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  • Voters cast their ballots in a special election in Stamford last month.
    Opinion
    Opinion: The time is now for ranked choice voting in CT
    Increasing the power of voters is critical to restoring the trust that is essential to preserving our democracy.
    By John L. Williams
  • Culture war between right and wrong.
    Opinion
    Editorial: Hate can grow like a weed in CT
  • Tweed New Haven Regional Airport as photographed on October 25, 2022.
    Opinion
    Opinion: Hopeful about expansion plans at Tweed
  • Third-graders hold up signs for office support specialist Carolyn Lowe during a surprise assembly in celebration of her retirement at Hart Magnet Elementary School in Stamford, Conn., Wednesday, March 1, 2023. After a 37-year career, Lowe received a grand exit with each grade performing original songs, poetry, chants, interviews, and sharing their top reasons for loving Mrs. Lowe.
    Opinion
    John Breunig (opinion): A 93-year-old's secrets to living well
  • Advertisements featuring Fox News personalities, including Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity, adorn the front of the News Corporation building in New York City.
    Opinion
    Fred McKinney (opinion): The market for lies
  • A student from the University of Iowa chapter of Turning Point USA hands out information about their group in 2020.
    Opinion
    Opinion: Universities must be open to diversity of ideas
  • The South Norwalk train station, which is the center of a transit-oriented development plan.
    Opinion
    Jonathan L. Wharton (opinion): Transit-oriented madness
  • Opinion
    Editorial: CT needs to address drinking problem
    Handing over the car keys Connecticut is considering a bill to lower the blood alcohol limit for driving to .05, which would mirror much of the rest of the world.   By the Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board
  • Opinion
    Red Jahncke (opinion): Reckoning looms if Dems don’t rein in debt
    President Joe Biden speaks about the February jobs report from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 10, 2023, in Washington. Republicans and Democrats have been dancing around each other about the need to raise the government's legal borrowing authority. Biden tried to edge closer on Thursday, March 9, by releasing his budget plan that cuts deficits by $2.9 trillion over 10 years, an offer that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, quickly dismissed as woefully insufficient.  Greenwich consultant Red Jahncke writes that 'the massive increase in debt since the outbreak of COVID-19 has made the matter urgent.' By Red Jahncke
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Support passage of medical aid-in-dying laws
    In this Sept. 11, 2015, file photo, Debbie Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks to the media after the passage of legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, at the state Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. Medical aid in dying and hospice care are complementary, not mutually exclusive. By Dr. Laura Belland
  • Opinion
    Joe Pisani (opinion): The scoop on the dog poop crisis
    Illustration of the emotions of dogs - nervous, happy and sad. T  I  believe rampant canine defecation is a public health epidemic in our times, and I’m not alone.
  • Opinion
    Editorial: The wrong way forward on health insurance
    State Sen Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, at the Capitol in 2019. The General Assembly needs to put aside overly complicated half-measures and work toward better coverage for all, regardless of whose bottom line is affected. By Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board

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  • Opinion: The time is now for ranked choice voting in CT
  • Susan Campbell (opinion): CT's rich aren't going anywhere
  • Opinion: Hopeful about expansion plans at Tweed
  • Opinion: Providing strong foundations for Bridgeport’s youth
  • Opinion: Helping kids deal with death of pets
  • Fred McKinney (opinion): The market for lies
  • Opinion: Universities must be open to diversity of ideas
  • Jonathan L. Wharton (opinion): Transit-oriented madness
  • Red Jahncke (opinion): Reckoning looms if Dems don’t rein in debt
  • Opinion: Support passage of medical aid-in-dying laws
  • Joe Pisani (opinion): The scoop on the dog poop crisis
  • Opinion: An obvious reform, 50 years in the making
  • Opinion
    Opinion: An obvious reform, 50 years in the making
    A speaker talks about the methods The Innocence Project uses to exonerate wrongly convicted people during a program in Greenwich in 2018. Under current Connecticut law, it is still legal for police to lie to children during interrogations to extract false confessions. By Peter Reilly
  • Opinion
    Letter: 'Home rule vs. state authority'
    Letter The resident reflects on issues of 'Home rule vs. state authority.' He talks about the constitution state.  By John Tartaglia
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Honor Sunshine Week by requiring hybrid access to government meetings
    A Zoom call hosted by Connecticut Education Association shortly after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been few silver linings to emerge from COVID-19. Remote access to government meetings is one of them. By Justin Silverman
  • Opinion
    Susan Campbell (opinion): From Jan. 6 mob to mayor?
    Gino DiGiovanni Jr., facing the camera as insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Gino DiGiovanni Jr. says he 'didn't have a game plan' when he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now he wants to be a Connecticut mayor. 
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Garden tools and crafts: A novel approach to community gun violence
    A garden grows on a lot in New Haven. Taking on the community-level trauma that is a very real consequence of violence. By Jennifer Vollmer

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  • Opinion
    Opinion: Prepare now for coming recession
    Commuters and travelers await the arrival and departures of Metro North commuter trains in Stamford in 2020. The key is to start planning and taking steps to address it now, before it actually begins. By Joel Johnson
  • Opinion
    State Sen. Herron Gaston (opinion): Doing what’s right for our police forces
    Newly elected state Sen. Herron Gaston, D-Bridgeport, attends the opening legislative session at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday, Jan. 4. I am proud of the steps we are taking to explore ways to boost retention and attract new officers. By state Sen. Herron Gaston
  • Opinion
    Editorial: Assembly giving mental health the attention it deserves
    The legislative chamber at the state Capitol in Hartford. Mental health has never received the same money and attention as physical health. Maybe that is starting to change. By Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board
  • Opinion
    John Breunig (opinion): Why I hate exclamation points
    Help keyboard button with exclamation point The controversial history of the exclamation point in "Batman," Beatles songs, "Schoolhouse Rock" and on the Opinion page.  By John Breunig
  • Opinion
    Opinion: A strategy to take on our most pressing challenges
    A food drive at Family Centers in Greenwich last year. Harm reduction recognizes that even if we can’t eliminate the problems, there are potent means to reduce the damage they cause. By Chris Doob
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Much work to be done on gender parity
    Graphic to be used with stories about the pay gap between men and women. Connecticut and Paradigm for Parity applaud state's strides toward economic parity in state, and set goals for future.  By Susan Bysiewicz and Sandra Quince
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Greenwich Names Day changed my life.
    A mic is the only thing that stands between the audience and its prey. An artist reflects on the power of declaring 'I'm gay' at a Greenwich High School assembly as a teenager.  By Lily Olsen
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Let’s stay the course on right to read
    Volunteer readers gather in the library of Bryant School in Bridgeport before heading off to classrooms for the 33rd Annual Read Aloud Day in Bridgeport in 2018. Districts attempting to take the same old path will find themselves in the same old place. By Amy Dowell
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Woodbridge, at it again
    A school bus outside a Woodbridge school. A few suggestions for how the town could pay for two kindergartners. By Douglas M. Karp
  • Opinion
    Looney, Duff (opinion): Prioritizing transparency in the classroom
    Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, D-New Haven, and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, in Hartford. Connecticut spends over $9 billion every year on K-12 education. We want to ensure that funding is optimized to benefit the children in the classroom. By state Sens. Martin Looney and Bob Duff
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