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Lawmakers and advocates in Connecticut are debating a set of bills meant to make more equitable laws to decide where affordable housing and development happens.
One bill would require certain amounts of affordable multi-family housing near commercial areas. Critics said it would change the character of small towns, and strip local power to set zoning laws.
State Senator Tony Hwang is a Republican from Fairfield. He’s featured in a video produced by opponents of the measures.
“It would have a devastating impact in regards to the community, the sense of neighborhood. But most important of all, consistency with what local input wants to be able to have,” Hwang said.
New U.S. Laws Coming In 2021: Virus Aid, Minimum Wage, Legal Marijuana
As Americans ring in 2021, an array of new laws will take effect from coast to coast. Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that will take effect in the new year.
New COVID and health care laws
Virus-related laws include those offering help to essential workers, boosting unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees. A resolution in Alabama formally encouraged fist-bumping over handshakes.
While legislatures tackled some elements of the coronavirus outbreak this year, most sessions had ended before the current wave of cases, deaths and renewed stay-at-home orders. Lawmakers of both major parties have vowed to make the pandemic response a centerpiece of their 2021 sessions, addressing issues ranging from school reopenings to governors emergency powers.
New U.S. laws coming in 2021: Virus aid, minimum wage, legal weed
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As Americans ring in 2021, an array of new laws will take effect from coast to coast. Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that will take effect in the new year.
New COVID and health care laws
Virus-related laws include those offering help to essential workers, boosting unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees. A resolution in Alabama formally encouraged fist-bumping over handshakes.
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On January 1, 2021, patients will be able to inform their pharmacist if they have less than a week’s supplies of diabetes-related medication or supplies. The pharmacist can issue the drugs or supplies after checking with the state’s emergency drug monitoring program and using their professional judgement. It s unconscionable that anyone should have to limit or go without a common and widely-available life-saving drug on an emergency basis in America in 2021, said State Sen. Slap said in a press release. “The Connecticut legislature stepped in to help resolve this crisis, and our residents will be better for it.”
According to the state public health department, nearly 10%, or about 275,000 Connecticut residents have diabetes, which is the seventh leading cause of death in the state.