Ken Dixon

Bridgeport

Reporter and Columnist at Connecticut Post

Government/politics reporter for Hearst CT Media, including Connecticut Post & New Haven Register. Retweets are not endorsements. Tips? [email protected]

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Warehouse worker standards could change in CT as Republicans defend Amazon

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD - Warehouse workers would have added protections on quotas, breaks and reprimands under legislation approved along party lines in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill, which next heads to the Senate, was aimed at promoting better working conditions, said Rep. Manny Sanchez, D-New Britain, co-chairman of the Labor & Public Employees Committee. It would require employers to inform workers of production quotas and allow workers to request related information.
Warehouse worker standards could change in CT as Republicans defend Amazon

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Ken Dixon

The Amazon Fulfillment Center on Old Iron Ore Road on Monday, October 7, 2024, in Windsor. Jim Michaud/Hearst Connecticut MediaState Rep. Manny Sanchez, D-New Britain. works on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the Capitol in Hartford. Jim Michaud / Hearst Connecticut MediaState Rep. Steve Weir of Hebron, a ranking Republican on the legislative Labor and OPublic Employees Committee.
How raises for CT troopers could affect 45K more state employees

1 week ago | darientimes.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD — The General Assembly's budget-writing Appropriations Committee on Monday, over opposition from most minority House Republicans but with the support of GOP senators, approved a new contract for Connecticut State Troopers that would likely set a baseline for upcoming negotiations with about 45,000 unionized employees.
CT Democrats pass 2-year, $55B budget through committee with late addition for special education funds

3 weeks ago | darientimes.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD — The General Assembly's budget-writing Appropriations Committee on Tuesday night approved a two-year, $55.5 billion Democratic budget proposal that would spend slightly more than what Gov. Ned Lamont offered in February.
CT Democrats pitch increased spending in two year, $55.5 billion budget

3 weeks ago | ctpost.com | Ken Dixon

The Connecticut State Capitol, in Hartford, Conn. Jan 24, 2023. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaState Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, left, and Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, co-chairwomen of the legislative Appropriations Committee, at the start of the committee meeting Tuesday in the Legislative Office Building. Ken Dixon/Hearst Connecticut MediaState Rep.
CT Democrats pitch increased spending in two year, $55.5 billion budget

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD - The General Assembly's budget-writing Appropriations Committee on Tuesday was set to approve a two-year $55.5 billion Democratic budget proposal that would spend slightly more than what Gov. Ned Lamont offered in February.
Mother of Dead Road Worker Says 'Slow Down'

3 weeks ago | constructionequipment.com | Ken Dixon

By: Ken DixonSource: The Middletown Press, Conn. (TNS)Apr. 21—MERIDEN — Shari DiDomenico wiped away tears on Monday morning as she recalled the tragic death last year of her 26-year-old son Andrew, a state Department of Transportation road maintenance worker who was struck by an alleged drunken driver on Interstate-91 in Wallingford.
Mother of DOT worker killed on the job asks Connecticut motorists to slow down and pay attention

3 weeks ago | milfordmirror.com | Ken Dixon

MERIDEN — Shari DiDomenico wiped away tears on Monday morning as she recalled the tragic death last year of her 26-year-old son Andrew, a state Department of Transportation road maintenance worker who was struck by an alleged drunken driver on Interstate-91 in Wallingford. She stood on a dirt construction site before about 100 neon-vested and hard-hatted DOT workers, highlighting the theme for National Work Zone Awareness Week as nearby traffic whizzed by on I-91.
How Connecticut could use soda and juice tax to pay for school lunches

1 month ago | ctinsider.com | Ken Dixon

HARTFORD - Connecticut's 500,000 school kids would get free breakfasts and lunches under legislation that would create a two-cents-per-ounce tax on sugary beverages. But the issue showed a sharp divide on Monday in the legislature tax-writing Finance Committee. Article continues below this ad Majority Democrats said it would help with learning and health.
Connecticut approves funding for 800 housing units, Enfield mall project and more

1 month ago | ctpost.com | Ken Dixon

$99.4 million for the Department of Public Health's loan program for public drinking water systems$50 million for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's clean water projects, offering towns and cities grants of up to 20 percent and loans of up to 80 percent of the costs of upgrading local sewage treatment projects. $11 million for improvements to academic, security and other building improvements at Western, Central, Eastern and Southern Connecticut state universities.