HB 5567 would grant correction ombuds resources to investigate medical complaints, require DOC to fix problems with medication, nurse staff.
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Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics
CT bottle bill proposals narrowed down to just one: criminal charges
Proposals that would have made a range of changes to Connecticut’s bottle redemption law have been reduced to just one.
Posted inPolitics
CT House manages bipartisan passage of revised labor bill
With Republican input, the House voted Tuesday for an omnibus labor bill addressing wage theft, hospital nursing staff standards and more.
Posted inMoney
Lamont moves quickly to tout new CT budget deal
Lamont said $270 million in municipal aid included in the deal would be available to towns even if they’ve already adopted a local budget.
Posted inHealth
CT homemaker companion training bill passes House
The bill would create new training requirements for homemaker companion workers, which operate with little oversight, CT Mirror has reported.
Posted inPhotos
Yale lab, Ukrainian groups cast light on kidnappings by Russian forces
CT Mirror visited Ukraine to meet with groups that partner with Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab, evacuating children from occupied areas.
Posted inMoney
Legislators, Lamont on cusp of tentative CT budget deal
The compromise plan to aid schools and hospitals in the next CT budget was to be shared with rank-and-file lawmakers Monday night.
Posted inEducation
CT school cellphone ban passes House with bipartisan support
HB 5035, which would impose a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in Connecticut public schools cleared the House and now heads to the Senate.
Posted inMoney
With Lamont, Democrats at odds, GOP can shape next CT budget
With Democrats at odds over how to balance CT’s budget, the door is open for minority Republicans to shape the state’s fiscal future.
Posted inInvestigations
Some CT towing companies are ignoring new law aimed at helping low-income residents
Residents say companies continue to patrol public housing and low-income apartment complexes and tow cars for minor violations.
Posted inHealth
Will this be the year CT lawmakers curb private equity in health care?
Legislators will try for a third time to address fallout from the private equity ownership of 3 CT hospitals. Previous attempts have failed.
Posted inMoney
Senate GOP won’t show how it would balance next CT budget
Senate Republicans, the caucus that has proposed far more tax relief than any other, has decided to play their cards close to the vest.
Posted inGovernment
Democrats want ICE reforms. Now they’re boxed out of the process
Republicans in Congress are using budget reconciliation to fund immigration enforcement for years with no changes sought by Democrats.
Posted inHealth
Lamont’s vaccine bill HB 5044 gets final passage in CT Senate
The proposal would expand the power of the CT public health commissioner to establish vaccine recommendations, among other measures.
Posted inGovernment, Politics
CT Senate passes consumer data protection legislation
SB 4, wide-ranging legislation that establishes restrictions on how data brokers can use consumer information, passed the state Senate 31-4.
