Tag Archive for 'general assembly'

Rell’s Broken Calculator

Since I’ve been blogging on a schedule about as light as Governor Rell’s, it’s a good thing that Gabe is keeping us informed on how she’s been playing politics with the budget. He first wrote about the curiously absent $2 billion here, but provides a quick re-cap in his more recent post:
January 20 – [...]

Paid Sick Days Bill Died

Yesterday at midnight marked the end of the 2008 General Assembly session (the “short session”) and one of the bills that passed the Senate but did not even have a chance in the House was the Paid Sick Days Bill. Christine Stuart reports at CT News Junkie:
A bill that would allow workers to accumulate [...]

O’Brien’s Tuition Bill HB 5261

Over at his blog, State Representative Tim O’Brien weighs in on his proposal to eliminate tuition to Connecticut’s public colleges for students willing to remain in the state after graduation:
I introduced this legislation because I think that it is time that Connecticut start talking about the fact that high tuition and fees at our public [...]