Many CT towns are writing a ‘Catch-22’ into their zoning regulations on affordable housing, excluding people who most need shelter.

Connecticut is implementing a plan to help young people returning after incarceration. It needs support to succeed.

Legislators should provide incentives for employers to hire neurodiverse candidates; it will help business, individuals and the economy.

The current school meal program in Connecticut leaves too many students hungry and struggling to learn. Meals should be free to all.

Federal and state authorities need to do more to support long-term care facilities struggling with staffing shortages.

The state should be moving full-speed-ahead to create offshore wind power as a solution to the climate crisis.

Connecticut needs to expand its use of drug courts to make sure people can access treatment for substance-use disorder.

When kids disconnect from their devices, they can focus, learn and connect with each other. More schools need to make this happen.

Most defendants in New York who need help for substance-use disorder can avail themselves of treatment courts. Why is Connecticut far behind?

Books are not inherently good or bad; it is the way that they are taught that can highlight a potentially offensive or negative reading.

Connecticut lawmakers have shied away from providing safe injection sites for drug users in this state. They could have been a step forward.

Connecticut towns that do not submit plans to address affordable housing shortages should face real penalties.

Almost half of suspensions in Connecticut schools are for minor offenses. That’s depriving kids of much-needed time in the classroom.

People who represent themselves in custody, eviction and other cases are disadvantaged because they can’t afford an attorney. That’s wrong.

We have legislation in place to help us clean up harmful algal blooms, but these efforts have been underfunded for decades.