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...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 1, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
Connecticut’s early release program is hotly debated by critics questioning the plan’s impact on public safety. For most, prison is the default solution to crime, but some experts question this approach. Imprisonment does not have to be the only answer. Learning about...
by Andrew Parrish | Mar 28, 2013 | General
The three month deadline for the CT General Assembly to pass gun legislation in the wake of Sandy Hook has come and gone. Legislators are now facing pressure to hastily produce any type of strong legislation regarding guns. In the aftermath of Sandy Hook tragedy many...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog, General, Health Care
The health insurance plan selected by Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act insurance exchange as its “benchmark” is no longer affordable to the extent it is no longer even for sale, first reported by Trudy Lieberman writing for the Columbia Journalism...
by Katherine Concepcion | Mar 26, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care
The Department of Public Health’s vaccine inventory is “grossly inaccurate,” according to a recent audit. DPH did not record vaccine supplies, prompting the Auditors of Public Accounts to request a report. Subsequent review of the DPH submission found failure to...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 25, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
State contractors and the people who work for them can make donations to Connecticut’s government and quasi-public agencies, but they can’t talk about them. In 2006, the Citizen’s Ethics Advisory Board held that lobbyists, state contractors and businesses regulated by...
