Why Privatization Is a Disaster for Any Democratic Society “In a totally free market health care system, you must be willing to let some patients die.” –By Paul Buchheit / AlterNet/ October 5, 2017– Boston, MA-January 15, 2017. Protesters at “Our First…
A massive new study reviews the evidence on whether campaigning works. The answer’s bleak. In general elections, campaigns’ attempts to win swing voters appear to not work at all. Updated by Dylan Matthews@dylanmattdylan@vox.com Sep 28, 2017 Persuading voters to change their minds…
Conn. Higher Ed Students, Faculty Give ‘F’ To Republican Budget CSCU Faculty, stafff and students hold a press conference giving “report cards” to lawmakers unable to pass a budget and for sending Malloy a budget that proposes $93 million in…
UConn pushing hard to avoid GOP budget cuts PHOTO | PETER MORENUS, UCONN –PATRICIA DADDONA – Hartford Business Journal – As UConn and Republican leaders do battle over what the university has called “unprecedented” proposed GOP budget cuts to the university,…
Election advocates warn of return to “Corrupticut” –By Ken Dixon – CTPOST– Tuesday, September 19, 2017 HARTFORD — Election and consumer watchdogs on Tuesday blasted the pending Republican budget, and support Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’ promised veto of a provision that would drastically…
Illustration by Alex Nabaum Redoing the Electoral Math I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong. –BY JOHN B. JUDIS September 14, 2017 — New Republic– If any force on Earth could be powerful enough to unite the Democratic Party,…
For CT, strides and stumbles in quest to spur bioscience industry By Kyle Constable, CTMirror When The Jackson Laboratory selected Farmington as the site of its new genomic medicine center nearly six years ago, the biomedical research giant believed it…
Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations Organized labor is finding creative ways to protect immigrant members and families vulnerable in the Trump era. —By Dave Jamieson — Huffington Post– Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband,…
Report: CT’s low-income jobs on the rise —PATRICIA DADDONA— Hartford Business Journal– Connecticut’s share of low-income jobs has ticked up by 1.3 percentage points since 2011, according to a report from New Haven-based Connecticut Voices for Children. According to the…
Connecticut Business Taxes Actually Among The Lowest In The Nation Corporations can apply tax credits against a maximum of 50.01 percent of total tax liability, instead of 70 percent.(Courtesy of FOXCT) –BILL CIBES — Op-Ed in Hartford Courant– Report shows…