Trump plans to link transportation funding to policies on masks, vaccines and immigration enforcement, as well as marriage and birth rates.
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Posted inGovernment
Trump orders shutter DEI programs at Coast Guard, academy
The New London academy had prioritized diversity, equity and inclusion as part of the Coast Guard’s recruitment and retention efforts.
Posted inInvestigations
Legislators to push for reform on long-term care insurance
Following a CT Mirror investigation into skyrocketing long-term care insurance prices, lawmakers said more protections are urgently needed.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
For lawmakers in CT, lowering electricity costs is complicated
Officials must confront at least one obstacle they cannot change: CT’s location within one of the nation’s most expensive electric markets.
Posted inGovernment
Federal grants paused: CT grapples with effects; threatens lawsuit
The late Monday memo set off a scramble as state agencies in Connecticut start to assess the effects it could have on critical programs.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont picks William Bright for CT Supreme Court
Gov. Lamont also nominated 13 people to the Superior Court, including former lawmakers Michael D’Agostino and Kevin Kelly.
Posted inInvestigations
CT long-term care insurance costs are skyrocketing, strangling consumers
With annual rate hikes often exceeding 50%, coverage is increasingly unaffordable. And as complaints mount, legislative reform has been slow.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Cookware manufacturers seek exemption from CT’s PFAS ban
Heeding Gov. Ned Lamont’s suggestion, CT lawmakers signaled willingness to offer new exemptions to a ban on so-called ‘forever chemicals.’
Posted inJustice
Lamont, who diversified CT’s judiciary, set to nominate more judges
Gov. Ned Lamont will nominate a Supreme Court justice and 13 others as judges on Monday. The CT judiciary now includes more women than men.
Posted inImmigration
CT GOP wants to roll back law that limits cooperation with ICE
CT Republicans want to roll back a state law that limits when law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration agents.
Posted inHousing
CT renters call for expanded eviction protections
Connecticut tenants revived an effort to expand protections against no-fault evictions, signaling the start of what will likely be a contentious debate.
Posted inJustice
Adrian Peeler’s clemency, Jan. 6 pardons raise concerns in CT, DC
CT Sen. Richard Blumenthal plans to raise a bill to boost transparency and require notifications during the pardons and clemency processes.
Posted inHuman Services
Early childhood, school meals among lawmakers’ priorities
The Committee on Children’s priorities will include child care costs and staff pay, safety technology in schools and universal free meals.
Posted inMoney
Is Lamont the key to reforming CT’s ‘fiscal guardrails’?
Reformers hope to mimic legal maneuvers that Gov. Ned Lamont employed five years ago to free up money for social services and other programs.
Posted inJustice
Adrian Peeler, convicted in murder case, gets clemency from Biden
Adrian Peeler was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy in the murders of Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy “BJ” Brown.