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House Bill 6431, though, proposes a ten-year window of disqualification for people with convictions for offenses that “would adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of other tenants.” Virtually any...
This bill goes a long way toward ensuring that no person will have to choose between their health and their right to vote in November during the COVID-19 pandemic. It could do more, though, to apply this...
The ACLU-CT is committed to ending police violence and racism in policing in all forms. Accountability measures alone are not enough. Connecticut must also divest from policing and reinvest in programs that...
This bill proposes to quadruple the maximum punishment for theft of used cooking oil of any or no value. This is an unnecessary overcriminalization. We urge the legislature to oppose this bill.
The ACLU-CT supports meaningful reform aimed at holding educational institutions accountable when they fail to respond to gender-based violence and at empowering people who have experienced sexual assault...
Age discrimination faultily assumes that a person’s age is more important than their individual characteristics. When an employer classifies a job applicant who is able to perform the work as ineligible...