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Marijuana under cultivation indoors where light, temperature and humidity are controlled. Fred Carstensen’s article analyzing the revenue prospects of legalized recreational marijuana on the future of Connecticut’s economic recovery, to be fair, should also analyze the socioeconomic costs involved with its passage to present an accurate picture of the overall fiscal impact on the economy. Clearly, the professor’s article does not advocate for or against its passage, but I am sure that the proponents of the bill to legalize it will use the information as a means to justify its adoption.�...

The political roadhouse brawl about the State Pier A rendering of the State Pier facility in New London after infrastructure improvements in the approved plan. Op-eds, insults, pink paint, and felony charges flying as two chairmen, an executive Director and office manager at the Port Authority all lost their jobs. Meanwhile, the Attorney General’s investigation of the Connecticut Port Authority is dragging through its second year. The press outside of Southeastern Connecticut seems largely unaware of the political roadhouse brawl going on at State Pier over plans to fill 7 ½ acres of the d...

Rebuttal: Zoning reform is long overdue In a March 24 opinion piece titled A plea for a hold on zoning reform, author Alexis Harrison of Fairfield attacked H.B. 6107 and (without naming it) S.B. 1024. As a fellow Fairfield County resident (from the neighboring town of Trumbull) who thinks zoning reform is one key to building a more prosperous and inclusive Connecticut, I’d like to counter its claims and make an argument of my own. Thomas Broderick Her March 24  piece involved a series of somewhat meandering claims, but the core assertions were that: H.B. 6107, an affordable housing bill, w...

Physician-aided death is not healthcare We just passed the year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers have been saving lives and comforting the dying one breathing tube at a time. We have been working double and triple shifts, we’ve cried as we have lost patients and comforted families, and we have been called heroes. And now, for some reason, legislation to enact physician-assisted death is up for discussion: H.B. No. 6425, An Act Concerning Aid In Dying For Terminally Ill Patients. As someone who works within a healthcare setting, I would like to know who in our hospitals is a...

Why we have to target racism to improve health outcomes Kaiser Family Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic affects us all, but it has taken an especially severe toll on Black and Hispanic state residents, magnifying inequities that have long produced worse health outcomes for people of color. Petronella Photography Tiffany Donelson This reality has led to many policy proposals to address health inequities, as well as conversations that center on the role of racism in producing disparate health outcomes. In response, some have asked why focus on race or racism, rather than other factors, such as i...