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The Connecticut Mirror Afternoon Update View this email in your browser Advertisement: Lamont goes corporate with DMV choice: Bongi Magubane  Mark Pazniokas on Feb 28, 2019 12:28 pm The appointment reflects several goals: Attracting private-sector information-technology talent, creating a customer-friendly culture, and building a racially diverse senior team. Read more... Lamont: Infosys is 'doubling commitment' to Hartford  Keith Phaneuf on Feb 28, 2019 12:06 pm The information technology firm already has pledged to create 1,000 new jobs in the Hartford area. Read more... Plastic bag ban proposals now include new wrinkle: taxes  Jan Ellen Spiegel on Feb 28, 2019 06:00 am Gov. Lamont has zeroed in on the elimination of plastic grocery bags as a possible revenue source. But the 19 other pieces of legislation that also seek their banishment are focused on the environmental benefits. Read more... Bill seeks to reduce the cost of prescription drugs  Jenna Carlesso on Feb 28, 2019 06:00 am Under the proposal, anyone would be able to obtain a drug discount card through a program run by the comptroller, while employers would be able to contract with the state's pharmacy benefits manager to reduce drug costs. Read more... DeLauro leads probe of Trump administration's treatment of detained migrant youth  Ana Radelat on Feb 27, 2019 07:37 pm WASHINGTON – Rep. Rosa DeLauro oversaw a hearing Wednesday aimed at determining how thousands of unaccompanied migrant children are being treated by the Trump administration. Read more... U.S. House approves 'Sandy Hook' universal background check bill  Ana Radelat on Feb 27, 2019 06:29 pm WASHINGTON -- Gun control advocates celebrated a House victory on a universal background check bill, but huge obstacles remain. Read more... GOP, McCaw spar over tolls, tax hikes in Lamont budget  Keith Phaneuf on Feb 27, 2019 05:55 pm Gov. Ned Lamont's budget director, Melissa McCaw ran the gantlet Wednesday as she discussed tolls and taxes with the legislature's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee. Read more... Connecticut's Statewide Opinion Page. Stop enabling African Big Five trophy hunting  CTMirror Contributor on Feb 28, 2019 05:00 am Connecticut does not have clean hands when it comes to pushing Africa's Big 5 — elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos and giraffes—closer to extinction. The state is supplying customers to the grave, immoral trophy hunting industry. From 2005-2015, 59 trophy hunting permits were issued to Connecticut residents by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so people could hunt and kill leopards for their trophies. Six additional permits were provided to Connecticut residents to kill African elephants in Botswana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. And from 2005-2016, Connecticut residents killed 39 lions and one giraffe and imported their trophies. Read more... It is time for Connecticut to pass an aid-in-dying bill  Paul Stern on Feb 28, 2019 05:00 am I owe an apology to the Connecticut State Medical Society. Last year, I wrote a letter to the Connecticut Mirror criticizing the CSMS for its years of opposition to medical aid-in-dying. What I didn't know at the time was that the CSMS physician leadership had been in the process of re-evaluating the CSMS policy concerning death with dignity. Read more... Consolidate schools with incentives, not mandates  CTMirror Contributor on Feb 27, 2019 05:00 am The main justification for school consolidation, according to advocates, is saving money. As a public school teacher, I can't say that I disagree with that. I see the possibility of savings in one area: school administrators. Read more... Trump and Pecker, a rather strange relationship  CTMirror Contributor on Feb 27, 2019 05:00 am I recognize that the above headline could be interpreted as a double entendre; however, this article relates only to the rather strange relationship that exists between David Pecker and President Donald Trump. David Pecker is the controlling shareholder in AMI, which operates and controls the National Enquirer and other news outlets. Pecker participated in the cover-ups relating to Stormy Daniels, a porn star, and Karen McDougal, a former playmate, and their alleged affairs with Donald Trump prior to the 2016 Presidential election. Read more... Bridgeport school board chaos resembles 2011 meltdown  CTMirror Contributor on Feb 27, 2019 05:00 am The chaotic scenario of the recent, Feb. 13 Bridgeport Board of Education meeting – a specially-called meeting to institute new, controversial, by-laws -- resembled meetings defining the deliberately engineered chaos that served as the requisite prelude to facilitate the ill-considered, illegal, state takeover of the Bridgeport public school system by the Gov. Dannel Malloy administration in July 2011. Read more... We welcome informed and responsible commentary about local, state and national public policy from all Connecticut residents and organizations. Here are guidelines for writing and submitting a Viewpoint. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2019 The Connecticut Mirror, The Connecticut News Project Inc., All rights reserved. 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