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State Senate declares racism a public-health crisis
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State Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams, D-Meriden, co-chairman of the legislative Public Health Committee.Contributed photo / Mary Abrams /Show MoreShow Less
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State Sen. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield, the top Republican on the legislative Public Health Committee.Contributed / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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HARTFORD A year after the Black Lives Matter movement changed the national conversation on racial equity, and disparities in health, money and justice disparities, the state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would declare racism a public health crisis.
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Senate Democrats vote to strengthen hand of public unions
The bill is a counterweight to the Supreme Court opinion issued three years ago in Janus v. AFSCME.
The main players in the labor debate: Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, and Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott.
Senate Democrats rallied Thursday behind a bill intended to help public-sector unions maintain or grow membership in the face of an adverse decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
On a 22-13 vote, the Senate approved and sent to the House a measure sought by organized labor as a counterweight to the 5-4 opinion issued three years ago in Janus v. AFSCME.
By Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror
In November, two months before Connecticut’s General Assembly convened for the 2021 regular session, lawmakers stood under the portico at the front of the state Capitol and pledged to tackle the cost of health care and access to medical services, mainly through a public option bill.
Three months later, on the same day he released his biennial budget proposal, Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled his own legislation aimed at addressing health care reform that included an annual cap on prescription drug costs.
But momentum surrounding both ambitious bills has slowed with only a month left in the session and opposition mounting. Legislative leaders now say Lamont’s prescription drug cap, though well-intentioned, would be a tough sell in a year when Pfizer and other drug companies are producing life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. And an infusion of federal money that has helped fund additional subsidies on Connecticut’s insurance exchange has unde