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Despite pricey fiscal note, solitary confinement bill passes out of committee Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org Paul Hammer asks for solitary confinement to be stopped in prison at a protest in March. Hammer is a member of a Quaker faith community, New Haven Friends Meeting. He said that Quakers contributed to the introduction of solitary confinement in prison, and his group is trying to help stop it after learning negative impacts on prisoners. Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee voted 30-16 Mo...

Ending solitary confinement will protect lives and also save money SB 1059s Fiscal Note is drastically inflated This year the PROTECT Act, otherwise known as Senate Bill 1059, offers Connecticut an opportunity to address conditions in Connecticut state prisons and jails that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture condemns as “a State-sanctioned policy aimed at purposefully inflicting severe pain… which may well amount to torture.” If passed, the PROTECT Act would end solitary co...

In addition to bills described in our last post, the General Assembly’s Education Committee approved and advanced out of committee the following funding-related and “omnibus” bills, including bills reaffirming the Committee’s affinity for “task forces” and “studies.”  Here is a summary of these bills (which now await action by the full General Assembly):   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS H.B. No. 6617 (“ An Act Concerning Authorization Of State Grant Commitments For School Building ...

Virginia’s minimum wage increased for the first time in about 12 years from the federally mandated minimum of $7.25 to $9.50 an hour Saturday, and employers are bracing for another increase to $11 an hour Jan. 1.

The time is now to create the CT Office of Community Gun Violence Prevention Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, organized a news conference in mid-April following the shooting death of a three-year old in Hartford. On Friday, she convened a joint informational committee hearing to hear about gun violence intervention and prevention. On a recent Saturday in Hartford, 3-year-old Randell Jones was shot and killed while sitting in a car with his siblings. Later that afternoon, just a mile away, 16-y...

Stephen Haner With Virginia’s fiscal year now three-quarters complete, and basically one year since the depths of the COVID-19 recession, state tax revenue are soaring. Despite reports that the boom results from the economic rebound, it remains clear that changes in tax policy under Gov. Ralph Northam are the major driver. Usually the state financial reports compare results year over year. Instead, compare the recent data to four years ago. Four years ago it was Gov.Terry McAul...

Reply Taxes on capital gains, heavy trucks and high-earners are atop the list of taxes that Democrats have added to Gov. Ned Lamonts proposed two-year, $46 billion budget. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — Taxes on capital gains, heavy trucks and high-earners are atop the list of taxes that Democrats have added to Gov. Ned Lamonts proposed two-year, $46 billion budget. On Thursday, Lamont dug in his heels and said he would not sign the document that emerged from the legislatures finance committee ...

Reply April 27, 2021 The General Assemblys Appropriations Committee passed its proposed budget for the 2021-2023 biennium. HB 6439 contains essential education funding changes sought by the Education Justice Now campaign, of which ConnCAN is a core member. Subscribe Reverses the Governors proposed freeze to the ECS phase-in; Increases ECS funding for English Language Learners (ELL) and concentrated poverty, sending much-needed resources to Connecticuts highest-need traditional school district...

Bill on mandatory school vaccinations advances over GOP complaints FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 In February 2020, thousands of people gathered in the State Capitol complex to protest a bill that would repeal the religious exemption from mandatory childhood vaccinations. The bill was abandoned when the General Assembly ended its session in the pandemic, but this year the bill is heading for a vote in the House of Representatives.Ken Dixon /Show MoreShow Less 2of8 State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, ...

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