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The county commission met to review project applications that had been submitted for American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding.

Connecticut’s program to replace lost wages and cover medical expenses for frontline workers who caught COVID has stalled due to a low profile and a complicated application process.

You, my dear friend. >> jose, a pleasure to see you again. >> youre a major immigration attorney in the city of new york. talk to us about whats going on in brooklyn today. >> whats happening in brooklyn and whats happening as we saw yesterday in louisiana is pretty much the heart of what daca he and the question of whether then president obama really had authority to take action on daca. so what were seeing in brooklyn today is the legality and constitutionality of daca, whether it should conti...

Connecticut’s program to replace lost wages and cover medical expenses for frontline workers who caught COVID has stalled due to a low profile and a complicated application process. More than six months after the Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Program launched — and one month after lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont dramatically expanded the potential applicant pool — the state has awarded just $361,122, or 1.1%, of the $34 million budget.

“That tells me there’s too much red tape,” said state Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, co-chairwoman of the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee. “We know that the need is out there.”

Workers rights. im curious, for you because that is a representative organization. when you can have a say in what your work life looks like, much our presented of democracy says, what your government can look like. im curious your thoughts on young people getting involved and what messages and two young people who think, oh my vote doesnt really make a. defense >> yes, well definitely that time is now. i think the pandemic really opened up the eyes in this country, especially for us deemed as e...

The baby formula crisis continues in our country. a group of people particularly hurt, farm workers. there are access issues. joining me now, the executive director of an advocacy organization for female farm workers. the reality for women, women working in our communities, agricultural work, that is the formula there has affected them particularly so. >> yes. thank you for inviting me to be part of this and bringing the light of what is our reality. through our national organization, we are rep...

Our immigration system remains broken. theres too much uncertainty. we recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of the daca program but hundreds of thousands of dreamers are still in limbo because of pending litigation. we have this case moving forward. we have the title 42 debate still happening. a lot of work that still needs to happen and congress needs to act in the interest of not just immigrant communities but in the interest of our economy. were going to play such an important role in so...

Africa is rich in culture and many other things, and youth in Africa are opening themselves up to the notion of change-making and revolution.

Hot periods here. we need to be able to grapple with this. it becomes a part of what we want to do aspirationally with the green new deal. we need to look at the impact right now of climate and the well-being of our citizens and start moving, even if it is incrementally, and put resources by the need to be. >> focus on the impact. congressman bonnie watson coleman. thank you for being. here please stay safe. coming up, a new study confirms that essential workers have been risking their lives goi...