Connecticut lawmakers push two bills to expand Public Right to Know
Hartford January 21 AP Two bills filed in the Connecticut Legislature seek broader access to meetings and records. The smaller measure would require state and local legislative meetings to be open and establish a public appeals path for barred access. The broad bill would make record openness mandatory with court orders to reveal records when appeals favor the public, currently left to court discretion.
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Hartford
Connecticut Council
Freedom of
Harry Hammer
Vernon
Ie Court
Probate Fee Boost Aids Connecticut Small Town Judges
Connecticut lawmakers consider a new fee and assessment plan to raise income for small town probate judges while limiting city judges. The proposal, backed by Assembly officials, would tax higher earners and set progressive basic fees for estates, with assets over 10 million taxed at 50 cents per $1,000. The Assembly met at the Supreme Court building to review Healey's report including court reorganization. New officers were elected for the ensuing year including Judge Stey K. Elliott as president and Judge Robert M. Dowling as first vice president.
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Jhartford
Connecticut
Assembly
Hartford
Russell
John
Johnston
John P. Flanagan
Bridgeport
Patrick Healey
The
Supreme Court
Ares
Southington
Robert’ M. Dowling
Meriden
Thomas W. Flood
Portland
Anna B. Rogers
Canaan
Hjalmar Anderson
Redding
Bills Offered On Fish And Game In Hartford Legislature
Hartford lawmakers introduced several fish and game measures including a $1 annual fishing license for women over 60 and men over 65. Rep Louis D Charles Jr and Rep Michael Vulcano proposed state fund allocations to Fairfield County. A Democrat pair sought conveyance of a half acre near the Wepawang River in Milford for oyster research to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Hartford
Louis D. Charles, Jr
Danbury
Charles
Michael A.vulcano, Sr
Fairfield County
Muriel
Richards
Patrick ‘Lovett
Milfard
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wepawang River
Milford
Connecticut
Unemployment Benefit Bill Aims to Ease or Tighten Rules
Hartford Jan 21 AP Sen Anthony Miller introduces a bill to liberalize unemployment benefits while tightening eligibility. It calls for a maximum of two thirds of state average weekly wage up to 50 percent of the worker’s own average, raises duration to 39 weeks, removes the waiting period, adds a wife as dependent, and lowers the earnings test to 40 times the maximum benefit. Payment to workers would be made at local unemployment offices upon registration.
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Hartford
Anthony Miller
D-Meriden
Miller
Senate Labor Committee
Amendment sought on voting rights in moving within state
Hartford January 21 AP A resolution to amend the constitution would allow voters to keep their voting privileges when moving to a new town within Connecticut after six months residence. The required evidence to admit as an elector in the new town would be set by the General Assembly.
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Hartford
General Assembly
Zoning Bill Filed to Recover Court Costs from Boards
Burton J. Jacobson a Monroe Republican filed a zoning bill authorizing Zoning Boards of Appeals to pay court costs when courts find the boards acted arbitrarily or abused their discretion. The measure targets appeals decisions and shifts financial responsibility to the boards party to the case.
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Hartford
Burton J. Jacobson
Monroe
Zoning Boards of Appeals
Bridgeport Bill Seeks Two Year Engineering Degrees
A proposed act filed in the Legislature by Senator Louis J. Gladstone would authorize the Bridgeport Engineering Institute to award associate engineering degrees for a three year period.
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Hartford
Tana
Bridgeport Engineering “Institute
Louis J. Glad’ Stone
Bridgeport
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