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Posted inNews
Top 10 CT Mirror stories of 2025: What people spent the most time reading
The top 10 stories include a mix of investigative reporting, political updates and feature stories about life in Connecticut.
Posted inImmigration
CT teen released by ICE marks first success story of new pro bono attorney coalition
The American Immigrant Legal Clinic offers services pro bono to immigrants who cannot afford legal representation.
Posted inJustice
Advocates call on lawmakers to make changes to probation system
Legislation was introduced this year, but it never received a public hearing. Advocates want lawmakers to consider a similar bill in 2026.
Posted inPhotos
A common thread: Ukrainians in CT keep ties with culture, home through embroidery
The current war, and the hardships that came with it, elevated the art’s significance. For members of the diaspora, each piece is personal.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Washington is ignoring a $362 billion chronic illness
The economic consequences of chronic fatigue syndrome are enormous. Yet federal research funding bears almost no relationship to that burden.
Posted inPolitics
A legislator and then a staffer, Ziobron is seeking her old House seat
On Tuesday, former state Rep. Melissa H. Ziobron announced her candidacy to regain the 34th House District seat that she gave up in 2018.
Posted inPartner Content
Murphy says ‘60 Minutes’ pulling segment is ‘how democracy dies’
The Connecticut senator said the move “previews what’s coming in American media as more and more networks get bought” by corporate interests
Posted inImmigration
CT residents detained by ICE remembered at Hartford vigil
The vigil was the latest effort by Hartford Deportation Defense, Jewish Voice for Peace and others to draw attention to the ICE detentions.
Posted inInvestigations
A CT DMV task force was asked to develop towing reforms. As deadline looms, members struggle to agree.
The group was part of a legislative overhaul prompted by a CT Mirror/ProPublica investigation that found the state’s laws favored towing companies.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
How New Britain is rewriting its future
At this moment, when historic industrial land is being redeveloped, New Britain has a chance to redefine itself again.
Posted inMoney
Waterbury nonprofit used LIHEAP funds to pay its expenses
CT officials moved to take control of New Opportunities Inc. after it bounced a $1.5M check and acknowledged using federal energy assistance to cover its costs.
Posted inPartner Content
Mercedes-Benz to pay $150M to settle multistate emissions allegations
AGs from 50 states alleged that software devices in the automobiles optimized emission controls during tests but reduced them during normal operations.
Posted inPolitics
Middlebury developer challenges constitutionality of legislative ‘rat’
In a federal lawsuit, lawyers allege that 2023 legislation overruling local zoning at the former Timex Group site was unconstitutional.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Trump administration pauses offshore Revolution Wind project — again
The administration said it’s pausing leases for 5 large-scale offshore wind projects due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon.