CT state budget designates $5 million for eviction prevention programs
The rent bank program will now provide up to $3,500, up from $1,200, over an 18-month period to families facing eviction.
Spotlight
PODCAST: Katy Golvala on the effects of consolidation on rural hospital services
Investigative fellow Katy Golvala talks with host JD Allen about the effect on patients when hospitals merge and cut duplicative services to decrease costs.
CT Mirror wins six first-place prizes, ‘Yankee Quill’ award in New England competition
At 2022 New England Newspaper & Press Association awards, CT Mirror took home 12 first-, second- and third-place prizes plus the ‘Yankee Quill’ award for Tom Condon’s career-long excellence in reporting.
WATCH: The Future of News: A Conversation on Change in Local Journalism
CT Mirror Executive Editor Elizabeth Hamilton, former Hartford Courant reporter Daniela Altimari and UConn professor Amanda Crawford joined John Dankosky on April 20, 2022 for a conversation on the future of local journalism. Watch here.
Connecticut’s Opinion Page
Juneteenth is more than a Connecticut state holiday
Juneteenth is a recognition of a people’s ability to rise above centuries of discrimination and disparity, as well as an acknowledgment that the struggle endures.
Politics
Bob Stefanowski stays silent on abortion law his running mate helped pass
Gov. Ned Lamont challenged Republican Bob Stefanowski to take a position on the abortion rights bill Stefanowski’s running mate supported.
Budget/Economy
Lawmakers direct Lamont: Save less, fill vacant state jobs
The new CT state budget limits Lamont’s ability to save money once the fiscal year is underway to encourage filling of more vacant state jobs.
In-Depth Stories
Recent Stories
Are we incarcerating people to rehabilitate them or keep mass incarceration in business?
The Department of Justice has found that Connecticut’s detention center for boys is ‘violating children’s civil rights and the federal disabilities act.’
One million U.S. deaths and Connecticut’s spotty recovery continues
How are we all recovering from this pandemic? Joining transportation experts last week on a panel discussion, I heard mixed results.
Military families push the Army to ‘normalize parenthood’
There are over 400,000 parents within the Army alone.
Trinity College students’ analysis finds state far from promises made to desegregate Hartford schools
A group of Trinity College students spent a semester taking the 87-page Sheff v. O’Neill agreement filled with hard-to-digest numbers and legal jargon and translating it into a few graphics to help the public understand how far the state is from the agreement’s goal.
Amazon distribution center developer purchases land from Waterbury
The Pennsylvania-based developer will now begin determining if it can actually build on the land, which is in Naugatuck and Waterbury.
Patrick Griffin selected as CT’s new chief state’s attorney
CT Criminal Justice Commission on Thursday appointed career prosecutor Patrick Griffin to the “thankless job” of chief state’s attorney.
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