Senate GOP: Overhauling labor laws would save more than concessions By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | May 31, 2017, CT Mirror, KYLE CONSTABLE / CTMIRROR.ORG Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, is joined by other members of the Senate Republican…
Let’s eliminate the pharmaceutical ‘gag order’ that costs patients money Shaina Smith, U.S. Pain Foundation – in CT Mirror The U.S. Pain Foundation was founded back in 2003, and while we have grown to become the leading patient advocacy organization with…
What are Connecticut’s population trends and who is migrating? Primary Author: Manisha Srivastava, CT Office of Policy and Management – Contributor: Michelle Riordan-Nold, CT Data Collaborative – But there are positive trends. The state gains prime working age adults and…
Connecticut’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): In a Low-Wage Economy, the EITC is More Important than Ever Derek Thomas, M.P.A and Ray Noonan – CT Voices for Children Every job should allow parents to provide food, shelter, and financial security…
State pondering ending car tax cap May 29, 2017 – by Paul Hughes and Michael Puffer, Republican-American – HARTFORD — Car owners in Naugatuck and other high-tax towns could end up paying a lot more in the coming year or…
The Risks of U.S. Inaction on Climate Change Via NYTimes To the Editor: Re “Fighting Trump on Climate, California Becomes a Global Force” (“Runaway State” series, front page, May 25): Climate change is not an us-versus-them issue; it affects all…
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Study dispels myth about millionaire migration in the US May 26, 2016 — American Sociological Association — Published in Science Daily Summary: The view that the rich are highly mobile has gained much political traction in recent years and has…
Closing Connecticut Community Colleges Wrongheaded CSCU President Mark Ojakian at a town hall meeting in Middletown on proposed cuts and reorganization to the state colleges and universities system. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant) By ELIZABETH KEIFER — opinion in Hartford…
Malloy: I’m not sure parks will open on July 1st By Mark Davis, News 8 Chief Capitol CorrespondentPublished: May 25, 2017, HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — With the long Memorial Day weekend upon us, the state budget crisis is casting a…