by Zack Albert | Apr 10, 2013 | Blog, Taxes & Spending
On April 5th, as legislators in Hartford prepared to debate and vote on the budget and gun control legislation, the Hartford Courant released an article by Kevin Rennie which described a seemingly childish bureaucratic dispute. The story described a complaint lodged...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 9, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, Politics
In response to the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings, Connecticut enacted last week one of the nation’s strictest gun-control laws, but the 140-page law isn’t just about limiting access to firearms. The Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety Act comes...
by Suzanne Bates | Apr 8, 2013 | Commentary, General, Politics
COMMENTARY A discussion about the effect of media violence on society was briefly held after the atrocities of the Newtown shootings. Lately the conversation fizzled while our attention was fixed on other things. Let’s restart it. Does watching violence, listening to...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 3, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
Legislators are considering limits on a state program that allows inmates to earn time off their sentence as part of comprehensive legislation in response to the tragic school shooting in Newtown. The changes would restrict the program to only non-violent offenders....
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 2, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, Politics
Advocacy organizations and many Connecticut residents are united in opposing a bill mandating the psychiatric screening of children and teenagers in Connecticut. S.B. 374, An Act Requiring Behavioral Health Assessments for Children, would require schools to administer...