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Connecticut's minimum wage to increase by 54 cents in 2027

Connecticut's minimum wage, which has long ranked among the highest rates in the U.S., will increase again in 2027.

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I for one would love to be lead by someone who isn't able to sneeze $6 million into a tissue without a second thought

Kate Rozen@katerozen.bsky.social · 3d ago

Things that feel yucky. "The most recent public filings show the governor making a $6 million donation to his own campaign in mid-July, adding to more than $3 million already deposited by Lamont into his campaign’s account." www.ctcapitolreport.com/mondays/5dfc...

Advocates in CT spent over a decade trying to get automated enforcement to reduce speeding and redlight running with tremendous oversight over the program to only have police depts with NO oversight dropping flock cameras everywhere. WTF.

Road projects are so insanely expensive, a single intersection in New Britain CT to "straighten" out a "Z" intersection (two main roads hit a diagonal road near but not across from each other) Total cost is nearly TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS

NB receives $14.7M to redesign intersection

NEW BRITAIN — A busy East Side intersection known for traffic backups and crashes will be redesigned after the city received a $14.7 million federal grant to improve safety, traffic

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Vote for @joshforct.bsky.social A Millionaire tax is possible, but not with Ned

The real impasta@therealimpasta.bsky.social · yesterday

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

Renters pay higher property taxes in NYC than single-family homeowners

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · yesterday

Editorial: New York’s democratic socialists put the squeeze on thousands of property owners

This isn't just something Nolan is saying. If you look back at early zoning history and what the champions were saying, they were incredibly explicit This from West Hartford, CT. The first community in CT to have zoning

M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 2d ago

There is really no reason for minimum lot sizes, except to make it illegal to build starter homes, block housing, and raise costs; state regulations already cover well and septic concerns in these places.

I voted today for @joshforct.bsky.social and so should you! We don't need to settle in Connecticut, we can actually legalize home building again, invest in transit, ensure school districts don't collapse, and support families

Josh Elliott brings 'black sheep' instinct to gubernatorial challenge

Rep. Josh Elliott, who faces Gov. Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary next week, has his own origin story. If you ask, he'll tell it.

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The greatest human technological transformation of all time Country by country, the economic tipping point is being hit and it is one by one changing the world

David Roberts@volts.wtf · yesterday

And it's happening all over.

Proud to receive the endorsement of the Sierra Club! We need a governor who will treat climate change with the urgency it demands—not just setting targets, but actually delivering results.

Totally agree with this take: Perfect example of stated preferences vs. revealed preferences. It is a great concept that guides how I see the world esp w/r/t urbanism, housing, and safe streets. I'd take it a step further and point to a "valley of death" effect 1/2

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d ago

I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

A law legalizing housing has ... led to a bunch of proposals for new housing. In Palo Alto, the car-brained NIMBYs are baffled & shocked. Oh noes, the "fabric of the neighborhood"!

New California law could ignite a surprising housing boom in Palo Alto

City officials didn't expect this flurry.

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If you build it (student housing for UConn's Hartford Campus) they will come (to downtown Hartford to live in student housing)! Oversubscribed! This will also give Traveler's summer interns to live, win-win. Year-round occupancy

UConn's first downtown Hartford residence hall opens to full house, waiting list

Students are scheduled to begin moving into the new residence hall at 64 Pratt St. on Aug. 29.

hartfordbusiness.com

This article is all about parking but gives an update on the London direct flight quest. It is pretty remarkable all the push to have a London flight without a similar push for a flight to the West Coast, any city on the west coast I wish we cared about local non-flight direct links too

Hartford Courant@hartfordcourant.bsky.social · 3d ago

The project also is a sign of the airport’s aspirations to raise its profile among mid-size airports in the region with further route expansion.

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

They're so whiny, it is exhausting

Hartford Courant@hartfordcourant.bsky.social · 4d ago

A week after Connecticut Siting Council signalled it will approve a controversial $11 million solar array along a scenic road, the town filed a challenge.

Love to see elected officials talk about making our communities safer to walk and bike in. 👏💪🚴‍♂️ Senator Duff: great on housing and great on safe, bikeable streets!!!

Bob Duff@bobduffct.bsky.social · 5d ago

Took a bike ride from Norwalk to Darien and was glad to see most of the ride in Norwalk had bike lanes, but not so much in Darien. The Norwalk-Darien Community Bike Ride was a great way to enjoy the outdoors and come together as a community. Thanks to everyone who came out.

