Page 8 - Act Concerning News Today

Family: Changing name of Jennifers Law is deeply offensive FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This undated file photo provided by the New Canaan, Conn., Police Department shows Jennifer Dulos. In January 2020, police charged her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, with murder after she had gone missing months earlier amid contentious divorce and child custody proceedings. Her remains were never found despite extensive searches. (New Canaan Police Department via AP, File)Associated Press Advocates for “J...

Law inspired by Jennifer Dulos moves forward - but with new name FacebookTwitterEmail A file photo of state Sen. Alex Kasser.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media A bill aimed at expanding the definition for domestic violence in Connecticut has been combined with another proposal and is headed to the full state Senate — but without the names of the two women who advocates say inspired it. The bill was first introduced as Senate Bill 1060, or Jennifer’s Law, after Jennifer Dulos, the New...

I had no symptoms at all. 38%, 8 votes 8 votes 38% I have yet to get it. 33%, 7 votes 7 votes 33% I had minor symptons, nothing too bad though. 29%, 6 votes 6 votes 29% It was pretty bad. 0%, 0 votes 0 votes I wanted to die. It was awful. 0%, 0 votes 0 votes Total Votes: 21 Only registered users can vote. Login to vote. Poll Options are limited because JavaScript is disabled in your browser. I had no symptoms at all. 38%, 8 votes 8 votes 38% ...

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Colorado becomes the latest US state to introduce a new data privacy bill; Publicis Groupe acquire Balance Internet; and Magna forecast that the US ad market will recover more quickly than previously expected.   Colorado considers new consumer privacy law Colorado has become the latest US state to propose revamping its consumer privacy laws. State senators presented a new bill to Colorado lawmakers last month which will extend further protections to inter...

Vice Is In For A SPAC-ING Is there another SPAC-driven media merger on the horizon? According to The Information, Vice Media is in “advanced talks” to go public by merging with 7GC & Co Holdings. Vice had apparently met with other SPACs in the past, but this one is really progressing. 7GC is led by investor Jack Leeney, who’s also taken stakes in Cheddar, which was bought by Altice two years ago. Vice will likely see a drastic reduction from its peak value of $5.7 billion some years back....

Rich Cosgrove: Womens suffrage and the growth of womens rights Rich Cosgrove Remembering the progress of women’s suffrage in the United States is precisely to what Women’s History Month is dedicated. Although there has been much improvement in how women are treated in the real estate community, there was a time where women did not have the same fair and equal treatment as our male counterparts. On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified after nearly a century of continuous protests f...

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Employers can expect an active 2021 Connecticut General Assembly since the 2020 legislative session was cut short. (The session lasted a little over a month before it was suspended on March 12, 2020, due to the pandemic and then officially adjourned on May 6, 2020.) This year’s session commenced on January 6, 2021, and it will adjourn on June 9, 2021. However, before the legislative session even started, Connecticut employers had to address a new 0.5 percen...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Employers can expect an active 2021 Connecticut General Assembly since the 2020 legislative session was cut short. (The session lasted a little over a month before it was suspended on March 12, 2020, due to the pandemic and then officially adjourned on May 6, 2020.) This year’s session commenced on January 6, 2021, and it will adjourn on June 9, 2021. However, before the legislative session even started, Connecticut employers had to...

Democratic leaders of the legislature’s public health committee said Wednesday they will again push a bill to end religious exemptions for vaccinations among Connecticut schoolchildren over Republican objections that the committee should focus on less controversial and coronavirus-related matters.