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CT, Massachusetts to join to create common strategy on Eversource doubling of electric rates
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoState Senate leaders have greeted positively the announcement that the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority will arrange an interstate public hearing Jan. 3 to address increases in ...
Outrage in Hartford as residents learn bill on sewage ‘won’t be moving forward’ as is
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHartford residents were outraged and disappointed Thursday as they learned that a pending legislative bill that would impose more oversight on the Metropolitan District of Hartford would not ...
Child tax credit, additional hospitality funds among ideas by lawmakers seeking to help CT families,...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn an attempt to help families, senior citizens and restaurants, state legislators debated a panoply of tax proposals Monday as they try to find the right mix as they balance the state’s budget ...
OPINION: Marx must flip votes to flip Senate seat. It won't be easy.
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 5—When the man who twice defeated her, state Sen. Paul Formica, announced he would not seek a fifth term, Democrat Martha Marx had to hope Republicans would nominate a hard-right, Trump ...
Committee assignments put area legislators in key positions
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 14—A slew of state legislative committee appointments during the past week again have state Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, and state Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, among key lawmakers ...
MLK event features civil rights attorney
The Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 13—WINDHAM — A civil rights attorney involved in a case about a Black man killed during a police shootout on Route 32 in Feb. 2019 will be the featured speaker during an event celebrating ...
Connecticut Gov. Lamont looks ahead on Opening Day to tax cuts and legislative cooperation
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKicking off his second term, Gov. Ned Lamont looked forward Wednesday during his annual State of the State Address to middle-class tax cuts and bipartisan cooperation. With a solid election ...
Connecticut, national lawmakers shocked by the loss of State Rep. Quentin Williams: ‘A young, bright...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoConnecticut legislators were shocked to wake up to the news that their friend and colleague, Rep. Quentin Williams, D-Middletown, was killed in a wrong-way car crash early Thursday morning.
CT’s labor advocates applaud bill that would get rid of tipped wages; Restaurant owners say it’s not...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPlans are underway in the state legislature to phase out the current wage earned by tipped workers in a proposal applauded by labor advocates and denounced by restaurant industry insiders. Labor ...
Lamont,lawmakersannounce extra $16 million for free school meals
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 7—"We're asking our schools to do so much and we need them to do so much," Lamont said. "We have to reach the whole kid. We've got to make sure that the kids are ready to learn and that ...
