Clarice Silber
Connecticut Mirror
Matawan, NJ, United States
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Lamont wants to take a big-table approach to state budget
Gov. Lamont is using his first budget to start a conversation, rather than drive specific solutions, about a host of key issues ranging from tolls and sports betting to recreational marijuana and labor cost-savings. → Read More
Lamont's health budget vs Connecticut hospitals
Gov. Ned Lamont’s new budget replaces a previously approved tax cut for hospitals with a $43 million tax hike. → Read More
Lawmakers take up bills to strengthen felons' voting rights, change inmate count practice
Connecticut is one of 22 states where felons lose their voting rights during incarceration. → Read More
Senate GOP calls for public-private partnerships, new tax incentives
Republican lawmakers aim to lower government costs by implementing public-private partnerships with state human services agencies. → Read More
Democrats revive 'Time's Up Act' to combat harassment, assault
Senate Democrats announced the tail end of their legislative agenda on Friday, highlighting their focus on strengthening gender equity and passing a revived bill aimed at overhauling Connecticut’s sexual assault and sexual harassment laws. → Read More
Lamont's prison chief questioned about tenure in Utah during confirmation hearing
Corrections nominee Rollin Cook was grilled during a wide spanning confirmation hearing Thursday about his tenure as head of Utah’s department of correction. → Read More
Lawmakers seek to curb youth access to e-cigarettes, tobacco
Connecticut lawmakers are sounding the alarm on teen vaping and tobacco use with a wave of legislation that would impose further restrictions on the products and attempt to curb youth access as states across the country are taking up similar measures. Bills introduced from both sides of the aisle or with bipartisan support include raising … → Read More
Officials say prison population declines have slowed
The shrinking of the state's prison population is hitting a slowdown after several years of dramatic declines. → Read More
Lawmakers take aim at new and revived gun bills
As Connecticut lawmakers tackle the 2019 legislative session over the next five months, legislators are pushing an array of firearm bills that highlight issues regarding gun safety, rights, and reforms. Connecticut has more firearm laws than almost every other state, according to an inventory by Boston University researchers. Many of those laws emerged in response … → Read More
Marijuana legalization debate gets heated at Capitol press conference
The debate over whether Connecticut should legalize recreational marijuana got heated at the State Capitol Wednesday as advocates opposing legalization held a press conference that was repeatedly interrupted by heckling pot supporters. “I believe we really do need to understand the impact that this could have on the state, on our kids, on our families,” said … → Read More
Blumenthal, Murphy, introduce federal gun storage bill
A federal gun storage bill being sponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy would mirror a new state proposal to tighten Connecticut’s own current firearm storage law. At a press conference on Friday amid snow showers, Blumenthal announced the measure as he stood outside Guilford Town Hall with advocates and the parents of Ethan … → Read More
ACLU of Connecticut unveils latest criminal justice priorities
Three formerly incarcerated Connecticut residents working for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Smart Justice campaign unveiled a pair of legislative proposals on Thursday that dovetail with the organization’s nationwide initiative to end racial disparities in the justice system and cut the prison population in half. “The Smart Justice campaign is grounded in the knowledge that … → Read More
Bradley airport workers feeling shutdown pain
Adrian Pellot and his wife Sarah Small are among the roughly 150 Transportation Security Administration agents at Bradley International Airport who missed their first paycheck last week, and the couple’s concerns are mounting as the federal government shutdown rolls into a 24th day. → Read More
Continuing shutdown roils public housing tenants, landlords
Add families who live in public housing or tenants receiving public housing subsidies to the list of those whose lives are being destabilized by the government shutdown soon the become the longest in U.S. history. → Read More
State sued over failure to provide adequate Medicaid transportation
Attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against the state Department of Social Services for failing to provide Medicaid recipients transportation to critical medical appointments, a move that follows dogged complaints about missed pickups and poor customer service for some of Connecticut’s most vulnerable patients. → Read More
Lamont’s optimistic future for CT garners strong reviews
Gov. Ned Lamont’s confident, optimistic appeal to rebuild Connecticut’s economy and state government finances won him strong bipartisan reviews Wednesday. → Read More
Lawmakers find hope in diversity, bipartisanship as 2019 legislative session opens
Legislators opened the 2019 session Wednesday with optimism and lofty goals, insisting diversity and bipartisan cooperation could overcome the budgetary limitations. → Read More
Access Health sees decline in black and Hispanic customer base
With just one week left in open enrollment, Access Health CT has seen overall high levels of customer engagement and turnout, but a decline in its black and Hispanic base. → Read More
Blumenthal, Murphy relaunch effort to broaden gun buyer background checks
Connecticut’s Democratic senators plan to re-introduce a universal background check bill this week that was first proposed six years ago as a response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school. → Read More
Malloy leaves office as national leader on criminal justice reform
On a Monday morning this past July, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sat in a small circle chatting and trading jokes with female inmates at Connecticut’s prison for women in Niantic, where he had gone to mark the opening of a new therapeutic unit. “These women should not be defined by the mistakes of their past. … → Read More