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House Leaders Highlight Budget Clashes, Library Issues in Final Sessions

2 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

With the clock ticking down on the legislative session, House leadership gathered at the Capitol Tuesday morning and covered a wide variety of topics, from tense budget reflections to a forceful rebuke of cultural distractions.
Sweeping Energy Reform Bill Passes House 144-3, Heads to Lamont’s Desk

3 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

In one of the most widely anticipated legislative actions this session, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 4 on Tuesday night with a bipartisan 144-3 vote. The wide-ranging legislation seeks to lower electricity rates, modernize the electric grid, expand oversight of utility companies and prepare for a decarbonized energy future. The Senate had approved the measure 34-1 on Monday. It now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont, who has confirmed he will sign it.
XL Center Officially Renamed PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford Ceremony

3 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

HARTFORD, CT — The downtown Hartford arena known for years as the XL Center has officially entered a new chapter. At a press event earlier this week, officials from PeoplesBank, Oak View Group and the Capital Region Development Authority joined Gov. Ned Lamont to unveil the venue’s new name: PeoplesBank Arena. The arena, which opened in 1975 as the Hartford Civic Center, became the XL Center in 2007 under a naming rights deal with XL Group that averaged about $450,000 to $500,000 per year.
FEMA Unprepared For Disasters

3 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Pat Bagley

Pat Bagley is the staff cartoonist for The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City, Utah, and an author and illustrator of several books. His cartoons are syndicated nationally by Cagle Cartoons. The views, opinions, positions, or strategies expressed by the author are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of CTNewsJunkie.com. More by Pat Bagley, Editorial Cartoonist
Senate Passes Sweeping Energy Affordability Bill With Bipartisan Backing

4 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

HARTFORD, CT — The Connecticut Senate on Monday overwhelmingly approved a comprehensive energy affordability bill designed to cut utility costs, protect ratepayers, and modernize the state’s electric grid. The final vote was 34-1 withSen. John Fonfara, D-Hartford voting against it Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, listed as absent or not votin. The legislation now heads to the House for consideration.
Hospitals Warn Budget Will Worsen Healthcare Crisis As Federal Cuts Loom

4 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Karla Ciaglo

HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut hospitals and community health centers are warning that the state’s new biennial budget — stacked with a $375 million tax increase on hospitals, cuts to provider payments, and no Medicaid reimbursement rate increases — will leave the state’s healthcare system dangerously exposed as cuts to federal Medicaid funding loom.
Analysis | If It Passes, Congressional Bill Would Make 140,000 More People Uninsured In Connecticut

5 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Ellen Andrews

If the current US House budget proposal passes into law, experts estimate that 140,000 more Connecticut residents will lose health coverage. They will join the 195,000 currently uninsured state residents and Connecticut’s uninsured numbers will rise to the highest level in 20 years. Losing coverage is not good for the uninsured, both their physical and financial health.
House Budget Ball In Senate Court

5 days ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | R.J. Matson

R.J. Matson draws editorial cartoons for CQ Roll Call. His cartoons are syndicated nationally by Cagle Cartoons. The views, opinions, positions, or strategies expressed by the artist are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of CTNewsJunkie.com. More by R.J. Matson, Editorial Cartoonist
Opinion | Poetic Justice Denied As Rowland Receives Belated Pardon From Trump

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Terry Cowgill

Contrary to what famed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, there are indeed second acts in the lives of Americans. And as former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland just discovered, there are even third acts if you can find a president shameless enough to grant them. It shouldn’t come as a great surprise that Rowland, a twice-convicted felon, was one of the beneficiaries of a string of pardons issued Wednesday by President Donald Trump. But on a practical level, Trump’s action makes little sense.
Advocates Raise Alarm Over Potential Changes To State Energy Policy

1 week ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Jamil Ragland

HARTFORD, CT — Under the watchful eye of the Nathan Hale statue in the state Capitol building Thursday afternoon, advocates asked leaders in the General Assembly to maintain multiple energy assistance programs that they say are at risk of being gutted or outright removed in the waning days of the legislative session. “We’re here with a broad coalition of groups, including Connecticut Citizens Action Group, Sierra Club, AARP, Save the Sound, Environment Connecticut, and others,” said Rep.