By CHRIS POWELL In principle children can’t have too many people looking out for them. So state legislators are fairly concerned about the recent alleged abuse of three children who were withdrawn from public school on parental claims that they would be home-schooled. One of the children was murdered at home. Another died at homeContinue reading “Legislators are worrying most about the wrong students”
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Don’t make businesses pay for the addiction of their employees
By Chris Powell Two Democratic state senators, Saud Anwar of South Windsor and Jan Hochadel of Meriden, plan to propose legislation making Connecticut businesses pay, through their workers’ compensation insurance, for remediating the drug addiction of their employees. The senators contend that much drug addiction is caused by overwork, abuse, and repetitive-stress injuries on theContinue reading “Don’t make businesses pay for the addiction of their employees”
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