Leaders have many ideas to reduce wealth inequality and promote prosperity. But they remain uncertain about how to solve this crisis while Connecticut simultaneously grapples with a historic debt burden that also threatens its future. Sixth in a series.
Clarice Silber
CT allocates $13.6 million for cleaning up brownfields
Connecticut will spend $13.6 million to assess or redevelop brownfield sites in 14 municipalities, marking Connecticut officials’ latest effort to clean up polluted properties and spur economic development, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Monday.
CT expects a months-long stream of arrivals from Puerto Rico
Connecticut officials say they have tracked nearly 700 phone calls seeking help for people displaced from Puerto Rico on the state’s social services number since just days after Hurricane Maria plowed through the island last month.

