CT tax fairness debate heats up with new pandemic relief
Keith Phaneuf, ctmirror.org
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The Capitol building in Hartford, Conn., on Sunday Jan. 17, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
Connecticut’s tax fairness debate shifted into high gear Monday, even as last-minute restrictions on federal pandemic relief complicated efforts to cut taxes in the next state budget.
Hundreds of residents testified in favor of a progressive plan to finance tax cuts for the poor and key investments in education and health care with billions in tax hikes on wealthy households and corporations.
And while a tax redistribution plan of that scale faces a seemingly insurmountable roadblock in Gov. Ned Lamont, progressives remain hopeful 2021 will be a landmark year for their cause.
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Women s History Month: The Work Must Be Done: Women of Color and the Right to Vote on Monday, March 22, 2021 at 6:30pm
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Inspired by the words of notable African American reformer and political activist, Mary Townsend Seymour, “the work must be done”, the Connecticut Historical Society presents exciting new research about Connecticut’s women of color who worked for women’s suffrage.
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Gina has appeared on CNN, PBS, the BBC, 20/20, 48 Hours, the Today Show, NPR, and Oprah as an expert on women, humor, and cultural politics. One of the first women to graduate from Dartmouth College in its early years of coeducation, she was the first woman to be named Alumni scholar by that college; her papers have been requested by Dartmouth’s special collections library. She was a Reynolds’s Fellow at New Hall (now Murray Edwards) College at Cambridge University and received her Ph.D. at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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Few tenants facing eviction have an attorney. Top lawmakers are poised to change that.
Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org
A group of people protest outside the Hartford apartment of a woman facing eviction during a snowstorm Feb. 18. She had an attorney and the decision was delayed while a settlement is being negotiated. On that same day, judges across the state gave permission for eight landlords to evict tenants. None of those tenants had an attorney.
Facing eviction this winter, Alice attempted to email to Hartford Housing Court the documents needed to qualify for the eviction moratorium program established by the federal government during the pandemic, but her paperwork didn’t arrive.