Does Ct.'s Insurance Plan for Middle-Class Families Threaten the Health of its Poorest Citizens?
New Haven Advocate |
July 29, 2008
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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
Ned Lamont Is Running for Connecticut Governornew
Lamont may not be technically running for governor, in the stage-managed press conference sort of way. That day may never come. He may bail on the idea before spending a dime on party balloons or polling. But he's doing everything that a candidate running for office does at this stage of the game.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
05-19-2009 |
Politics
Tags: Ned Lamont, Connecticut
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
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The Barter Economy Chugs Along While Paying Jobs Remain Hard to Come Bynew
Welcome to the bartering economy, a system of no-money trading that experts say is booming in Connecticut and across the globe. It turns out to be one area that the Great Recession has actually helped.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
09-27-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: jobs
What Mowing Your Lawn Is Doing To The Planetnew
Americans reportedly dump more than 80 million pounds of pesticides and other chemicals onto their lawns and gardens every year. Aside from the potential risks for people and animals coming into direct contact with this toxic crap, pesticides get washed into streams and rivers, ending up as marine pollution.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
05-24-2011 |
Environment
Medical Marijuana Closer to Legalization in CTnew
Rhode Island and New Jersey aren’t often put in the beacons-of-light category, but Connecticut is right now looking to those two states to help illuminate the tricky pathway toward state-sanctioned growing and sale of medical marijuana.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
04-26-2011 |
Drugs
Framed for Murder?new
Recanted testimony bolsters another New Haven, Conn. man’s fight for freedom.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Why Do Catholic Priests Molest Kids?new
The question is as simple as it is hard to answer.
New Haven Advocate |
Kimberly B. George |
04-27-2010 |
Religion
