AltWeeklies Wire
Connecticut's Needle Exchange Programs Face the Chopping Blocknew
New Haven launched one of the first needle-exchange programs in the country in 1990, and it became a national model for curbing the spread of AIDS through intravenous drug use. Gov. Jodi Rell's plan to eliminate the entirety of the $455,000 the state spends yearly on needle exchange is pennywise and pound foolish, advocates say, ensuring a spike in infections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
06-16-2009 |
Science
The Mad World of Connecticut Taxi Regs Ain't Farenew
Connecticut closely controls how many cab licenses it gives out on the grounds that fewer cabs guarantees them more money — and that ensures safer, more dependable taxi service.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
04-21-2009 |
Transportation
Tags: Connecticut, taxicabs
Is Connecticut's Hand-Held Cell Phone Ban Making Roads Safer?new
The state makes virtually no effort to track that information and the evidence it has collected may leave you underwhelmed.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
04-07-2009 |
Policy Issues
Connecticut Gov.'s State Budget Is a Real Tear-Jerker, Especially for the Sick and Poornew
There is a fatal flaw in Gov. Jodi Rell's state budget proposal: She promises cuts that'll make you cry but didn't budget any extra for tissues.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
02-17-2009 |
Economy
Connecticut Judges Up for New Terms Get Blowback From Anonymous Defense Lawyersnew
The Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association has supplied members of the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee with anonymous comments on state judges made by dozens of criminal defense lawyers. The vast majority of the comments are positive, but lawmakers are irate that judges would be criticized anonymously.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
01-27-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Connecticut, judicial system
Documents on Operation Front Line Show Innocent Muslims Got Caught in Bush's Dragnetnew
Operation Front Line's stated goal was to disrupt terrorist cells that might be planning an attack during the campaign or on inauguration day. But government documents recently obtained by a team of Yale Law School students and faculty expose the program as a massive fishing expedition that hinged on racial profiling.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
11-25-2008 |
Immigration
Connecticut's Millionaires Can Breathe Easynew
Despite a projected $1 billion deficit, Gov. Jodi Rell remains "uncomfortable" with hiking taxes on the very wealthy.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
11-11-2008 |
Economy
Dude, Where's My Bailout?new
The newspaper biz could use some government help too. An open letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
09-25-2008 |
Economy
Does Ct.'s Insurance Plan for Middle-Class Families Threaten the Health of its Poorest Citizens?new
Dozens of independent health care advocates say the Charter Oak Health Plan -- a new health care plan aimed at healthy middle-class adults -- is threatening to destabilize the state Medicaid program that serves some of the poorest, most at-risk populations.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
07-29-2008 |
Science
News You Can Losenew
The New Haven Register lays off its Capitol reporter, sparking fears about the future of statehouse coverage.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
03-25-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Biz Leaders Want to Kill Connecticut's Business Entity Taxnew
Rethinking the tax to help struggling small businesses might make sense, but as proposed the deal is a corporate giveaway that shifts the tax burden from businesses to families, says Shelley Geballe, president of Connecticut Voices for Children.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
02-12-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Backwater USAnew
Mark Colville got a stiffer punishment for simulating Blackwater USA's slaughter of innocent Iraqi civilians than the mercenaries who actually committed the crime.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-18-2007 |
War
Yale's New Secret Societynew
The Yale University Police Department wants all the power of a regular police force, but none of the accountability.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Who Says There's No Money in Journalism?new
Profit-driven news executives cash in while editors and writers do more with less.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Your Tax Dollars At Warnew
What else could $609 million buy Greater New Haven?
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
04-17-2007 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, Taxes
