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DRACUT With the warrant for Monday night’s Town Meeting now shorn of 16 zoning articles, voters will be asked to approve a $96.3 million town budget, which includes nearly $38.2 million for the School Department and $5 million for the Greater Lowell Technical High School.
DRACUT The town could be looking at several years of budget deficits beginning in 2027 due to the possibility of housing developments in East Dracut, constraints on increasing the tax levy and state mandates for increases in net school spending.
Editorial Roundup: New England
Hearst Connecticut Media. June 4, 2021.
Editorial: Declaring racism a public health crisis a bold step for CT, but there’s more to do
Connecticut becomes a better state when it questions its identity. Children of color should see reflections of themselves in classrooms, in workplaces, in the ranks of public safety and in health care.
Lack of representation is one of many challenges in addressing equality, which will never improve through neglect. That’s why we applaud lawmakers showing boldness by declaring racism a public health crisis in Connecticut.
This bill can’t address all manifestations of racism, but health is a wise place to start. This initiative will, among other things, mandate data collection on race and ethnicity in health care; and require the public health commissioner to explore recruitment and retention programs for state health care workers who are people of color.