That’s a real man who watches his daughter and granddaughter go through daily terror but only speaks up a day before the election nomination withdrawal deadline

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d ago

senator bernie moreno finally makes a statement about the allegations of abuse by rep. max miller against his daughter and granddaughter after miller went live on X this morning to deny everything.

He’s saying all the right things on his housing issue page. Attacks Lamont for vetoing HB 5002, proposes to cut minimum lot sizes, says “supply has to come first,” talks about building code reform: www.joshforct.com/issues/homes...

A Place for Everyone to Call Home

Housing costs are outpacing income. Connecticut faces a shortage of affordable homes, while tenants lack basic protections.

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Opinion Haver@asinmarx.bsky.social · last wk.

Connecticut's governor's primary features centrist incumbent Ned Lamont, and cash-strapped non-DSA progressive Josh Elliot, who hasn't even run a TV ad yet. the latest poll finds the race Overall: Lamont 48-27 (Lamont +21). 18-49: Elliott 46-30 (Lamont -16) 50+: Lamont 54-21 (Lamont +33)

Semi-periodic reminder that Bridgeport has 94% (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) fewer homes in downtown now than it did in 1913 Highways and parking for suburbanites absolutely ate the heart of the city—TEAR DOWN ROUTE 8

Urban Dispatch@urbandispatch.bsky.social · 7d ago

Great news, can they tear down route 8 while they're otherwise doing work there?

When I see people I highly respect supporting Josh like this, it makes it clear that he has the juice Tell you friends, vote for Josh. A better world is possible here in CT, we don't need to settle

Josh Elliott@joshforct.bsky.social · last wk.

Let's go! Join us for a big virtual phonebank with Josh and special guests – Rep. Nick Menapace, BLM860 leader Ivelisse Correa, New Haven Federation of Teachers President Leslie Blatteau, and former CT Dems Vice Chair Adrienne Billings-Smith!

Why is everything at Hartford Union Station always set up as though no one considered that it might be used? Like, the one stairway from the station to the platform is blocked off with construction barricades, with no sign to indicate how to get up. Up on the platform, that staircase isn't blocked.

DAMN that is a lot of subs I'm once again begging our leaders in Eastern CT to actually plan for this growth and not just hope for the best www.courant.com/2026/07/29/u...

U.S. Navy awards CT’s Electric Boat a record-setting $76.6 billion in new sub contracts

The shipyard has said it is spending $100 million a year on training new shipbuilders and plans to hire 8,000 this year.

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Got to go to the debate held at @hplct.bsky.social (We ❤️ HPL) Great event, the two women on the stage were by far the most impressive

Even today there are huge, well funded efforts by wealthy elites to fragment US cities even further than they already are, e.g. to split Buckhead off from Atlanta or La Jolla from San Diego. No one seems to really care on the other side, and there's no countervailing force for consolidation.

NYC has both a very powerful executive and a frankly enormous amount of fiscal capacity relative to any other city or even most state governorships. I think more blue state Dems should think about ways to concentrate power and expand their jurisdictions fiscal capacity!

So it seems the NHL is already materially faster from previous phases of TIME for CT 11 minutes is nothing to sneeze at! Esp when you layer in the super express on top of it

The Connecticut Mirror@ctmirror.org · last wk.

Gov. Ned Lamont, members of Congress and CT officials outlined plans, again, to provide faster service by 2035 on the New Haven line. ctmirror.org/2026/07/27/a...

If you're involved in the rapid roll-out of bicycle urbanism in YOUR city, @modacitylife.com clear, concise🧵 of how Beijing moved from a bike mode share of 9.5% in 2015 to 30% of all trips by bike now is a must-read. Every local culture, climate, and fossil-lite economy depends on rapid action NOW.

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · last wk.

Beijing’s bicycle comeback might be one of the world's most significant urban cycling revivals. After decades of decline, its mode share has climbed back to almost 30%, supported by over 3,200 kilometres of infrastructure, extensive bike-sharing systems, and an ambitious program of street redesign.🧵

So, They're saying that after 9 years and $1.6 Billion in work the NHL will be 25 minutes faster? I want to believe that but it seems... not possible? www.courant.com/2026/07/28/c...

CTDOT breaks ground on $1.6 billion project that will deliver massive CT rail improvements

Connecticut has started a three-phase, $1.6 billion project that will increase New Haven Line train speeds in certain corridors and trim about 25 minutes on the rails between New Haven and New York Ci...

courant.com

I know what I believe in and who I am fighting for. I'm fighting for James and every Connecticut resident who has been left without a voice in Hartford.