Connecticut borrowers included law firms, manufacturers and Choate, who says it returned the money.
July 6, 2020 @ 7:39 pm
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Spiking COVID rates spare Connecticut, but Lamont wary
Connecticut’s rolling seven-day infection rate is one of the lowest in the U.S. But the bars here will remain closed.
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As pandemic surges, Congress pressed to take up new stimulus bill that would send billions of dollars to individuals, states
An extension of federal unemployment benefits, another round of stimulus checks and hazard pay are on the table.
Posted inHealth
Study highlights worsening disparities amid COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought health disparities into sharp focus, amplifying problems that have long festered in Connecticut.
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‘Zooming’ their way to a special session on police reforms
A police accountability bill is nearly finished. Plans for how the legislature will function in special session are not.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Will the digital divide further widen the justice gap?
Many of Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents do not have consistent, reliable, and effective technological access.
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Unpacking a misplaced response to calls for police abolition in Hartford
On the anniversary of Juneteenth, hundreds of mostly young, Black protesters went directly to the Hartford mayor’s brownstone house in downtown with a simple demand: abolish police. Despite their demand, the mayor’s response was a mismatch. Instead of defunding, abolishing, or even tangibly reducing the size of the police, the mayor recommended building more affordable housing in the suburbs. Rather than racial and economic justice for the Black and Puerto Rican people in Hartford now, the response was clear: I will not help you change policies, but I will help you leave.