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4 weeks ago | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Viktoria Sundqvist |Jamil Ragland |Hudson Kamphausen |Coral Aponte
Posted inJuvenile Justice HARTFORD, CT – For hours, members of the legislative Judiciary Committee heard firsthand testimony about how children – some of them as young as eight years old – are affected by being handcuffed. But in the end, most of the discussion on Senate Bill 1542 centered on balancing the future of juvenile offenders against the rights of the victims of their crimes.
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2 months ago | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Jamil Ragland |Viktoria Sundqvist |Hudson Kamphausen |Doug Hardy
Posted inStamford Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat who has been litigating to try to stop the Trump administration’s activities on several fronts over the past five weeks, said a bomb threat was made at his home in Stamford Friday.
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2 months ago | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Hudson Kamphausen |Jamil Ragland |Karla Ciaglo |Doug Hardy
Skip to content Posted inWorkplace Safety The Labor and Public Employees Committee debated legislation aimed at strengthening protections for striking workers and improving workplace conditions, particularly for warehouse workers at busy distribution centers, during a public hearing Thursday. Posted inLabor Posted inLabor...
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2 months ago | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Jamil Ragland |Hudson Kamphausen |Izetta Asikainen |Brian Scott-Smith
Posted inState Taxes (UPDATED) HARTFORD, CT – On the eve of Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget address to the General Assembly, Senate Republicans revealed a tax relief plan that hinges on state employees agreeing to a two-year salary freeze to save the average Connecticut family about $1,000 a year beginning in 2026.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Jamil Ragland |Hudson Kamphausen |Jordan Rau |Doug Hardy
Posted inElderly Care Covid’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
theinnercitynews.com | Republicans Incensed |Hudson Kamphausen
by Hudson Kamphausen Tong said in his decision – regarding the passage of the omnibus bonding bill (House Bill 5523) and its accompanying implementer, HB 5524 – that a supermajority vote in passing the two bills into law outweighed any prior provision. “When a supermajority of the General Assembly passed House Bill 5523, it superseded and supplanted any prior conflicting provisions – including those.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Hudson Kamphausen
Teachers in Bridgeport were left in the dark for several hours Wednesday about an online threat made against the school district, Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias said Thursday. Bridgeport police arrested a student today in connection to the threat, which was posted on social media, but no other information about the arrest was released.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
theinnercitynews.com | Hudson Kamphausen
Republican Leader Unhappy With Lamont’s Handling Of Agencyby Hudson Kamphausen CTNewsJunkieGov. Ned Lamont on Thursday nominated David A. Arconti, Jr., a former state representative currently serving as vice president of state government relations for United Illuminating, to serve on the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s board as a commissioner.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
ctnewsjunkie.com | Hudson Kamphausen
Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday nominated David A. Arconti, Jr., a former state representative currently serving as vice president of state government relations for United Illuminating, to serve on the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s board as a commissioner. Lamont said he announced Arconti’s nomination after receiving a letter from the current vice chair of PURA’s board, John Betkoski III, announcing his intention to retire at the end of the year.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
theinnercitynews.com | Hudson Kamphausen
by Hudson KamphausenHealthcare education in Connecticut received a significant boost Wednesday with the announcement of two different scholarship grants for future medical professionals.
