A variety of news topics of interest to progressive thinkers in Connecticut
Solid Gains in Health, Education Require Continued Investment Amid Discussion of Budget Cuts posted by Gwendolyn Pastor June 13, 2017 Today, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released their 2017 Kids Count Data Book. The data book ranks each state’s child…
GOP Tax Plans Would Emulate Failed Kansas Experiment Massive tax cuts Kansas enacted in 2012 were among the largest ever adopted by a state, and delivered lopsided benefits to the wealthy. Key architects of Kansas’ tax cuts, including Governor Sam…
Would-be Democratic governors speak of taxes, red lines, ‘fiscal mess’ KYLE CONSTABLE | CT MIRROR There is little consensus in the General Assembly on how to craft the next two-year state budget even through the legislature adjourned its regular session…
Boughton pushes for state income tax repeal By Neil Vigdor–CTPost Photo: Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media Mark Boughton is molding himself as the anti-Lowell Weicker Jr. The longtime Danbury mayor — trying to separate himself from a pack…
Bail reform wins final passage in Senate By: Mark Pazniokas and Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror Bail reforms intended to ensure that indigent defendants are not jailed simply for lack of resources won final passage in the Senate early Wednesday…
Rep. Jim Himes on CNN’s “New Day.” (Screengrab: CNN) Taylor Rogers – Yahoo News – June 6, 2017– Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., didn’t mince words Tuesday when he responded to President Trump’s provocative tweets following last weekend’s terror attack in London. “What Donald Trump…
House passes new limits on solitary confinement By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | June 6, 2017 — CT Mirror The House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure late Monday to prohibit incarcerated minors from being placed in solitary confinement. The measure,…
Religious Leaders Arrested At State Capitol While Protesting Budget Cuts Rebecca Lurye — Hartford Courant — Six clergy and seminary members were arrested inside the Capitol on Monday while protesting the state’s planned budget cuts to health care, education and other…
Gimme! Coffee baristas officially vote to be unionized JUNE 1, 2017 BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR _ The Ithaca Voice ITHACA, N.Y. — Seventeen Gimme! Coffee baristas voted today, concluding at 9 p.m., by a vote of 16 to 1 in a National Labor…
Dan Haar: New Long-Term Savings Figures For State Employee Concessions Show It’s A Solid Deal Dan Haar – Hartford Courant Finally some good news for Connecticut’s battered fiscal and economic picture: Early numbers on the long-term effect of the…