A variety of news topics of interest to progressive thinkers in Connecticut
Campaign finance, minimum wage bills in the mix despite budget crush By Kyle Constable, CT Mirror, May 23, 2017 It’s easy to forget the General Assembly will pass legislation this year that isn’t the state budget. With Connecticut facing a…
AP Exclusive: CEOs got biggest raise since 2013 by Stan Choe, Associated Press, May 23, 2017 The typical CEO at the biggest U.S. companies got an 8.5 percent raise last year, raking in $11.5 million in salary, stock and other compensation…
Fasts End As Grads, Protesters Fill Streets by LUCY GELLMAN | May 22, 2017 3:13 pm – New Haven Independent Paul Bass Photo Two separated seas of gowns — one orange, one black — replaced cars on New Haven’s streets, as…
Swath of States Experiencing Hottest Year to Date By Andrea Thompson Published: May 8th, 2017, Climate Central For a swath of states from New Mexico over to Florida and up to Ohio, 2017 has been the hottest year on record…
CT’s lodging industry copes with Airbnb competition BY PATRICIA DADDONA, Hartford Business Journal 5/22/2017 IMAGE | CNN Hotels, cottages, inns and bed-and-breakfasts have long had a stranglehold on a lodging industry aimed at satisfying travelers’ desires to stay someplace…
Jon Lender: Watchdog Agency May Get Ax, Just As It’s Begun Looking Into Tech-Schools Scandal Jon LenderContact Reporter – Hartford Courant – May 19, 2017 Connecticut’s watchdog agency for contracting—created by lawmakers after the Rowland corruption scandal, but neglected and starved…
Paul Filson, May 18, 2017 Reverend Dr. Damaris Whitaker from the Center Church in Downtown Hartford celebrated the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass by dedicating a memorial plaque and a court yard at the church. The ceremony was attended by more…
Joe Lieberman Would Be an Awful Pick for FBI Director But Trump seems likely to pick him anyway Former Sen. Joe Lieberman is reported to be the frontrunner for the FBI director position that was left vacant when Trump fired…
A unanimous House votes for oversight bill vetoed last year By: MARK PAZNIOKAS | May 17, 2017 Connecticut’s legislators acted Wednesday for the second time in two years to require independent oversight of the millions of dollars in grants, loans,…
Advocates say cutting Connecticut energy efficiency funds a mistake By Luther Turmelle, The Middletown Press, 05/17/17 Officials with a regional energy and environmental advocacy group say diverting money from Connecticut’s energy efficiency programs to help balance the state’s budget will cause…