Anne Hughes

March 25 was Equal Pay Day, which signifies how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. It's a reminder of the ongoing fight for gender equality in the workplace.

I joined several colleagues and hundreds of Connecticut residents for the Medicaid Day of Action outside the Capitol on Tuesday to protest against a Republican-backed resolution that calls for $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and other programs.

This week I testified in front of Government Oversight Committee about updating our state’s systemic, traumatizing policy of mandatory strip searches in the Department of Corrections. Our state sanctioned system of frequent mandatory strip searches of incarcerated individuals, especially without probable cause, is humiliating, degrading and traumatic for the incarcerated and contributes to increased confrontations with correction staff and escalating use of force. Connecticut has authorized the payout of tens of millions of dollars for recent claims of incarcerated families due to wrongful death suits and other harms. It’s time for a better, safer way.

What a productive week! I kicked it off last Sunday by joining Sen. Richard Blumenthal to celebrate the incredible centenarians, their families, and especially the staff at Mozaic Senior Life.

I attended a press conference today highlighting how potentially devastating federal cuts to Medicaid will have on the state.

On Wednesday, the Connecticut Chapter of the Social Welfare Action Alliance and I hosted the third-annual People's Forum on what the priorities are for this session, especially when so many people are being threatened and harmed by the administration in Washington.

Sometimes we are in Labor … (Committee) into the middle of the night, hearing from workers who are forced to strike when employers undermine union negotiations by stalling and bad faith tactics to withhold basic fair worker protections and wages.

First, a big thank you to Mrs. Millspaugh’s second-grade class at the International School at Dundee for inviting me to participate in World Read Aloud Day!