Connecticut legislature

This week marks the end of the state legislative session in Connecticut. Lawmakers have made progress on everything from climate change to solitary confinement. This hour on Disrupted, a roundtable conversation wrapping up the biggest stories out of Hartford and what to expect in the November midterms.

Health providers say student loan debt and malpractice requirements make working in Connecticut unappealing to many physicians. Lawmakers are considering a bill this year that would establish a loan reimbursement program and introduce changes to entice more medical students to practice in Connecticut.

Despite tighter federal restrictions on flavored e-cigarette products that took effect in 2020, supporters of a Connecticut bill say the state needs to implement its own ban on the sale of these products in order to drive down use among youth.

Legislation proposed by Gov. Ned Lamont’s office would change the state’s threshold of action from 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood to 3.5 micrograms.

A proposed bill would make it legal for terminally ill residents to get a prescription for a lethal combination of medications that they could then take to end their own lives.

Advocates and health providers have called on the Connecticut legislature and Gov. Ned Lamont to invest more money into solutions to address crisis-level conditions in unmet behavioral health care needs among adults and children.

Kids as young as 15 in Connecticut go to a high-security prison if they're accused of committing a serious felony. That prison, the Manson Youth Institution, has been investigated by state and federal officials. The findings may prompt the state to send local youth awaiting trial elsewhere by 2026.

Connecticut’s daily test positivity rate has dropped to 13.29%, according to new data from the Department of Public Health.

Whatever the result, today’s special election in the 36th Senate District will provide grist for the continuing debate over the political identity of this affluent corner of Connecticut, a region of outsized political and economic influence.

The recreational use of marijuana becomes legal in Connecticut tomorrow, July 1. But much work is left to be done surrounding legal pot, including the…