Connecticut Citizen Action Group
@ctcag.bsky.social
Connecticut Citizen Action Group is a state-based grassroots advocacy group, that has been fighting for social, economic, environmental, and racial justice since 1971. #InsureOurFuture #StopTheMoneyPipeline #HealthCareForAll #PeopleOverProfits
No one should go hungry and no one should be without healthcare.
After losing SNAP, some CT refugees struggling to afford food
An estimated 1,745 refugees and asylum seekers are expected to lose SNAP in Connecticut, a DSS spokesperson said.
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“We need universal healthcare. Let’s stop messing around.” - Tom Swan, CCAG ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/07/31/c...
CT Prepares For Medicaid/HUSKY Changes | CT News Junkie
The message from the advocates, state officials and elected leaders who gathered at the Legislative Office Building Thursday morning was clear: changes are coming to Medicaid/HUSKY, so the state needs...
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Join us Thursday at 11am at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford for a celebration of HUSKY health coverage, and for a call to action! 🐾💙🏥
Electric bills are too damn high... CCAG's Tom Swan breaks down how CT's utility corporations are now on the prowl for more of your cash, and the aggressive bullying tactics they are using to get it. ctmirror.org/2026/07/21/c...
Opinion: CT ratepayers pay the price when utility bullying goes unchecked
Ratepayers cannot afford, nor should we allow, rate cases to be secreted away and decided under undue influence, bullying and threat of reprisal.
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This is a good first step, but it will take some time to provide relief for people. CCAG continues to work in CT to address this! www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Sen. Warnock's ban on private equity firms buying single-family homes becomes federal law
The Georgia senator's signature housing proposal is now law after President Donald Trump neither signed nor vetoed the bipartisan housing package.
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Last week @blumenthal.senate.gov released the report “Trump ‘s Reality: Unaffordability and Financial Instability” which paints a chilling financial picture for the future of Americans. Read our report review here ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/ctcag/p/...
The best word to describe what is happening in the White House right now? Scumbagery. Read our latest Substack on the scumbags who are robbing your government: ctcag.substack.com/p/follow-the...
Healthcare costs in America are out of control. We must make healthcare affordable for all people, lower prices, and give everyone real choices and access to quality care. www.courant.com/2026/06/14/h...
Politicians, consumers blast health insurers’ requests for double-digit rate hikes. What to know.
“Connecticut families are under increasing pressure from rising health care costs, and the current trajectory is unsustainable,” said Josh Hershman, the new insurance commissioner.
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“These are very good, thoughtful responses for dealing with the cost crisis,” Swan said. “We may not agree with every line we’ve written here, but it’s a damn good start that we look forward to working with and going forward on.”
Lamont: Utilities need to 'earn' right to operate in CT
The governor proposed reforms targeting excess profits and requiring utilities to periodically seek permission to maintain their monopolies.
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A helpful guide to Trump's scandals and corruption in 2026:
PURA is supposed to protect the public from utility companies’ greed and abuse. It can't do that when a powerful utility gets private access to its regulators, and a commissioner allows those backroom conversations to happen. www.wfsb.com/2026/06/08/w...
Watchdog calls for investigation after PURA commissioner-utility communications revealed in rate case
Our I-Team obtained public records showing a state regulator was talking and texting with a utility company executive, while deciding on a requested increase in electric bills.
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Yet again, health insurers want to raise your rates…are we suprised? No. Are we mad? Hell yes. Thank you to AG Tong for speaking out against healthcare greed 👏 The 30 day public comment started on June 5th. Submit your comments AGAINST these rate hikes on the CT Insurance Dept website today!
CCAG joined allies across New Haven for HEALTH CUTS KILL to demand elected leaders protect programs that ensure dignity, health, and safety for all. CT has the resources to protect CT from HR1's cruelty. We can, and we must do more. #healthCareNotHate #healthCutsKill #sevendaysinjune
From the first CT Bottle Bill passed in 1978 to this year’s stronger protections, Rep. Mushinsky’s leadership has helped keep Connecticut moving toward cleaner communities. CCAG was proud to fight alongside Mary then, and we are proud to celebrate with her now.
Today is this last day of legislative session and the clock is running out. In 2024, Connecticut voters passed the Constitutional amendment to implement "no-excuse" absentee voting. This session, H.B. 5001 is the implementation bill for this voting reform.
#OnTheAir COUNTERPOINT airs Mondays 8-9:30pmET wpkn.org 89.5FM Bgpt #CT Journalist @msifry.bsky.social on "MayDay: The Pro-Democracy Movement Structure Test" @ctcag.bsky.social's Assoc Dir. Liz Diehl on state coalition working to prevent 250,000 CT residents from losing affordable health insurance!
CT Health Justice Now Coalition Demands Legislation to Prevent 250,000 Residents From Losing Affordable Healthcare - btlonline.org/ct-health-ju...
CT Health Justice Now Coalition Demands Legislation to Prevent 250,000 Residents From Losing Affordable Healthcare
Liz Dupont-Diehl, associate director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, and the CT Health Justice Now Coalition are fighting against the loss of affordable healthcare for 250,000 residents in Co...
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Happy Earth Day! Let’s Make Polluters Pay! 🌎💰
Thank you @ctnewsjunkie.bsky.social for covering CCAG's private equity forum last week. Lots of great quotes from panelists in this article. ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/04/17/c...?
📢 The latest @sierraclub.org scorecard ranks 33 major U.S. public pensions and reveals most are failing to adequately manage the climate-related financial risks to their investments through proxy voting. See how your state stacks up here: www.sierraclub.org/hidden-risk-...
The Hidden Risk in State Pensions
Your nearest Sierra Club chapter:
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