The overall turnout for the presidential primaries in April was higher than Connecticut has seen in at least 40 years.
Andrew Ba Tran
Andrew is a former data editor at TrendCT.org and The Connecticut Mirror. He taught data visualization at Central Connecticut State University as well intro to data journalism at Wesleyan University as a Koeppel Fellow. He was a founding producer of The Boston Globe's Data Desk where he used a variety of methods to visualize or tell stories with data. Andrew also was an online producer at The Virginian-Pilot and a staff writer at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He’s a Metpro Fellow, a Chips Quinn Scholar, and a graduate of the University of Texas.
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Mirror/AARP Google Hangout on choosing an electric supplier
Join us for our third Google Hangout as we have a conversation about state laws intended to help people weigh the risks and benefits of choosing a third-party electric supplier versus staying with the standard offer provided by your local utility, Eversource or United Illuminating. Shop carefully. Some retailers are offering rates cheaper than the standard offer, but they charge enrollment fees that can quickly exceed the modest savings.
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Uninsured rates dropping in Connecticut and across the country
Nine out of 10 working-age adults in the United States were covered by health insurance last year, and the number of uninsured continues to decline, according to new figures released by the federal government.
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Introducing The Mirror’s Hospitals Database
On average, 78 percent of hospital beds in the state were filled during the 2014 fiscal year, and patients stayed an average of five days. Connecticut’s acute care hospitals earned an average margin of 6.22 percent that year. But averages don’t tell the full story about hospitals in Connecticut. This database is aimed at helping you dig deeper.
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In some CT towns, minority drivers more likely to be pulled over
Among some police departments there continue to be significant disparities between white and minority drivers in traffic stops and in whether those stops result in tickets or searches, according to an analysis of police traffic stops in Connecticut released today.
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Analyzing Connecticut’s Republican primary results
Donald Trump won Connecticut by a two-to-one margin over John Kasich. The number of towns Trump did not win can be counted on one hand
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Analyzing Connecticut’s Democratic primary results
The Mirror’s TrendCT data journalists examine where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders piled up their vote margins and how Clinton’s performance this year compares with her 2008 run against Barack Obama.
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Republican primary results in Connecticut, town by town
These town by town results shown are drawn from the first use of a new electronic reporting system run by the Secretary of the State’s office to gather election returns shortly after the polls close. Results are likely to be incomplete, because participation by town election officials was voluntary. Use of the new system will […]
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Democratic primary results in Connecticut, town by town
These town-by-town results are drawn from the first use of a new electronic reporting system run by the Secretary of the State’s office to gather election returns shortly after the polls close. Results are likely to be incomplete, because participation by town election officials was voluntary. Use of the new system will be mandatory in […]
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Voter registrations spike before primaries in Connecticut
More than 1,940,000 voters are registered to participate in next week’s presidential primary election.
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Sanders, Clinton campaigns ramp up ad buys before CT primaries
Ad buys on behalf of Bernie Sanders have reached $770,000, according to station data filed with the Federal Communications Commission. Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other groups like “Hillary for America” have spent about half of that with $345,000.
Posted inCities & Towns
Which CT neighborhoods have the highest risk of lead poisoning?
According to researchers, the risk of lead exposure in a neighborhood is linked to its poverty level and how old its homes are.
Posted inCities & Towns
Census: Only one Connecticut county grew in population last year
Fairfield County’s population rose 0.2 percent between July of 2014 and July of 2015, according to estimates the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
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What can be done to curb drug overdose deaths?
Which drugs have been devastating communities the most, what lawmakers have attempted to do to contain the crisis, and what more can still be done. Last of four stories.
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Where drug abusers overdose in Connecticut
Connecticut’s cities by far have the greatest number of drug-overdose deaths, but data show that people in the state’s rural towns can be statistically more likely to die. Third of four stories.