Tag: Connecticut
Private equity looted Connecticut hospitals, leaving patients and staff in crisis
A new Senate report reveals how private equity firms gutted community hospitals, endangered patients, and left taxpayers and workers to clean up the mess.
The boldest step to close the racial wealth divide in generations
Connecticut’s Baby Bond program, which launches in July, and similar proposals across the country show that we may finally be willing to take the next step.
Victory for workers: Connecticut passes legislation raising state’s minimum wage to...
Connecticut now joins New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland by passing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023.
Why are Democrats trying to end the independence of the Green...
This attempted takeover of the Connecticut Greens shows the Democratic Party does not want competition from an authentic third party that stands in opposition to the two corporate-funded parties.
10 years ago, Connecticut got big money out of its elections....
The landmark public financing system is under threat.
BREAKING: Connecticut To Automatically Register 400,000 Voters
Connecticut becomes the fifth state to adopt this policy to make it easier to vote.
Connecticut Ends Veteran Homelessness
Now two states in the nation, Connecticut and Vermont, have a system in place to make sure that all homeless Veterans can find permanent housing within 60 days.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...
The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Searching for solace in a nuclearized world
The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.
Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war
Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.