The Connecticut legislature is considering legislation that would make a number of changes in state law, all under the umbrella of “traffic mitigation,” according to the bill’s title - ranging from the management of traffic accidents to the use of drones and high occupancy vehicle lanes.
Read MoreConnecticut, with 169 municipalities, has 94 separate and distinct municipal police departments employing a total of 6,527 police officers. Nineteen of the departments employ 100 or more police officers.
Read MoreMore than 500 guns were purchased and 350 gun safes were distributed on a Saturday in October in Connecticut, in what was billed as the first Statewide Gun Buyback. Participating communities, under the umbrella of the #KeepKids Safe initiative, included Bridgeport, Guilford, Hartford, Newtown, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury.
Read MoreThe Connecticut legislature established a 10-member task force to study ways to protect seniors from fraud, this past spring. The task force must report its findings and recommendations to the Aging and Human Services committees of the legislature by the first of next month, January 1, 2022.
Read MoreNearly two-thirds of Connecticut hospitals earned a grade of A or B in an annual report grading hospitals across the nation, including Connecticut, based on an array of safety factors.
Read MoreThe Attorneys General of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey are pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten controls on air pollution emitted by heavy-duty trucks in the tri-state region.
Read MoreGraphic photos showing an array of severe consequences of smoking, which will be printed on all cigarette packages in the U.S. beginning in October 2022, will save an estimated 539,000 lives over the remainder of this century, according to new research by the Yale School of Public Health and a group of public health researchers at institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
Read MoreFourth grade, it turns out, is the perfect time to teach bicycle safety. Bike Walk Connecticut has developed a comprehensive bike education curriculum and a growing number of towns are signing on.
Read MoreThe Connecticut legislature passed a bushel full of laws related in some way to transportation during the 2021 legislative session, including numerous new laws with far-reaching impact. The Office of Legislative Research has highlighted the new laws.
Read MoreThere was substantial flooding in Connecticut this week, from a relatively mild brush with a hurricane-turned-tropical storm. It could have been considerably worse. It was, however, a reminder of the damage that flooding can do along the state’s coastline, and inland. And in the years ahead, a new report predicts it will get worse, and we ought to start preparing now.
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