and ultimately destroy the line.
