Funding Gaps Force Closure of Two More Children’s Mental Health Programs
Two more programs offering in-home children’s mental health services are preparing to close in Hartford and New Britain, leaving nonprofits scrambling to find other ways to work with children with […]...
View ArticleUConn Study Shows Why Latinos Suffer Most from Affordable Housing Shortage,...
HARTFORD -- Charles Venator Santiago, a professor in the Department of Political Science at UConn, told CT Examiner that all of his focus groups showed the same thing — housing […] The post UConn Study...
View ArticleConnecticut Senate Advances Bill Requiring Colleges to Disclose Legacy...
HARTFORD — Legacy admissions to private colleges and universities in Connecticut may come under increased scrutiny after a bill requiring institutions to report student enrollment data passed the...
View ArticleDivided House Passes Major Climate Bill, Heads to Senate
HARTFORD — The state House voted late Wednesday to advance a comprehensive climate bill which declares that Connecticut is in a climate crisis, and includes other provisions addressing energy...
View ArticleState House OKs $1,800 One-Time Payments for Child Care Teachers
HARTFORD — Child care teachers will be eligible to receive an $1,800 one-time payment from the state next year under a bill that passed the House on Friday. “The majority […] The post State House OKs...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Ease Teacher Certification and Abuse Reporting Requirements
HARTFORD — Prompted by a surge of calls to the Department of Children and Families alleging abuse or neglect and a statewide teacher shortage, the state House of voted unanimously […] The post House...
View ArticleState House Passes Election Reform Bill Following Bridgeport Scandal
HARTFORD — The state House unanimously backed a bill intended to reform state elections following the Bridgeport absentee ballot scandal, despite lingering concerns from Republicans that the measure...
View ArticleHouse Passes Transit Oriented Development Bill Favoring Towns Opting in for...
HARTFORD — On Friday night, the House passed a Transit Oriented Development bill that would prioritize state infrastructure funding for towns that create a transit housing district around their bus...
View ArticleA Sharp Partisan Split on Drones as Senate Passes Consumer Protection Omnibus...
HARTFORD – A comprehensive and recently amended bill on consumer protection passed the state Senate 26-10, primarily along party lines early Saturday morning, as the section on prohibiting drones...
View ArticleFiscal Guardrails a Hot Topic at the Capitol
HARTFORD – For the last few years, a number of House and Senate Republicans have lined up behind Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont praising him for – in their view – […] The post Fiscal Guardrails a Hot Topic...
View ArticleFuture of AI Regulation Bill Uncertain as Deadline Nears
HARTFORD — Will a bill aimed at regulating artificial intelligence die or undergo broad revisions? That’s the question several lawmakers, including chief bill proponent State Sen. James Maroney, D......
View ArticleState Legislators Unveil Massive Spending Bill, Including Millions for Higher...
HARTFORD — Legislators today unveiled a massive spending bill that includes millions for the state colleges and universities, nonprofits and childcare. The funding comes from uns... Haven’t...
View ArticleTop Republicans Challenge Legal Basis for Democratic Plan to Spend Federal...
HARTFORD – Top Republicans in the legislature are appealing to Democratic Attorney General William Tong for his opinion on whether a Democratic plan to distribute more than $360 million of […] The post...
View ArticleConnecticut Legislature Passes Coerced Debt Bill, Heads to Governor
HARTFORD — Late Tuesday, the state Senate passed a bill designed to offer victims of coerced debt legal resources against their abusers and to enhance cooperation between victims and financial […] The...
View ArticleHeated Debate as State Senate Opts to Use Last COVID Funds for Higher Ed,...
HARTFORD — A heated debate over whether a bill allocating the last of the federal coronavirus relief funds to higher education and nonprofits would violate the state’s fiscal constraints stretched […]...
View ArticleLawmakers Call for Curbing School Construction Costs as Spending Surges
HARTFORD — Amid escalating costs for school construction bonds, House Democrats acknowledged on Tuesday the need to curb spending on school renovations and new building projects, admitting that...
View Article$2.5 Billion Bonding Bill Wins Broad Bipartisan Support in 31-1 Vote
HARTFORD — A hodgepodge of projects and programs spanning from addressing entrenched poverty, to university construction, to grants for purchasing drones, was voted through the legislature Tuesday...
View ArticleClimate Bill, A.I., Consumer Protection Bills Fall Short as Lawmakers Wrap Up...
HARTFORD – It's not what passed, it's what didn't pass, that may define this year's short legislative session, including a broad-reaching climate change bill, a consumer protection omnibus, and a […]...
View ArticleLamont Nixes State Funding for Striking Workers
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that he would not support a bill passed late Wednesday night providing money to workers who go on strike. The legislation, which passed […] The post Lamont...
View ArticleFailed Health Care Reforms Highlight Tensions Between State and Hospitals
HARTFORD — At the close of a legislative session that failed to restrict private equity firms from purchasing hospitals, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that Connecticut needed to hold hospitals […] The...
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