Beware of what you write on social media because thin-skinned elected officials might be able to tattle if a new bill studying online harassment passes. On March 20, the Government Administration and Elections Committee heard […]
Policy Brief
Only in government can bad ideas breathe new life The Environment Committee is meeting Friday (March 24) to vote on a bill that would allow the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to implement […]
The University of Connecticut (UConn) and the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) are requesting lawmakers provide more funding for capital improvement projects than allocated in Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget. Dr. Radenka Marci, […]
Connecticut lawmakers have introduced several bills that would expand the state’s and local housing authorities’ eminent domain powers for environmental protection purposes, as well as the creation of bike paths. H.B. 6593 — An Act Concerning […]
Last month, the Connecticut Comptroller’s Office released its statutorily required report on savings generated by Gov. Dannel Malloy’s 2017 deal with the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), which consists of 15 unions representing 45,000 […]
Ricky Bobby, a character from the racing comedy movie Talladega Nights, has the life motto, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” Well Connecticut is first — but also last, disappointedly topping yet another list as […]
Connecticut legislators are proposing an amendment that would provide new “inherent, inalienable, and indefeasible” environmental rights to the state constitution. The proposed amendment states that each Connecticut resident shall have the “individual right to clean […]
Since the November elections, Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers have proposed revisiting the way Connecticut residents vote, offering ranked choice voting as an alternative. Several pieces of legislation have been introduced, including House Bill 5712 […]
Labor unions may have been given access to the private information of 68 million citizens who received free COVID-19 test kits from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The permission to sensitive data was discovered by […]
Earlier this year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission set the national conversation ablaze, receiving immediate backlash for stating that a ban on natural gas stoves was “on the table,” according to its commissioner. […]
