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We encourage the committee to amend Senate Bill 846, An Act Concerning the Municipal Gain, the Preparation of Utility Poles and Enterprise Funds for Municipal Broadband Services to require that municipal...
Mass incarceration, combined with disenfranchisement laws, subverts participatory democracy, particularly for communities of color. Restoring the right to vote for people who are incarcerated is a key step...
As an organization that fights for equal opportunity for all, the ACLU-CT supports this bill, which would require the CHRO to conduct a disparity study regarding the state’s set-aside program.
This bill would fill a gap in Connecticut’s anti-discrimination protections by ensuring that employers cannot discriminate against members of the civil air patrol on the basis of their service or on their...
We all want to live in democratic communities, and we value government accountability. When police acquire and use surveillance technology in secret, without public approval or debate, it undermines...
This bill would take steps to protect that privacy by allowing people who share a health insurance plan with others and who are authorized to consent to their own health care to keep the details of their...